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Was out driving around the farm doing some work on some water wells. One of my friends were waiting out the wet soil nearby. They had these two Case IH 620 Quadtracs sitting in their field. These bad boys are putting out 620 HP and they are pulling some serious drills. Can get a lot of acres planted with them.

These rigs run about $400-500k depending upon year. Probably $10k worth of diesel to get a crop in the ground.
 

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Speaking of big rigs.......this guy was hauling this 1000 barrel tank to a rig site just a mile away. This lowboy trailer was about 2 inches off the ground.

Just started drilling these four wells on this pad. Then another mile away they were spudding these wells too. Putting in a bunch of pipe for oil, gas and saltwater.
 

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lol, I’ve seen low boys like that before, you know they’re probably scraping now and again.
Wonder what that tank weighs
 
Was out driving around the farm doing some work on some water wells. One of my friends were waiting out the wet soil nearby. They had these two Case IH 620 Quadtracs sitting in their field. These bad boys are putting out 620 HP and they are pulling some serious drills. Can get a lot of acres planted with them.

These rigs run about $400-500k depending upon year. Probably $10k worth of diesel to get a crop in the ground.
Always loved heavy equipment. Used a lot of different tools, setting up and executing jobs that we did self performed. Most times doing 100 plus
Semis worth of parts for the build the last 10 years I worked. Start to finish 850 ft stack 18 months.
 

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Those are some great pictures. People have no idea what it takes to build this stuff. The logistics, materials, and construction labor that goes into infrastructure.

People think the lights come on because they switch a plastic switch on the wall. But it's slightly more complicated. These transformers were built in Asia, put on a boat though the Panama Canal, unloaded in a port Houston, railed to Wyoming and trucked in the last 100 miles. Took 10 years to plan, permit, engineer, and procure that project. Then two years to construct it.
 

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Finishing up dressing this water impoundment today. Looking pretty good now.
 

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Different sort of big iron today! Had a couple revolvers and couple lever action rifles. My boy shot better than me with rifle, but I shot better with revolver.

#357magnum
 

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IH Big Iron at ease at the farm.

I hauled a lot of rock out of our fields in the spring before planting in this orange truck. Damn thing had horrible brakes. Had to sometimes grab the emergency brake lever next to the stick shift.

The grey and white pickup truck was my first truck I ever drove, four speed stick and we had glass packs on it (sounded great) . I got pulled over by the local Gestapo when I was 14 right after I got my license. He said you can't joy ride until your 15.......LMFAO. By the time I was 16, it had a cooler full of beer in the back. Did a lot of hunting and fishing with my dad and brother in that rig.

That Scout was my grandpa's rig and I drove around with him a lot and we hunted gophers along the prairie roads. I used to drive it between the fields with him when we moved farm equipment.

This wrecker was my great grandpa's that was used at his IH Farm Implement dealership. They recovered a lot of vehicles, especially in the winter. You can see it has a set of permanent jumper cables on the front quarter panel. My great grandpa had a heart attack and died while ice fishing on a lake north of our farm. My Dad used that wrecker to pull his truck off the ice and to town still dead in the truck seat.
 

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IH Big Iron at ease at the farm.

I hauled a lot of rock out of our fields in the spring before planting in this orange truck. Damn thing had horrible brakes. Had to sometimes grab the emergency brake lever next to the stick shift.

The grey and white pickup truck was my first truck I ever drove, four speed stick and we had glass packs on it (sounded great) . I got pulled over by the local Gestapo when I was 14 right after I got my license. He said you can't joy ride until your 15.......LMFAO. By the time I was 16, it had a cooler full of beer in the back. Did a lot of hunting and fishing with my dad and brother in that rig.

That Scout was my grandpa's rig and I drove around with him a lot and we hunted gophers along the prairie roads. I used to drive it between the fields with him when we moved farm equipment.

This wrecker was my great grandpa's that was used at his IH Farm Implement dealership. They recovered a lot of vehicles, especially in the winter. You can see it has a set of permanent jumper cables on the front quarter panel. My great grandpa had a heart attack and died while ice fishing on a lake north of our farm. My Dad used that wrecker to pull his truck off the ice and to town still dead in the truck seat.
Amazing
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