Dr. Mark

Transportation Specialist & Retired Forensic Image Analyst.

[Dr. Mark @MarkOffel]

@OldBikerTrucker I used to keep a ice pick with me for those special occasions..tires really are easy to slide in the sidewalls

[Dr. Mark @MarkOffel]

@BrownietheDach1 I'm sure

[Dr. Mark @MarkOffel]

@TheSquirmyWorms Happy Birthday & Many More

[Tracy @OldBikerTrucker]

Heres another lesser known company making big tractors. Cameco. Everybody knows Big Bud, but down in the sugar cane fields of Thibodaux, Louisiana, there was another outfit building big iron.

Cameco built heavy four wheel drive tractors for sugar cane work and construction, all painted yellow instead of green or red. Their 205 came out in 1967 with 120 horse. By 1976 the 405-B was making 250 horse out of a Cat six cylinder, and in 1980 the 505 bumped it to 325.

They used Allison transmissions, backed by a Cameco transfer case.

Then in 1994 they went all in with the 805. That’s 600 horse from a Cat or Cummins, and a 440 gallon fuel tank.

Deere bought Cameco in 1998, and by 2006 the yellow was gone and painted green.

A tractor with a truck transmission, built in cane country. Big Bud gets the fame, but these Cajuns knew what they were doing too. 🚜

[Aaron Bobeck @AaronBobeck]

Crazy they're taking Hagie out of Iowa

And no mention of improved quality in any of these moves??

John Deere planning to close Ottumwa factory, move production to central Iowa https://t.co/dgcqQTiCfX

[DTN/Progressive Farmer @dtnpf]

John Deere announced plans to close two Iowa manufacturing plants in the next few years and move production to other cities, in a news release from the company on Wednesday.

Environmental Editor @DTNeeley reports 🔗 https://t.co/bmPln5T3zY

[Dr. Mark @MarkOffel]

@DeannaW1012 Very faithful companion

[Dr. Mark @MarkOffel]

@PlayfulNymph82 Awesome !

[Dr. Mark @MarkOffel]

@kellymonroevip 2

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@kellymonroevip 2

[ThatFarmGirlLaura @farmgirllaura_]

I almost forgot Halloween is in 3 days! 😱

[Dr. Mark @MarkOffel]

@farmgirllaura_ Almost

[Dr. Mark @MarkOffel]

@Pawanchiniya1 Otto bravo

[Deanna Williams @DeannaW1012]

Tongue 😛 out Tuesday!!!!
🩷 Precious Longdoggie 🩷

[Dr. Mark @MarkOffel]

@DeannaW1012 So cute

[Dr. Mark @MarkOffel]

@emma_talking Just about stopped up..can you help just a we bit

[Deanna Williams @DeannaW1012]

Precious got a good sniffari in this morning and a good head shake 🫨

[Brownie the Dachshund 🌈 @BrownietheDach1]

Hi 🩷