Re: Power Line Update

Posted by Billy NY on April 03, 2014 at 15:01:25 from (66.67.105.23):

In Reply to: Power Line Update posted by Bryce Frazier on April 03, 2014 at 11:38:52:

If that were me, I'd have made a sketch, an as built if you will, with or made reference points where dimensions and locations of depth are shown, can be taken from, so that I could re-establish the location any time, know whats what, and where. I'd have tried to get the locator to at least sign it acknowledging he agrees with the findings in the field and that it is safe to plow 8" deep. I can tell you that its not that difficult to have a plow nose dive in, especially a single bottom, depending on what you have and how its set up, the tractor and all the rest, we know its supposed to sort of glide and draft control should compensate, but....... I'd have eyes in the back of my head when crossing over that line. Just saying, "best laid plans of mice and men" "murphy's law" and all the rest.

If that's a primary line, of voltage listed below, you contact or hook onto that, the results may not please you to say the least. I'd want that in writing that it was ok to perform specific tillage, ie; using a moldboard plow in that field. Even with it in writing, that won't save you if there is a problem and it contacts that plow share. The perimeter locations of that line at each end of the field should be clearly marked. You establish this as an ag field, however so small, that line should be clearly marked at all times so anyone else would know about it. Some one at some other time goes in there with deeper tillage tools, or want to rip it, or use something other than a moldboard plow, its a trap.

2" working distance from 7200 volts,(well we don't know what the other farmer has) I hope that was a concrete encased electrical duct bank. Just conduit alone would seemingly be unsafe, I would not want to be that close to any primary line if that was the case with that kind of voltage.

Realize this, you have heard the worst case scenario, been told and been warned about consequences, by those who responded previously, do as you wish, and I can't speak for others but can only assume they mean well, don't want you to get hurt, injured or worse.

With age comes wisdom, it can be hard to relay that to someone your age, and have it sink in, but, live long enough, you'll realize that gradually over time, then become one of us, like me, LOL ! pontificating over something like you posted about ie; electrical distribution lines in fields you want to plant LOL ! We've all been there at least, so there's good reason for warning someone with something like this, and its done in good faith, in a friendly manner hopefully LOL !

Regardless, good luck with this endeavor and be safe with what you do, we can't afford to lose any young tractor enthusiast's, implement and equipment collectors LOL !!!!!! have to keep that scrap man at bay you know.... LOL !!

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