Cow comfortCow comfort was the goal when Terry Timmons (pictured below) built a new free stall barn on his dairy farm near Loudonville, Ohio. Timmons and his father milk 200 head of registered Holsteins. Larger stalls with more "lunge space" in the front help their cows get up and down easier now, says Timmons. Their old barn, built in the 1970s, had small stalls that were closed in the front. The new stalls were made locally by Stein-Way Equipment in Apple Creek, Ohio. The bedding is sand.The barn was built in August 2001 for $500 a stall, including electricity and water. Timmons says the investment has already paid off in better cow health.

The MorElectric system provides heating, cooling and accessory power, including battery charging, without idling the engine. Cat said trucks using the MarElectric technology will be equipped to accept two idling-reduction options. The first is shore power to reduce idling at truck stops, loading docks or 4-waydrillpressvise fleet terminals where electric power plug-in facilities are available.The second option will be an onboard auxiliary power unit to provide cab comfort until shore power expands and becomes more widely available, all with an eye on reducing vehicle idling fuel consumption, 4-waydrillpressvise emissions, and noise. Engine idling is an increasing concern throughout the engine-powered equipment markets. Specifically in the truck market, with accessories dependent on engine speed, low idle off en doesn''t provide adequate air conditioning, 12 Vd.c. electrical power or heat rejection capacity. Trucks use their cruise control to elevate the idle speed which in turn elevates the fuel consumption, emissions and noise issues.

And in Connecticut 4-waydrillpressvise in August, a nail-gun incident highlighted the importance of training and supervision, as horseplay between two carpenters almost turned deadly. The New Haven Register reported that carpenter Eric Haslob was in the hospital recovering 4-waydrillpressvise from surgery to repair his heart after fellow carpenter Joseph Dupont fired a finish nail into Haslob''s heart by accident as the two were fooling around on the job. A supervisor told the paper he had warned the two friends against horseplay just the day before.

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