Mack Trucks History

Regardless of how much snow or mud is on the ground, farmers must get around and complete their chores. A farm truck doesn't have to be a truck, but any automobile you use in a wide variety of ways to help with farm tasks.

“Subjecting family farmers and ranchers to costly requirements is an unnecessary burden we cannot afford.” A 90-day extension to the current bill has been approved through June 30, 2012, while the House finishes revisions to the bill.

Starting uphill from a dead stop with a heavy load takes its toll on a clutch, and when you stop at an uphill red light, an automatic transmission assures that you can start with confidence that you won't roll backward into the vehicle behind you.

If you have a shovel and some buckets (or better still, a pickup truck), call your own municipality and ask if a pile of leaf compost is available to residents. You can do this either after or before seeding (I prefer after so it helps protect the seeds...

No more babies, Latifah is just fat! And then they discovered Hutch was awfully cold and weak and couldn't nurse, so he had to go in their house instead of staying in our barn. Finally Mom put more stuff on her arm and checked inside Latifah.

Mom and Dad often transport one or two sheep or goats in the back of their minivan, but no matter how tame an animal is, it shouldn't be able to jump in the driver's lap! A sheep and her lambs or goat and her kids can be hauled in a super-size dog crate...

The teachers at Dee-Mack Primary and Jr. High School now have a new example to use when explaining the meaning of the word "metamorphosis." The can point out the window, and demonstrate how a bare, muddy patch of grassy yard has undergone a wonderful...

If properly managed, a fiddlehead patch can last a lifetime. When it's time for the fiddleheads, I have been known to take a few days off of work, just so I can keep an eye on them.

I associate bread pudding with holidays, like Thanksgiving and Christmas, which is why I am only familiar with the dried fruit sauce. If you use a fruit in your bread, or prefer fruit in the sauce, then add with butter and flavoring.Quite often I prefer...

Mutts are just as beautiful to water gardeners!So long as you enjoy your koi, it doesn't matter what they look like or which category they fall under. Tancho markings can be combined with other markings such as Bekko.Asagi koi look like they have a net...

We goats are a lot of fun to have around, and you don't want to do anything dangerous that could make us sick! Ask Martok! Do you have a livestock or wildlife question you want me to answer?

Here are three mobile markets that have taken their wares on the road: Revival Foods: In an effort to make local food more accessible in Savannah, Ga., Revival Foods launched its mobile market, Farm a la Carte, this spring.

It was supposed to be for the whole family, but none of us noticed whether it was getting watered or not, and eventually ... But if you have an opportunity to pick up a lot of these once-flowered beauties on the cheap, do it! I'm planning to stalk the...

You've wanted to build that new deck in the backyard for some time now, but with lumber prices sky high it has never gotten done. You never know when all this stuff might come in handy.Just keep in mind a few projects you want to get done in the next...

Add in the cost of ground transportation to the additional transportation costs. Determine the amount of taxes (road and/or shipping taxes), cost of personnel or workers.Multiply the ground transportation number by the number of boxes to be transported,...

You need the windows to be sturdy and large enough to affect good airflow in the trailer. The fifth-wheel hitch takes more of the weight off of the trailer and transfers it to the truck as it centers the hitch over the truck's rear axle.

He will weigh your pine straw, pay you, bale the straw and sell it. Avoid using a rake with metal prongs because they are more likely to damage the soft earth beneath the needles.Shovel the pine straw into a wheelbarrow or large yard waste bag.

“We needed this truck and would have figured out a way to purchase it eventually, but thanks to this new microloans program, we were able to do it quicker and take advantage of terrific terms and interest rates.” For more information, contact your...

Most Crocosmia are quite drought tolerant however all benefit from being given plenty of water during their growing season.If anyone wants to contact me with any questions, please post a thread to this article.Written by: Mark Fox (Mr_Kodak) and Pat Gunter...

Many hawk moths, for example, over-winter in chrysalises in leaf litter, and then emerge in spring. Autumn leaves can be collected and piled to make into leaf mold for the garden and to provide overwintering beneficial insects a place to live.

I feel better about them not taking up space at the landfill, and it's going to save us a couple of hundred bucks in demolition costs. Spring is coming on quickly here, though the backyard is still a muddy mess.

This not-too-uncommon-in-Wisconsin facility will be located between Kamrowski Road and Bensel Pond, and will be the main distribution center for frac-sand […] According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health, constant...

A trip to the lumberyard helped me quickly learn the difference between dirt and soil—and yes, there is a difference. What had I done? And I can't wait for someone to tell me they're heading to the lumberyard for a truckload of dirt.

With temperatures well below zero, this past weekend was devoted to maintenance. A few hours later all parts were clean, and the faucet heads were reassembled. Living in limestone country, our water is hard even with a water softener.

Unlike the canopy shake method, which uses a catch cloth to catch the falling oranges, the tractor shake method simply uses a tractor to shake the oranges free from the tree. Up to 96 percent of all Florida oranges are harvested by hand using this traditional...

Snow plows come in a variety of sizes, and while a larger plow will allow you to clear more snow in less time (a benefit if you're plowing large areas), keep in mind that a larger plow also means your machine will be pushing more weight, which is harder...

They store that in their memories as they grow up. It works! Tags breeding season , bucks , dangerous , rams , rut Mom likes our rams to be sweet and tame, so she often scratches their chins.