| Updated 3/9/2000 |
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| This is a 1977 GMC General tandem
axle truck. It sports a six cylinder Cummins turbo diesel engine,
good for about 300 horsepower and 5mpg. |
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| The grain box on the back holds
approximately 500 bushels of wheat. The fuel tanks contain about
100 gallons combined.. |
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| Here's my farmer friend loading
grain from the bins to take to a flour mill. |
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| Paul's just shutting down the
Massey Ferguson tractor that powers the short auger connected
to the grain bin. |
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| The pup trailer holds another
500 bushels of wheat. |
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| You can see the longer grain
auger in this picture. It's used to move grain from the dumping
pit into the bins during harvest. There is a grate that the truck
drives over, and dumps the grain. A horizontal auger moves the
grain into the pit, where the main auger moves it up and into
the bin. |
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| Here's a drivers view out the
front window. You don't realize how big the hood is till you're
in traffic and a whole car disappears in front of you, blocked
by the huge hood. |
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| A shot of the cab. This truck
has seen a lot of use, and is a real workhorse. It has a 13 speed
Fuller Roadranger transmission that is nice to shift. The accelerator
pedal is very sensitive. I found myself bumping the indicated
redline until I got a feel for the pedal. |
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| Here's a green General I found
on the internet. The GMC I drove has a shorter exhaust stack
to clear the unloading auger on the combines. |
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