National Geographic Ultimate Factories "John Deere"

midmodan · Feb 11, 2007

Ran across it this Sunday evening. Story follows combines being built and used. Still interesting. Direct TV 276 NGC.

BleedGreen · Feb 12, 2007

Was the entire program about the Deere factory, or were there other factories on the same show? The reason I ask is that upcoming episodes are Harley-Davidson, Peterbilt, Ferrari and a few others I can't remember - but no mention of Deere...

Kahuna · Feb 12, 2007

This show was about the harvester works in Moline. I have taken the plant and tour twice and the show was very good. They would show a bit of the plant, give a little history on John Deere then they following a custom harvest crew so you could see the combines in action. They mostly jumped back and forth between the manufacturing and harvet crew. I thought it was entertaining. Among other things, they showed the steel being stamped out, forming and welding the rotor, assembling the different combine componets, painting, installing the engine and cab and building a grain platform.

rdln · Feb 12, 2007

My brother has been to that plant, he sells e-coat equipment, he thinks they have the largest paint vat anywhere.

Malvern · Feb 12, 2007

I ran into this show last night channel surfing, very interesting. You would never believe how much technology John Deere puts into there products. I really loved the torcher testing.

Malvern

papafoxtrot · Feb 12, 2007

midmodan said:
Ran across it this Sunday evening. Story follows combines being built and used. Still interesting. Direct TV 276 NGC.

Was this Discovery channel? I'd like to see it if my cable provider has the channel but 276 NGC doesn't mean anything I can understand.

Malvern · Feb 12, 2007

papafoxtrot,

Yes, this was The Discovery Channel.

Malvern

papafoxtrot · Feb 12, 2007

Malvern said:
papafoxtrot,

Yes, this was The Discovery Channel.

Malvern

Thanks Malvern,

I'll keep an eye out for it.

midmodan · Feb 12, 2007

NGC stands for National Geographic Channel. I searched my Tivo and the show does not come up on my listing. I can only see up to Feb 23. I did however find this web site:
National Geographic Channel TV Schedule - Ultimate Factories: Ultimate Factories: John Deere [TV-G]

You can put in your email address and they will email you the next time it is coming on. Hope this helps.