My major concern is insurance. I have farm insurance so mine go where there are fields to work in, up to 50 miles, and through a city. I have lots of lights plus the SMV. my 4 lane portion, about 25 miles, is best because although I’m not supposed to drive on the shoulder, I do, especially if there is a lot of traffic. I dislike chase cars. They block my SMV and part of my rear lights (I think I have 8 not including implement). They also make it difficult for me to spot upcoming traffic in my mirrors. And the measles emergency flashers on a pickup are not seen like the light on my tractor. My worst problem is narrow county roads where people seeing me with a combine with 25’ header and stop making me maneuver around them. When I see you, I’ll find a place I can pull over and let you snake past me with lots of room. I have waited for over a minute for someone to realize I’m not going to move until they come past me. And I carry a statement from the highway patrol saying I’m legal because we had a neighbor stopped by the HP and written up for too slow and over width. So the farmers in our state got together and demanded the HP be trained in the law for ag equipment and sent letters to us to copy and distribute.
