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This one was long! It had those
steel rods, two of them, one on
each side.

(Like the picture on the right but
without the wheels.)

A very large electric motor was
mounted on one end and I had
been engaged to deliver it, as a
farmer client had decided he had
nothing to move his corn and
vehicles were coming to collect it
that same day!
Rundles own lorry was away for the whole day.

If I remember correctly it over hung the truck by about eight feet at the front and eight feet
at the back. In which case it must have been about 30 feet long.
The front end was pointing upwards and the bottom end complete with its motor, towards
the ground.
The back had a huge flag attached and I was not going very far, just to the other side of
Boston, about 20 miles.
My auger nearly didn’t make it to its destination.

THE JOURNEY
For mile after mile I watched to the front meticulously but there was never anything in my
way.
Arriving at the town (Boston) I watched the buildings in all the streets to make sure the
auger did not go through any windows or catch any lamp standards.
Just by the Odeon Cinema, I arrived at some traffic lights, as I was slowing gradually, eyes
in all directions at once, someone hooted their horn.

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