Hi Folks,
Although this has nothing to do with woodworking I thought you might get kick out of. Just another example of engineering success you might say, noone was hurt.
There was a minor accident here today in work.
Regards,
Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
Edited 7/26/2007 2:41 pm ET by KiddervilleAcres
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Just to give you a little perspective as to how big these things are.
Regards,
Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
I guess nothing rolls like a deere, either
Neil
That's a bit rough on the paint job, isn't it.
about 15 years ago, I flipped a Bobcat, with me in it! Still have the 1 1/2" scar on my forehead, and still remember the headache, too.
Jeff
OK, Now just break out the 4-way and we'll get that flat fixed right away. I have to warn ya though, Its gonna cost juuuuust a bit more than for a passenger car. I think,A few thousand more. The majority of which is for me having to use the freaken 4-way.........LOL
Sincerely,
Jim at Clark Customs
Good to hear that no one was hurt in that small mishap. I'd gladly give up a bunch of my shop 'toys' to be able to drive those 'Tonka Trucks' in that HUGH sandbox you have.
SawdustSteve
Steve,
C'mon up and I'll get you a ride! You might not want that drivers seat as it is a bit odiferous at the moment!
Regards,
Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
Edited 7/26/2007 3:36 pm ET by KiddervilleAcres
Bob,
Admit it, now. It was the sight of you in your thong, on the front porch, that made him run off the road, wasn't it???
Ray
It was the new one. You know, the one you made from all that frou-frou.
Alas, I had to give that one up also.
Too many splinters! OUCH!
Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
;>)
I am offended (offended!) that you would post pictures of Deeres mating in General Discussion rather than the Cafe. Obviously that male hoe has had its way and a little roll with the hauler, who probably didn't want to roll, but didn't articulate 'NO!' in a convincing manner. And to see that supervisor standing by, watching the whole sordid affair--and doing nothing to stop it--is beyond reproach. You should probably leave that hostile environment and stay in your own workshop where there are friendly tools to work with. Even the supervisors calling the machines 'Deere' could result in harassment suits in the long haul.
Bob
I take it they built in "full articulation" between the back end and the cab? Wow, must've made a great noise when it went over!
Yup, they made a fully articulated deere! Actually most if not all these type vehicles are that way. It's designed so as protect the driver as they have very little other protection in cases such as these.
I was in the scalehouse so didn't hear much at all. The whole area is fairly soft dirt/gravel so it most likely didn't make that much noise.
This project is really interesting. It's a reclamation or restoration of an old landfill and an new concept never tried before. There is an upper cell that is unlined, and the new lower cell is lined and on the downhill side of the other one. The whole thing will be capped and will look like a huge natural hill when done.
There's a series of wells drilled downhill all around the lower perimeter to capture the nasty leachate which is trucked to a treatment facility. Also there is a series of gas pipes inserted into the rubbish to extract the methane gas and either be burned or pumped into a electric generation facility which is put back on the grid or used locally.
It's major cleanup of some of the old ways of doing things regarding trash that we knew nothing about 50 years ago. I'm just skimming the surface here, but hope you get the idea.
I shudder to think of how many more there are around the country. If this works it will be a major breakthrough in cleaning up the country.
Regards,
Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
Only Deere I've ever driven was the HUGE they used in the rice fields down in Northern California. I swear it was as big as my little cottage I lived in then, LOL!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
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