ATURE PAGE
Press-News Journal, Canton, Mo., Thursday, October 31, 1985
3c
garage in
tech business
modifications were made to the most
t
,,. with telephones can
u'"441 .the part played by a
"aing Maywood business.
Companies are finding it
s, IP"-'[ to-use fiber optic cable,
• -,S glass cable to transmit
fiber is reported .ooo4
"f.dmP lultanenus messages.
'..';-mdKUlack plastic covering and
' the ground. Enter Evans
' dE.e, Maywond.
"---'.im qClal order d machine
i ",-llP May was completed
€ by the crew at Evans
fragile fiber optic cable
..vdtal equipment. A plow for
comes from a Canadian
• careers
are International Hough
L,I Evans, welds the
@'ers to the front or the
'-11, builds a wire mesh
t"et," to protect the cable
' i4[lWith the hot exhaust pipe,
o hydraulics systems, and
" Plows to the tractor.
"-II! alone weighs about
the corner, a
:_..M, T-I 360 sturdy steel,
tall, plow, and other
recent machine, the machine carried
an estimated weight of 53,300 pounds.
"We can now prepare one in eight or
nine days, and we are trimming that
down all the time," Evans said.
In addition to Evans at the garage
are Kirk Funkenbush, and part time
workers Darrell Eisenberg and Mike
Creger.
"We've had a bonanza of machines
(at the shop) this year. We've had
more iron in and out this year (than in
a long time)," Evans said.
He feels one of the reasons for the
"bonanza" is the governmental threat
to cut investment tax credits, and
customers are quickly jumping on the
wagon before the feared cuts.
Evans and his crew have done more
than just assemble various parts of the
machine.
"We recommended some changes to
the manufacturers after talking with
the engineers and talking with the
company. It's been rewarding working
for a small company like this because
you don't have to wait two years for
the changes (to he implemented),"
Evans said.
Among the changes suggested since
that first tractor in May, have been
repositioning of hydraulic hoses,
moving hydraulic cylinders from the
tractor tracks, and some swivel
adjustments, to name a few.
"The changes are new enough that
there are no parts books on it yet,"
said Creger.
Fiber optic cable machine
Mike Creger and Roger Evans of Evans Garage, Maywoed, stand beside a
finished product of an International-Hough.Dresser tractor designed to plow
ground and lay fiber optic telephone cable. The front part is the spool holder
and the cable runs over the rollers on top and on the wheel at right when the
machine is being used.
attachment
and Mike Creger attach a hea'vy metal narrow chute to the
fitted with cable laying equipmenL The fiber optic Cable
: wheel, then gb the chute into the ground after coming off
el the tructor and over rollers on top of the cab of the tractor.
The changes were brought by the
work on the first model prototype and
suggestions from Evans Garage have
made added safety convenience or
both.
One of the prides of the machines,
especially the latest, is the locally
designed changes in the right-handed
shift box hydraulic system, which adds
control to the plow movability and
positioning of the front reel carrier.
The system also includes tap plug& for
future use, say, later conversion to a
dozer tractor without a great deal of
problems.
The finished tractors are approxi-
mately $200,000, or can be rented at
about ,000 per month. *. :
When completed, the f'mal length
of the tractor is 36 feet. The hydraul/cs
of the machine are strong enough to
lift. the 210 horse power machine off
the ground, if necessary.
"We coordinate some of the parts for
the owners. We don't do maintenance
work in the field. St. Louis (headquar-
ters for Missouri-Illinois Tractor which
sells the tractors) calls us if they need
to know what a chute is," Evans said.
"The tractor is big enough, it won't
be moved unless necessary. It's easier
to replace parts in the field," Evans
said. "Two qualified men are supposed
to be able to disassemble an engine or
transmission in nine hours."
Evans remembers the first machine
was a "pioneer job", and recalls
having to do welding for six to eight
hours on a hot day and was not tested.
Because of the changes made since
that first machine, the crew at Evans
Ganage has logged the irdormation on
dimensions, hoses, and other changes.
There have also been photographs
taken to communicate the changes
made.
Evans said the biggest problem is
"standardizing and simplifying hose
connectors."
The first cable layer, as the machine
is called, worked a line from the
Chicago to Alton, Ill., area. Kingdom
City to Kansas City, Mo., and
reportedly now enroute to work on a
line from Tulsa, Okla., to Fort Worth,
Tex.
The other cable layers have gone to
Maryland, West Palm Beach, Fla.,
Decatur, Ill., and the one recently
finished will be bound for North
Carolina to work on a line between
Washington, D.C., and Jacksonville,
Fla.
Only the one in Decatur is not
privately owned, but instead is owned
by a telephone company.
But for now -- at least until spring
anyway -- the Maywood branch of
MIT figures there will not be anymore
tractors modified this year, because of
the proximity of winter.
