WOW! Those made me laugh. I'm sure i could take a camera to work tommorrow and find some similar. The ones where people are being lifted in the air on a forklift or loader happens everyday on the farm. THe backhow pictures though, that's just crazy!
The pictures of the backhoe climbing onto a rail car - that is known as the "Cartopper" which is a custom backhoe from Herzog. This is actually considered to be a safe way of unloading rail cars. Check out the link below for more info. They also have a video of this thing in action, which is pretty cool to see.
Latest acquisition has an orange Alberta survey marker post at the SE corner, I don't see a buried peg anywhere. Then about 20 feet further north(to my detriment), there is a brand new fence installed entirely by the owner of the quarter south of me. Lots of stakes along the fence, and a nail...
Has anyone else read the article in the Co-operator about the new "Green Revolution"? I don't know how to post a link so if someone else has seen the article and can put a link to it, please do. You have to read it to believe it.
Interested in others thoughts on the economics of combine ownership purchase timing
i.e. buy a new combine and use for x number of hours or acres and buy new again, versus buy a couple year old one with say 500-600 hours or buy an older 4-10 year old one with 1000-2000 hours on it.
I kind of...
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