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Harvest Time
« on: 07 August 2016, 07:29:28 pm »
Just a quick heads-up, particularly if you ride a lot of the twisty country roads.

I noticed several grain spillages from farm tractor trailers around some of the bends today.

I've not slid on any thus far, but I imagine it could be pretty dicey if you were leant over mid-corner and rode over a covering of the stuff.

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Re: Harvest Time
« Reply #1 on: 07 August 2016, 07:43:32 pm »
Just a quick heads-up, particularly if you ride a lot of the twisty country roads.

I noticed several grain spillages from farm tractor trailers around some of the bends today.

I've not slid on any thus far, but I imagine it could be pretty dicey if you were leant over mid-corner and rode over a covering of the stuff.
Good heads up there as being in the shires I have this problem not only that but rounding a corner ad being faced with a tractor doing 1 mph so most important to observe the going around corners rule and stopping in the distance that you can see.
A little bit later it will be the tractors with trailers full of straw bales and the clue to this is the small bits of straw on the road before you reach it
I don't do rain or threat there of. dry rider only with no shame.

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Re: Harvest Time
« Reply #2 on: 07 August 2016, 09:38:35 pm »
Wished I'd seen this earlier

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Re: Harvest Time
« Reply #3 on: 07 August 2016, 10:24:41 pm »
Just a quick heads-up, particularly if you ride a lot of the twisty country roads.

I noticed several grain spillages from farm tractor trailers around some of the bends today.

I've not slid on any thus far, but I imagine it could be pretty dicey if you were leant over mid-corner and rode over a covering of the stuff.
And don't forget all the mud off the tractor tyres all over the road.
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Re: Harvest Time
« Reply #4 on: 07 August 2016, 10:57:23 pm »

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Re: Harvest Time
« Reply #5 on: 07 August 2016, 11:16:38 pm »
Double trouble here in France, not only are the farmers busy but also seems to be the month to plaster the rural roads with stone chippings Gravel rash season  :\
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Re: Harvest Time
« Reply #6 on: 08 August 2016, 06:28:59 am »
And then it will be tractor mud combined with rain & poorly maintained roads-broken/worn out surfaces & blocked drains. Dont suppose all those loose chippings they throw around & call it "resurfacing"!! help when they interfere with the drainage. Counties like Herefordshire notorious in this respect-being large,cash strapped & predominantly farming country-road maintenance is very low on the list of priorities. You notice the difference as soon as you cross into Wales.

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Re: Harvest Time
« Reply #7 on: 09 August 2016, 05:48:15 am »
I've stopped and asked farmers to clear the roads outside their fields a few times, especially if its wet. Most sort it out at the end of the day although one more or less told me to foc off, so I had a word with the police, was cleaned up that night...... :D

Complete fabrication, I didn't make it up!