The A220 is powered by a Deutz BF4M101 iF diesel engine rated 73 hp at 2600 rpm. The engine is a 2.97 L, turbocharged, four-cylinder powerplant with integrated oil cooling. The engine package also incorporates a Donaldson air cleaner with drillpressrouterattachments restriction indicator, Valeo starter and alternator, AKG oil cooler, Nelson muffler and Barry Controls elastomeric engine mounts.The main hydraulic pump, belt driven off the engine, is an electronically controlled Sauer-Danfoss series drillpressrouterattachments 42 hydrostatic pump with a displacement drillpressrouterattachments of 51 cc/rev. Also driven off the engine are Sauer-Danfoss gear pumps, two on the standard machine and three on the high-flow version. The main pump drives twin Rexroth MCR5 hydrostatic motors that displace 565 cc/rev and hydraulic system functions are controlled through a Bobcat-built control valve. "Other than the electronic pump, the rest of the drivetrain, the engine package and the basic geartrain package is the same as the 863 skid-steer," Krause said.

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 drillpressrouterattachments 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.

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