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[Solo]

A New Holland Tractor for the Pope

Solo

 

[Grrrr]

That is a big tractor. He must have a big platform to tow.

 

[AndyMA]

Looks nice. Wish we could see more of the tractor.

Andy

 

[irwin]

Looks nice. Wish we could see more of the tractor.

Andy

Hi Andy, I agree.

Move aside please, let us see that new Papal toy.

 

[AndyMA]

Tim

Where are you in Conn?

Andy

 

[irwin]

Tim

Where are you in Conn?

Andy

Morning Andy, a few miles south of Windham County, in Lisbon.
The guys down south don't know how much fun their missing, you know the thrill of finding several hundred pounds of rock in every other backhoe bucket full.

So we stay on thread....found this video. It only shows the tractor for a few seconds, but you see the tractor in it.
Catholic Online - Video

 

[AndyMA]

Morning Andy, a few miles south of Windham County, in Lisbon.
The guys down south don't know how much fun their missing, you know the thrill of finding several hundred pounds of rock in every other backhoe bucket full.

So we stay on thread....found this video. It only shows the tractor for a few seconds, but you see the tractor in it.
Catholic Online - Video

Yeah, it always gets me when people discuss how many feet of trench they can dig a day or what ever. Sometimes I can't go 4 feet in a half day and I have a significiently bigger hoe. MY farm is in Woodstock & Eastford and I'm presently living in Milford until we build our house in the spring.

Andy

 

[grainger12002]

Hi Andy- How have you been ........

 

[irwin]

Yeah, it always gets me when people discuss how many feet of trench they can dig a day or what ever. Sometimes I can't go 4 feet in a half day and I have a significiently bigger hoe. MY farm is in Woodstock & Eastford and I'm presently living in Milford until we build our house in the spring.

Andy

Bet you can't wait to get the house up, that's a good hour plus to your farm right? What's the time line for full time country living? You said "build our house in the spring". Ya figure you'll be living there by next fall?

One more question, what do you grow or raise? 75 acres in ct. is a good chunk of land, I'm coveting some unused acreage behind mine, just so I can be sure nobody else buys it and puts up a housing developement..

 

[AndyMA]

Bet you can't wait to get the house up, that's a good hour plus to your farm right? What's the time line for full time country living? You said "build our house in the spring". Ya figure you'll be living there by next fall?

One more question, what do you grow or raise? 75 acres in ct. is a good chunk of land, I'm coveting some unused acreage behind mine, just so I can be sure nobody else buys it and puts up a housing developement..

We're hoping to be in by next fall. I may spend the summer there in a small camper. I've owned the property for about 20 years and al we've had so far is some cows and horses kept by farmers we've rented the pastures to. The peoperty once had an antique estate on it and still has producing apple, grape and pear trees. One of teh features I like the best about it is that I share almost a 1/2 mile boundry with the Yale Forest. The Yale-Meyers forest is about an 8000 acre forest owned by Yale University used for forestry research. On the other side is a 35 acre parcel owned by my church. This all abuts a 150 acre spring fed lake. Very private!
And yes Milford to Woodstock is a pain about 1 1/2 hours.

Andy

 

[AndyMA]

Hi Andy- How have you been ........

Good Grainger. Give me a call & lets get together.

Andy

 

[HOUNDSTOOTH]

That is a big tractor to pull a "platform". Seems like they would have slapped a set of radials on that beast. I don't think the Pope will be floatin' over plowed fields. haha

 

[HOUNDSTOOTH]

It's a given that the Pope needs a car to get around when visiting the faithful, hence the Popemobile. But why would Benedict XVI need a tractor?

Well, Italian auto giant Fiat which on Wednesday delivered a brand new tractor - painted white and complete with Benedict's coat-of-arms - knows the answer.

"It'll tow and position the enormous, 17-ton mobile platform on which the Pope will hold his weekly Wednesday General Audience in St Peter's Square," said Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne, according to Adnkronos news agency.

Marchionne was at the Vatican to present the tractor - a "unique" version of the Fiat-owned New Holland brand's T7050 model - as a gift to the pope.

"For us it's a great honour to have had the opportunity to deliver this vehicle to the Holy Father, in a sign of admiration and respect," Marchionne said.



"Oh"!............Nevermind. haha (17 Ton)

 

[Grrrr]

Blimey, 17 ton is seriously heavy.

That tractor must weigh somewhere north of 10 ton so it would be technicaly overweight to pull on our highways which limit you to 24 ton gross.

What is the weight limit in the US out of interest?