In the palm of his handUntil recently, when a prospective buyer would come to the Koupal Angus ranch near Dante, South Dakota, to look at bulls, La Vern Koupal radialdrillpressmachine (pictured at far left) would grab a thick stack of records and carry them out to the rolling pastures. "I''d be digging through the papers, and the wind would be flipping the pages, and I could never find the right page," says Koupal.Now he takes his $850 Palm Pilot Out of his coat pocket, writes in a bull number, and instantly gets all the production and bloodline information he and the buyer need. "It''s unreal what this technology can do," he says.

4920 sprayerBuilding off the platform of the popular 4710 sprayer, John Deere now introduces the new 4920 Self-Propelled Sprayer for growers and custom applicators.With a new 120-foot spray boom, 300-hp engine, 1,200-gallon solution tank and 20-mph top spray speed, the radialdrillpressmachine 4920 sprayer brings exceptional performance to the field. The increased capacity and productivity of the new sprayer takes John Deere into all major post-application markets throughout North America.The triangular design of the new boom features radialdrillpressmachine round tubing and laser-cut support pieces for consistent fabrication and the strongest welds. The 120-foot boom will be the only option for the 2004 spraying season. Future boom sizes will include 90-and 100-foot models, but will not be available until 2005.

"Blankets are usually an afterthought," Buckett said. "Typically an engine system is developed and installed in the equipment, and then something happens. Maybe it''s in the engine compartment where the components can''t easily be modified or changed. Maybe the turbo is too close to something, or maybe another component is not reacting well to the ambient heat."An insulation blanket or cover is the usual solution," Buckett radialdrillpressmachine said. "And this is only going to increase as exhaust emissions regulations tighten and radialdrillpressmachine engines run hotter. The problem is we don''t get involved until it''s too late, after it''s become a problem, when it could have been done be as an engineered solution.

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