After our stops in Sydney and Gordon, Nebraska we went to Pierre, SD. Everyone pronounces it "peer" and not like it looks like it should be pronounced. In Pierre we had Case IH, which is ProHarvest, MacDon, which makes heads for combines, and our trailer all at one dealership.
This picture is of all the support trailers parked in front of the dealership.
When we were in Oklahoma a farmer borrowed our combine and ran a rock through it. The rock dented one of the rotors so we had to change it out because when we get to North Dakota the machine will be sold to a customer. It was kind of neat because we got to work on the combine and see how it all came apart. The first picture is the combine without a feeder house and the second is the feeder house sitting outside after we took it off. The rotor we took out is the one on the left and it is the part that looks like an auger underneath the cab. The rotors weigh about 500 lbs a piece, so we had to strap them up and then make something to pull the bad one out and put the new one in. It really wasn't to bad to take out and put in with the equipment we had. After we changed the rotor I took the combine out and ran a couple demos with it and it worked great. Both of the farmers I took it to were very impressed with capabilities of the machine. When I got back the dealership said that with the two demos I ran they probably sold at least two combines and maybe one more.
Post by Kyle
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Pierre, South Dakota
Posted by The Birt's at 5:56 PM
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2 comments:
nice work kyle; you and your dad will have to teach sterling and our other kids your mechanical skills. seriously, they won't be able to learn a thing from me; so i hope they're able to learn from you.
kacie didn't say that; luke did, just to be clear. she could probably teach them more than me.
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