an F550???
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From: Mass.
Originally Posted by powerstroke73
Look what is sitting on my trailer. Its kinda hard to miss. A header is what you put on the front of a combine when you're harvesting grain. Something like a corn head, or grain head (like mine). If you still don't know it means then get out of the city.
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From: Gonzales, La
i like this f650 best its a 4x4
check out more of the here. you can see f450's and f550's
http://www.f650pickups.com
check out more of the here. you can see f450's and f550's
http://www.f650pickups.com
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I don't think this is anything new. Ford has been doing this for years. They just continue the size up from 100 or150/250/350 for 1.5 ton, 2 ton trucks etc. Looks like you could take an F650 regular cab and easily put a 300 bushell grain bed on it.
My dad has a 1961 F-600 with an 18' grain bed. It has a 289, 4spd and OD and a 2 speed rear axle. I think that would put it at a 2 ton truck. There are still plenty of these types of trucks that are used on a regular basis.
I also know another farmer in the area who has a 1948 Ford F4 with a wooden grain bed that dumps. It has always been put in the shed and he still uses it every summer. The interior is almost perfect. My dad also has an F4 that is a few years newer, but it hasn't run for years. It has some kind of a flathead V8 in it.
My dad has a 1961 F-600 with an 18' grain bed. It has a 289, 4spd and OD and a 2 speed rear axle. I think that would put it at a 2 ton truck. There are still plenty of these types of trucks that are used on a regular basis.
I also know another farmer in the area who has a 1948 Ford F4 with a wooden grain bed that dumps. It has always been put in the shed and he still uses it every summer. The interior is almost perfect. My dad also has an F4 that is a few years newer, but it hasn't run for years. It has some kind of a flathead V8 in it.
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Yep I work for CNH. I work in field test for the flagship combine group. That entails the AFX 8010, CR, and on occasion Cotton Express, FX harvester, and the midrange 23xx series combines. The picture with the combine was actually taken when I was in Mississippi with it this year.
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We've got a 2388 and we thought about trading it off and getting the AFX 8010 but We only have about 2000 acres of beans/wheat so it would be kinda overkill. I wish I could feild test new tractors and stuff. How did you come about getting that job.
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I found it through their website. I was offered a job with CNH in the tractor test group in Burr Ridge, IL about 3 months before I took this job. I ended up turning that one down because there was no field work involved. The tractor group is different in that they have a dedicated group close to Pheonix. They simply work on them a little bit and then contact farmers to run the tractors. Didn't appeal to me like this one did.