FARMERS, NOTE!

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 230, 25 October 1940, Page 5

FARMERS, NOTE!

THE MATTER OF IMPLEMENTS AND ROADS DISTRICT ENGINEER'S RUUNG A hxatter of moment to the -farming community is a letter received, by the County Council from the District Engineer, Public Works Department, regarding the transport of farm implements on the highway. The Engineer advised the council that the Main Highways Board had no objection to light steel-<ty ! red -vehicles such as top-dressers, hayrakes, etc., going" across or along the highways, but it would strictly "prohibit and prosecute anyone using a steel-tyred vehicle with a very marrow bearing surface likely to cut into or crush the iraetal ;chips. It must be remembered, the letter .^continued,-that a lot of the sealing in the vicinity of Whakatane is still -only one-coat work, and- once the surface is. broken it is a difficult and •expensive imatter to repair. Exercising Common Sense. Sledges are not permitted to be"hauled over a bituminous surface--and it is considered that ploughs, discs, etc., can very easily be lifted on to a motor vehicle and shifted from place to place. Regarding .tractors of the caterpillar type, the 'council and several individuals liad been issued with permits and cerVtain conditions had been imposed. Under no circumstances would a "•wheel type tractor fitted with cleats 'be .permitted on any highway, whether it is sealed or not and the front j -wheels fitted to some types of trac-j tors are quite unsuitable for any road surface. r' • '] The Main Highways Board does not wish to hinder the transport of farming implefrom place to place or from paddock to paddock in any ■way whatever, but a certain ajtaount of common sense must be exercised," the letter con- • eluded. .