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Farm Equipment and Overhead Power Lines — A Deadly Combination

May 22, 2023

Video: Farm Equipment and Overhead Power Lines — A Deadly Combination

In the mad rush to complete spring planting, Consumers Energy’s Bill Wheeler reminds farmers to have an emergency plan in place in the event of farm equipment coming into contact with overhead power lines. Today’s larger equipment, folding and unfolding tillage tools, and seed tender fill augers can pose some unintended consequences that could prove deadly.