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profdant139
Explorer II
Feb 11, 2014

Do you equip your "backup spotter" with a walkie-talkie?

I often see posts about folks who damage the trailer when backing up, and I often see responses about using a spotter. I do that -- DW is an amazingly good spotter, with very clear hand signals. So f...
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Bumpyroad
Explorer
Feb 18, 2014
CavemanCharlie wrote:


In the days before cell phones we used to have great big walkie talkies on the farm. About the size of a brick and they weighed that much too. They were trunked through a repeating tower somewhere and they worked all over south west MN. We didn't have a license for them either. When we purchased the service they didn't say anything to us about needing one. :h


yep, my friends on a farm in North central Iowa had some kind of communication system that sounded like what you are talking about.

bumpy

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