Helping my less fortunate John Deere friends
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Topic: Helping my less fortunate John Deere friends
Posted By: Calvin Schmidt
Subject: Helping my less fortunate John Deere friends
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2012 at 1:09pm
The two John Deere clubs in Ontario and John Deere are having a show at the John Deere eastern Canada and Northeast US headquarters in Grimsby Ontario to celebrate 175 years of green this weekend. One condition of hauling was that I would not repaint the trailer. I wore my D-21 T shirt to stir the pot a little more when I hauled the load yesterday. Actually the owners of this stuff are all real good guys.   ------------- Nothing is impossible if it is properly financed |
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Posted By: CAL(KS)
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2012 at 2:08pm
good looking machines even if they are green ------------- Me -C,U,UC,WC,WD45,190XT,TL-12,145T,HD6G,HD16,HD20 Dad- WD, D17D, D19D, RT100A, 7020, 7080,7580, 2-8550's, 2-S77, HD15 |
Posted By: Eldon (WA)
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2012 at 2:44pm
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Lot more money there than a load of Orange.....drive carefully! ------------- ALLIS EXPRESS! This year: |
Posted By: WC7610
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2012 at 6:24pm
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Probably saw a few rubber necks when you went down the road! ------------- Thanks Most Bad Government has grown out of Too Much Government- Thomas Jefferson |
Posted By: B26240
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2012 at 6:42pm
| Looks like a lot of thinking went in to getting them all on that nice step-deck !! |
Posted By: Bill Long
Date Posted: 02 Jun 2012 at 4:09pm
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That is one nice looking load of well restored JD units Good Luck! .Bill Long |
Posted By: MikeinLcoMo
Date Posted: 02 Jun 2012 at 4:48pm
| Wow! That's a nice trailer. Did you build it your self ? What's the GVW on that thing? |
Posted By: Calvin Schmidt
Date Posted: 02 Jun 2012 at 6:15pm
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Eldon, do you really think that load of green is worth more than a load of orange????
The tractors loaded this way the first time. I guess some experience does help. It took 2 hours to tie them all down with 17 chains and binders. This is the first time I had 6 tractors on the trailer but 4 were narrow fronts. I had one trucker pass making all kinds of hand motions. The trailer started as a standard 48' step  deck and we built the beaver tail and ramps. The ramps lay flat level with the deck for hauling bales. Two small ramps are used to get on the front deck and one of those ramps are used between at the back for the narrow fronts. In Ontario the GCW for this combo is 107,000 lbs.------------- Nothing is impossible if it is properly financed |
Posted By: Don(MI)
Date Posted: 02 Jun 2012 at 6:18pm
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Looks good! I like the load of orange better though!
Helped a neighbor unload his 2 JDs and 2 IHs off a flatbed hook up to a big truck for the tractor drive today. They unloaded a lot quicker than I expected them to. ------------- Galatians 5:22-24 "I got a pig at home in a pen and corn to feed him on, All I need is a pretty little girl to feed him when I'm gone!" |
Posted By: snowman(MI)
Date Posted: 03 Jun 2012 at 8:08am
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Good friends are priceless, I assume they would haul orange if asked. |
Posted By: MikeinLcoMo
Date Posted: 03 Jun 2012 at 8:25am
| I'm getting too old to be impressed by much but that last picture is really a sight to behold !!!! |
Posted By: Brian Jasper co. Ia
Date Posted: 03 Jun 2012 at 5:20pm
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So how much did the green load scale? 107K down here would have the diesel cops attention... ------------- "Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian." Henry Ford |
Posted By: Calvin Schmidt
Date Posted: 03 Jun 2012 at 6:12pm
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I didn't weigh this load but it will be well under 80,000 gross. Depending on number of axles etc.etc. we can have up 138,000 lbs gross weight on any road here in Ontario.
You got to love it ! ------------- Nothing is impossible if it is properly financed |
Posted By: Tony Elo
Date Posted: 03 Jun 2012 at 8:21pm
Calvin,we got a permit to haul this animal to Stratford,its about 190,000 gross weight
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Posted By: wdforty5
Date Posted: 03 Jun 2012 at 8:30pm
They look very fortunate to me ------------- "Old Iron...built to last" |
Posted By: Calvin Schmidt
Date Posted: 03 Jun 2012 at 9:08pm
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Tony, What are you digging in Stratford? Was there this morning and didn't see any big holes. My wife's cousin works for Mammoet so if you have serveral hundred wheels, the sky is the limit. ------------- Nothing is impossible if it is properly financed |