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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by MichaelSol [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by farmer03 Combines nowadays are pushing 30,000lbs. No matter how big the tires, mud is mud. If you get stuck you end up breaking stuff. Semis (in my area anyway) are allowed to go down any road as they're hauling out of the field (picking up) or delivering (ag lime for example). And there will always be a need for elevators away from barge/rail terminals. Not everybody hauls their grain straight out of the field to the terminal. Most store it and whoever doesn't store it on farm has to take it to an elevator for storage. [/quote] Combines are getting bigger all the time, and I agree, you can get stuck; but semis with their truck tires are going to get stuck faster than a 4x4 combine with machinery traction tires. Good luck when the semi goes through a bridge however .... not too many old rural bridges were engineered for 30 tons, let alone able to carry it 50, 60, 70 years after they were built ... [/quote] Suprisingly enough throughout the area I'm in anyway, the majority of those 'old bridges' have been replaced by nice wide bridges or have been replaced by box culverts.
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