Another sure sign of spring in the country is the distant sound of a diesel engine. In this case it belongs to my neighbor Brad's favorite John Deere 8-Wheeler. Brad's got many hundreds of acres and I caught him on his first day on the job... Plowing that is. It's a rather tedious task but his John Deere is quite comfortable with an enclosed cab and everything at his fingertips. It will be a long day for him but he'll cover as much as two hundred acres.
Here he's just plowing over the topsoil. Shaking and softening things up before coming back in a few weeks with seed. I suspect corn will go in this year.
Notice the big tool box mounted on the plow itself. Something always seems to break and always at the worst time. Good to have a set of tools with you. This is a medium-size Deere 8-Wheeler and will run all day on a single tank of diesel fuel. And just in case you're thinking of picking up one to impress the neighbors - This John Deere will set you back about $150,000.
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