Re: The Tractor Will Never Replace the Horse (long

Posted by Deas Plant. on November 03, 2003 at 23:29:45 from (211.26.8.8):

In Reply to: The Tractor Will Never Replace the Horse (long pos posted by DRL on November 03, 2003 at 11:58:58:

Hi, Folks.
Interesting concept about the relationship between horses and tractors.

Back in the late 60's/early 70's, some U.S. Army general is credited with predicting that one day there would be computers that weigh no more than 15 tons. I seem to remember vaguely that he also claimed that they would actually fit in a lounge room.

I also once saw a comparison between the work done by the wheelbarrow jockeys of yesteryear's construction scene and a single operator a Cat 631 scraper. Somebody with too much time on his hands and not enough to do had figgered out that it would take 1,100 men with shovels and wheelbarrows 8 -- E-I-G-H-T -- hours to move the same amount of dirt a distance of (I think) 100 yards that a Cat 631 would move that far in ONE hour.

"The labourer is worthy of his hire"????????????

I'm with KYHayman on this one. I'll take the D5 too.

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