The mail boy went everywhere on the 150 acre site, so I saw the executive offices, the engineering department, the pattern-making shop, the foundry, the powerhouse, the machine shops, the paint shop, the metallurgy lab, the experimental department, and the assembly lines. The mail boy went everywhere on the 150 acre site, so I saw the executive offices, the engineering department, the pattern-making shop, the foundry, the powerhouse, the machine shops, the paint shop, the metallurgy lab,...

Friday after the driver of a tractor-trailer crashed into the southbound wall of the highway. According to officials, the tractor-trailer was carrying 275 gallons of fuel, 50 of which spilled into a drainage system below the highway, which the Department of Environmental Protection is currently cleaning up. Tractor-trailer jackknifes and bursts into flames; eastbound I-595 closes. Thankfully, both driver and passenger of the truck were not seriously injured during the accident, receiving...

Cables were hooked on the axle of the tractor s rear wheels from the larger crane and onto the 16-row planter from the crane on the north side. Knoerzer scrambled from the tractor s cab and was not injured. They arrived at the scene, about two miles west of Smithfield on Road 431, shortly after daybreak, began setting up after moving their trucks in place, and were preparing their equipment to leave shortly before noon. The two units were lifted simultaneously, then eased past the hole in...

Man lay injured for hours after tractor mishap By Jim Wright Gannett News Service TOWN OF LEDYARD A Broome County family tried Monday night to downplay their roles in a Saturday incident that played a major part in saving the life of a 56-year-old semi-retired Cayuga County farmer, who was pinned under the large rear wheels of his three-ton tractor. Man lay injured for hours after tractor mishap By Jim Wright Gannett News Service TOWN OF LEDYARD A Broome County family tried Monday night to...

FEATURE-Climate change drives farm revolution in Australia 14 May 2007 07:03:29 GMT Source: Reuters By Michael ByrnesCOWRA, Australia, May 14 (Reuters) - Farmer James Fagan uses satellites to guide his tractor when it plants his crop in the heart of Australia's drought-hit eastern wheat belt. FEATURE-Climate change drives farm revolution in Australia 14 May 2007 07:03:29 GMT Source: Reuters By Michael ByrnesCOWRA, Australia, May 14 (Reuters) - Farmer James Fagan uses satellites to guide...

It could be a loader, a tractor or a grader, but Fuller thinks it might prove just as interesting as his 330 mph treks down the nation's drag strips. Peoria-based Caterpillar has been searching for skilled technicians, so the partnership could help both parties. He put his time in on dirt tracks, working his way through the lower levels until he was able to join a long line of family drag racers that includes his grandfather, father, mother, brothers and an uncle. It was so fast and...