Summer Trip

Last week we went on our summer factory tour trip. We got on a Hawkeye Stages bus on Wednesday morning and headed for Dubuque. We toured John Deere Dubuque Works and watched them build logging equipment, dozers and skidloaders. From Dubuque we went to John Deere Davenport Works and then to the Pavilion. We had a little hotel mix up but John Deere arranged accommodations at The Isle of Capri for a “little” rest. On Thursday it was off to Harvester Works to see combines and header equipment being built. We then ventured to Corporate Headquarters for a little history and new equipment on the showroom floor. Overall it was a great opportunity to learn about manufacturing processes and a little “Deere” history.

Thanks John Deere and NICC.

New Toy

So what could be better than Service Advisor on a 55" screen? Marcus and Brion won first place National PAS Ag Mechanics contest and we had a little prize money to spend so we decided to buy a TV for the program so it won't be so hard to look at a computer screen during class. Here is a couple pictures.

Thanks Marcus and Brion too bad you aren't here to watch it.

Banquet Snapshots

We had the John Deere Tech Banquet and Open House on May 11th in the John Deere Tech building and in the new cafeteria. There were 28 graduates this year and their guests included parents, employers, friends and representatives from John Deere. Congratulations men it has been a fun 2 years. Here is a link to some photos.

https://picasaweb.google.com/JDTechCalmar/Graduation2011?authkey=Gv1sRgCMDric_dpuujSg&feat=directlink

John Deere Tech Staff

Precision Farming Practice

Yesterday we had a little playtime with the AMS toys.We played with everything from Auto Trac Universal, Curve Trac to ITEC Pro, Here are some pictures of the ride through the pasture.

Thanks to the Class of 2010

We finally used the gift certificate from the class of 2010. We had a bit of a hard time getting everyone together and at the last minute Jim couldn't make it. We will get him out sometime to make up for it. We also brought Rodney and Laura along now that he is part of the team. My wife was there as well but she was taking the pictures.

Thanks from the JD Tech Crew.

Kyle 4045

Here is Kyle's little 4045 before we got the timing light on it (hence the blue smoke).

I cleared up after he advanced the timing to book spec.

Brock and Joe



Let There Be ...Oil Pressure

Here is Joe running Brock and his 6.8L.

Greg and Cole

What does PWM mean anyway?

PWM = Pulse Width Modulation and that equals variable throttle on this 12.5L

Jake and Josh