The Combines Have Arrived

We unloaded the combines for disassembly on Friday. Now if we get them cleaned up a little we can start tearing them down. It shouldn't take too long with 40 students working on them. We will also be working on wheel moves and and predelivery of new tractors.

2012 Scholarships

We awarded the 2012 John Deere Tech scholarships last week. The scholarships were determined on the following criteria:
1. Short-range and long-range career plans
2. Personal reference from the sponsoring dealer
3. Supervised Occupational Experience I report
4. Transcript
5. Awards and community involvement.  

Congratulations

Tractor Ride 2012

We had a good day at the tractor ride. There were 51 tractors were in the ride and at least 80 people there. Here is a link to the pictures that I have. You can download them and use them as you like.

Hydraulics II

From slippery door knobs to oily floors and tractors we have managed to spread hydraulic oil around the entire shop. Fortunately it has just been a little at a time. We will finish Hydraulics II on Monday with the John Deere Hydraulic Certification online test. I'm sure everyone is spending the weekend studying. Here are a few pics.

 

 

JD Tech Hosts NE District FFA Contest

The John Deere Tech students hosted the NE District FFA Ag Mechanics Contest on May 17th. We had a combine project, small engine projects, a conservation project, an electrical controls project, a concrete project and a written test. Over 50 students from NE Iowa competed in the 3 hour contest. A special thanks goes out to Eileen, Kristi, Kevin and Dean. Here are some pictures.

Graduation 2012

We graduated 29 students this year. We are still trying to decide if we are happy to see you go off to make your own way or if we would still like you around. Here are some pictures.

AMS Field Day

We had an opportunity to drive around an open field with the new toys. The 7200R has a CommandQuad, the 4440 has Auto Trac Universal and the 8235Rs have 2630 displays and Integrated Auto Trac. While they were driving around we were monitoring the location of the 8235R with JDLink and doing recordings with Service Advisor Remote. We even found an App to do JDLink location on Android or Windows Mobile.

Save the Best Until Last

After some extensive manual research and a few lessons in wiring Ryan and Brian ran the 9.0L Tier 3 engine today. A this point we are unable to get more than idle speed because of  some software availibility issues. Here are some videos and pics.

Injector Issues Solved

After a little time to think and a little wrenching the 10.5L runns well.

Josh and Ryan

Josh and Ryan were assigned a 10.5L this year. It had not been apart before and it is a big beast. After a few wiring difficulties it ran pretty well but I think we have a couple injector issues that we will deal with after break.