AndyMA
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Good Grainger. Give me a call & lets get together.
Andy
HOUNDSTOOTH
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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
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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)
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)
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?
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?
