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Post by canadafarms on May 30, 2017 20:12:47 GMT -6
I took this picture yesterday while driving at 65 mph so it's not great but I thought I would share it anyway. This is the Seed Hawk factory, the tank behind the toolbar on the left side is the 980 like we have in FS.....I was trying to get the whole thing but this was what I got lol. Next time I go by I will make a point of stopping to get some better pics.
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Post by mountaincowboy on May 30, 2017 21:31:14 GMT -6
That's awesome! Thank you for sharing with us.
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Post by mdoss on May 31, 2017 6:38:00 GMT -6
Nice!!
Or better idea, go by after dark, and hook it up to your truck and take it home and play with it... I'm sure they won't mind...
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Post by canadafarms on May 31, 2017 6:52:23 GMT -6
I can't say that it never crossed my mind mdoss lol but then I would have to come back and get the toolbar too and by then they might be on to me plus I would have to go to them and buy the computer to run everything so yeah unless I want a big lawn ornament that could put me in the crowbar hotel for a long time I think maybe not
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Post by cr41g on May 31, 2017 7:08:15 GMT -6
last night on the way home I spotted a Case Steiger hooked up to a Deere air cart and seeder and rollers after that... will try to get a pic tonight on the way home if it is still sitting there... looks impressive
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Post by JohnDeere318 on May 31, 2017 7:43:37 GMT -6
Wow... That is amazing! You definitely need to get a closer look when they are closed.
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Post by mdoss on May 31, 2017 8:45:23 GMT -6
Thought I would post here rather than start a new thread.... But I also saw some cool farm equipment leaving work the other day... New Holland tractors mowing near the airport... If I had to guess, I'd say T6s ?? Not sure though..
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Post by JohnDeere318 on May 31, 2017 9:34:35 GMT -6
They look more like T4's or T5's, but the older models. I don't know much about NH's history, but it looks like it is older.
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Post by canadafarms on May 31, 2017 11:36:48 GMT -6
That is actually what they call the bi-directional, they were originally made by versatile but must have ended up under the NH banner in one of the buy outs. They were the original reverse drive tractors and they were articulated as well, the seat and steering wheel rotates 180 degrees in the cab. They were really handy for loader work because the loader goes on the back so the visibility was good but at the same time kind of awkward because they are hydrostatic so forward and reverse is controlled by hand and you run the loader with your feet. So if you were used to a regular tractor where you run the loader with your hand and use clutch and brakes and then switch to that it's kind of bass akwards. My uncle had one of the very first ones when they were still versatile and they still have it. Edit: when I first looked at the pic I thought it was the bi-directional but once I zoomed into it I realized it's a regular tractor with the super steer front axle.... like JohnDeere318 said I think it would be a T5..... but now I gave you a little history on the bi-directional too lol.
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Post by JohnDeere318 on May 31, 2017 12:19:27 GMT -6
Wow, that is interesting, never heard of a bi-directional tractor.
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Post by preble818 on May 31, 2017 13:05:05 GMT -6
Nice pics guys pretty cool!
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Post by canadafarms on Jun 19, 2017 11:48:38 GMT -6
As promised more pics from the Seed Hawk factory. It had just poured rain so it was too wet to get out of my truck to get some better pics, also it was after hours so I wasn't able to get permission to walk around. A better pic of a RL 980 seed/fert cart 800 seed/fert cart 660 single axle seed/fert cart on a toolbar 980 tank, toolbar hooked to a Versatile tractor.
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Post by JohnDeere318 on Jun 19, 2017 19:55:35 GMT -6
Wow, those things are massive!
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