Dusty machinery on the roads

[paul&mandy]

It was just dust, not straw or chaff. Buggers will be looking for me everytime now. He just had a firm word and I explained I'd done my best to clean off all the loose and said I'd think about bringing my leaf blower in future.
On the not so funny side of have police got better things to do, well we were broken into that night and wiped out.

 

[roscoe erf]

what a lot of fuss over nothing

wheres the evidence of any of the claims on here i've never seen a road fire caused by loose bits of straw if it was a issue what about all the other rubbish left and in this dry wether we would be hearing of regular road side fires
if a bit of loose flakes of straw are going to cause a drivers in attention to then crash again wheres the evidence and whats he going to do if it snows straw only blows off as you leave the fields for around a mile or if hit by overhanging obstructions been doing this long enough to have some idea

 

[Mursal]

On the not so funny side of have police got better things to do, well we were broken into that night and wiped out.

Sorry to hear that, its everywhere and our local station has closed, we never see a patrol car to deter them

 

[quattro]

Don't see why. Its not as if it was hazardous material. Its just straw.
If you insist on sheeting straw trucks, then I insist that every damn tree that sheds leaves in the country should be cut down to prevent it. They make the roads slippery in Autumn and present a massive safety hazard in windy conditions. Millions of tons of leaves have to be swept or gathered off roads, railways, drives and drains annually. They are in a different and far more hazardous, costly and nuisance category than the occasional straw truck with a few wisps trailing it.

It would save a lot of lives as well usually if a car goes off the road at high speed into a tree it can often be fatal
Know of a few trees on bad corners that have claimed a few lives

 

[Cowabunga]

It would save a lot of lives as well usually if a car goes off the road at high speed into a tree it can often be fatal
Know of a few trees on bad corners that have claimed a few lives

Indeed. Just where are these people's priorities? Either they are concerned about safety and relative safety, or they are not.
I too can identify several trees that have taken lives and others that have directly caused accidents, yet there is silence. Noise about a few strands of straw, but about this massive safety issue……. a deafening silence.

Basically I'd tell the straw moaners to get f**ked.

 

[paul&mandy]

I spent a whole day yesterday either verge mowing or cutting gateways for farms and the standard of driving is poor to say the least. Can't wait 2seconds behind. Regularly have to block them from overtaking to avoid a head on crash

 

[Mursal]

Most you meet aren't actually driving, they are doing something else in their head.
Its the few second it takes for them to come back to what they are actually doing, that does the harm.

 

[YELROM]

I spent a whole day yesterday either verge mowing or cutting gateways for farms and the standard of driving is poor to say the least. Can't wait 2seconds behind. Regularly have to block them from overtaking to avoid a head on crash

I hope you didn't let any of the cut grass blow on to the road

 

[YELROM]

Better if they went after proper criminals heating oil stolen next door to me the other day did not even bother to come out just gave him a crime file number they are a complete waste of space useless .

It's a road safety issue. Could cause a traffic accident resulting in injury or death.

That's more important than a theft.

What if the old person freezes to death as can't afford any more heating oil, does that make it more important than a bit of chaff blowing about

 

[paul&mandy]

I hope you didn't let any of the cut grass blow on to the road

No got a blower on the hedger

 

[Sid]

against the hedges and trees and can be a potential fire risk to properties close to the road .

Council have been round trimming the verges here. We now have 4ft of tinder dry hay ready to combust from a discarded bottle. Who do I see the council or the litterer?

 

[Irish NZ]

Only a few less on a truck and trailer here- they do have to be the right sized bales though.
I was merely pointed out that if sheeting was a high risk that's how you would be told to reduce it.

Standard straw truck we see around here. Left ashburton yesterday.

 

[Farmer Roy]

Straw or anything blowing of a load is still classed as littering the highway and to be technical you can get prosecuted your choice if you want to spend a day in court carry on . The point I'm trying to make is that if we try to clean up our act then the authorities won't try so hard to find ways to force people to do things differently .

cotton is a major crop in this part of the world

a few yrs ago, Moree ( major cotton growing area - google it ) town Council decided to fine trucks carting cotton through town for littering if any cotton blew off from the trucks
thankfully, that didn't last long
but, it IS important to consider the public perception of our activities, no one is above the law

 

[kiwi pom]

Standard straw truck we see around here. Left ashburton yesterday.

Used to load Freightlines with wheat straw for a mushroom outfit up north. Drivers loved it because it was a full load but not too heavy and it tended to be harder to find loads going north. It was a regular run for most of the year I think.
Could go 3 high with 187 bales the same as a flat deck.
Doesn't look like dust's a problem for you at the moment.

 

[Richard Smyth]

To get the weight on hay trucks here 3x4 bales need to go 4 high. Everything is on drop deck trailers. Never seen a taut liner that would get enough on

 

[kiwi pom]

To get the weight on hay trucks here 3x4 bales need to go 4 high. Everything is on drop deck trailers. Never seen a taut liner that would get enough on

Cant remember what the height limit is here but 4 high was over it with the bales we shifted.
Might be a bit tricky getting up the Kaikoura coast any higher too
Still plenty of flat decks hauling bales too but you can make curtains work if you want.

 

[Richard Smyth]

Anything is possible with enough cash to do it.

Not sure on heights but definately 4 high here on drop decks. I seem to remember straw and hay loads can be wider than 2.5 meters and not need oversized signs. That’s probably just here though

 

[kiwi pom]

Anything is possible with enough cash to do it.

Not sure on heights but definately 4 high here on drop decks. I seem to remember straw and hay loads can be wider than 2.5 meters and not need oversized signs. That’s probably just here though

I think some of the flat beds put the bottom layer on edge so they can get 3 across then 2 normally , keeps it under height but a bit wider at the bottom so you need marker boards and flashing beacons at night.
Could have all changed though its been a while since I did it.

 

[glasshouse]

cotton is a major crop in this part of the world

a few yrs ago, Moree ( major cotton growing area - google it ) town Council decided to fine trucks carting cotton through town for littering if any cotton blew off from the trucks
thankfully, that didn't last long
but, it IS important to consider the public perception of our activities, no one is above the law

what size are those bales?

 

[glasshouse]

does anyone still use a module builder for cotton?