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I need something like this here, the first acre is fun to mow the first time each spring with the 5 horse push mower but after that the novelty pales ... one of these days i'll have one of these - deere.com
.. reason being that i can make a highly portable [portable because i can get it on my F350] selective logging machine out of it by putting on a swedish radio-controlled winch, and then take capital cost allowance on it, and write off fuel and maintenance -g- ... also there's a general plan for the homestead to put in two or three hectares of grapes, but it's sort of vague and over a decade behind the original plan already ... one day though for sure -g-
Just kidding about the Case remark, but there is a story behind it - in the 60s and early 70s around here there was intense competition between the Case and John Deere dealers for the industrial machinery market ... a friend and neighbour was the JD salesman and owned part of the dealership ... he used to keep on his desk several comparable parts from competing Case and JD machines - one comparison i remember well was that between the track pins of the 450 front end loader series [they both used the '450' number] - the JD was way bigger and lasted longer ... you don't see any Case 450 loaders around any more, but there are many old working JD450s ... i have one as my only yard toy, the third one i used at work, 1981 450C ... bought it as a near-new repo in the hard times of '82, just under thirty thousand canadian ... had to buy it, no choice at all, had to finish a job to get paid and no one would lend me anything to fix the transmission on the old B model, but the dealer would lend if you bought the repo from him .... ended up making a pile with it, then bought other stuff, all John Deere ... favourite iron which i still have and run is a '76 640 line skidder, 24.5-32 rubber, 6-414 power ... the ultimate ATV -g-
About cars i know nothing ... but i have one question - what is 'Cat 416'?
... it can't be a brand of beer, or i would have heard of it. |
