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World's largest farm tractor coming to Kalispell
Daily Inter Lake ^ | 19 June 2021 | JEREMY WEBER

Posted on 06/19/2021 8:08:57 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

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To: SuperLuminal

8 foot tall tire change.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02jBUZL4hTQ


61 posted on 06/19/2021 2:43:20 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: mountainlion

Dang! 😲
Thxs...


62 posted on 06/19/2021 4:38:34 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

It looks like it was made from a log loader or big loader chassis.


63 posted on 06/19/2021 4:51:06 PM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope. )
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To: Liberty Valance

I thought it was a Lamborghini.


64 posted on 06/19/2021 4:55:25 PM PDT by US_MilitaryRules
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To: right way right

They are custom made with a 50 ton or so dump truck rear end. V16 Detroit engine making 1100 Hp. The computer in the cab can guide the tractor with 80 foot tool bar behind. Impressive.


65 posted on 06/19/2021 5:23:09 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I know a farmer out in OK panhandle. He has gps steering on his new tractor. He uses it to grow feed corn . He plants by the section. That’s 640 acres. He still has to turn the tractor at the end of the field. It doesn’t turn its self. The gps just makes straight rows.
Most still plant corn in circles. Easier to irrigate.


66 posted on 06/19/2021 5:26:56 PM PDT by Iceclimber58
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To: DUMBGRUNT

AG Leader makes an auto steer unit that clamps to the steering column of any tractor new or old.


67 posted on 06/19/2021 6:01:41 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Iceclimber58

—”The gps just makes straight rows.”

A guy I worked with put up a corn maze.

IIRC they made a GIS file and hired a service to do the work.

I was under the impression the operator just kept an eye out for wet spots and other possible problems?


68 posted on 06/19/2021 7:30:22 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: right way right

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It looks like it was made from a log loader or big loader chassis.”

Some type of LARGE articulated loader.

A full custom chassis costs extra $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$


69 posted on 06/19/2021 7:35:33 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: US_MilitaryRules

You are correct. It was a Lambo.


70 posted on 06/19/2021 10:11:52 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
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To: US_MilitaryRules

You are correct. It was a Lambo.


71 posted on 06/19/2021 10:12:01 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
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To: Vaquero

With tires that large, they might only be inflated to around 10 psi. Not much more pressure than a man’s footprint. (36,000 lbs / [8 tires x 30” wide x 20”? contact front-to-back in the dirt] = 7.5 psi ... but make it 10 to keep it from being bouncy) FWIW ... I don’t drive tractors ... but I did wear out my John Deere cap.


72 posted on 06/19/2021 10:45:08 PM PDT by Tellurian (2/4/2004: DARPA Lifelog terminated, Facebook initiated.)
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