"There for a while, ff we had 10
tractors, we (MIT) could have had
them all rented," Evans said.
Evans affiliation with a company
salesman, who formerly worked in
Quincy, is one of the main resm the
company put a branch office in
Maywood.
Just how important are the ma-
chines? First consider this: the fiber
optic cable, which is replacing copper
wire, costs $75,000410,000 a pool.
Evans said some cable laying
companies will put a man on the front
of the tractor, one on the rod and one
or more in the hack to insure proper
unrolling of the cable spool Progre
is measured at a re rate., of
inches per hour.
Apparently, the Maywood company
has been doing something right with
the machines to be entltd with
working on all five of the machines.
And users of cable optic tibet" can be
grateful in part to Eval Repair
Garage, Maywood.
Three types of terracing can save soil.
By Allen Veus,
Sell Cmservatlonkt
Terraces have long been a major
defense against soil erosion. They help
solve many erosion and water manage-
ment problems on a farm, and provide
the base for an effective total remurce
management system. Modern terraces
are easy to farm, help control runoff
and do a very good job of saving soft.
The main purpose of a terrace
system is to reduce erosion and
manage water on cropland. Terraces,
by design, divide long steep hlllsid
into a series of shorter slopes.
Throughout most of Missouri, the
terrace channel is sloped toward a
grassed waterway or underground
outlet, and excessive surface runoff is
transported from the field to a stable
outlet.
There are three types of terraces
used in Missouri. Each has benefits
and limitations that need to be
considered before deciding the best
type for your particular farming
operation.
One type of terracing is the
Broad-Bnse type. The benefits are that
the entire terrace can be farmed
because no land is takon out of
production, less eartlffill is needed for
construction when landslopes are
uniform, a moldboard plow may be
used to maintain the ridge height, the
ridge is easier to construct because the
soil is pushed down the hill, md tt is
adapted to flatter huIslopes (leas than
8 percent).
Some of the iimitatiom of
terraces are that the final
between terraces is steeper tlum the
original landslepe, it ts more difficult
and hazardous to farm the steeper
brood bose
narrow base
gross bockslope
landslopes, a larger field area is
dtstrubed during construction, and
parallel alignment may be difficult to
construct and may cost more on
irregular land.
Another type of terrace is the Steep
Backslope. Benefits are that the final
lmdslope between terraces is flatter
than the original landslope, the
grassed hackelopu lrovide food and
cover for wildlife, the terraces are
easier to make parallel to each other,
and the Steep Backslaps terrace is
adapted to steeper landslopes (greater
than $ percent.)
The limitations are that the steep
backsloves are seeded to grass and
Netlee law. At least 51 percent of the funds
must be used to benefit low and
Commmion will moderate income persons. No dis-
on November 6, placement of persons will be proposed.
P.m., at the Lewis For the FY.SS applications, the County
II
I office in to l to apply for water plant [ II I I1 •
of an applica- improvements on behalf of the Lewis
Fibril Year I. CounW PWSD No. 1. Proposed cost for I e T king servi I
:ent Block Grant the peoject is =,4100. Citizens will eorge Shous ruc ce
. The program is have the oppornRy to comment on _
leatlos submitted Ewin o. 63440
The maximum grant regarding the fuw.al year Se4 C'DBG
program. District bnard members will Hauling !
Uted is 15o0,000 for
be present to answer questions about
Dla'je. Activities the program and the proposed Lime, Fertilizer, Rock
l" funding indudo the application. For more irormation,
t/rve works, radii- centact the water district office.at 494- 9-3335 after 4:30 p.m.
others allowed by st Pub. Oct. 3t It
during construction, final landslope
between terraces is flatter than the
original landslope, inlet pipes do not
interfere with farming operations,
vegetation on the entire ridge provide
food and cover for wildlife, machinery
does not operate on ef near a steep
ridge, and these terraces are adapted
to landslope less tlum 15 percent.
Narrow Base terraces, like the
others, have limitations. The entire
terrace ridge is removed from crop
production, the ridge ma
periodic control of Wee
burrowing animals, the ridges may
limit access within the field, sediment
removed from crop production, the
backslopes may require periodic
control of weeds and burrowing
animals, care must be taken when
operating equipment near the steep
backslaps, high ridges may limit
access within the field, and special
care needs to be used when applying
herbicides next to vegetated slopes.
The third type of terraces are
Narrow Base and are fairly new to
area. The benefits of Narrow Base
terraces are that less earthftll is
needed and less field area is disturbed
may need to be periodic removed
from the terrace channel, and special
care needs tn be used wh applying
herbicide next to vegetated slopes.
More information on terrs can be
optained from the Soil Conservation
Service office. Soil Conservation
Service personnel can help plan ud
design terraces as part of a complete
conservation system for your farm.
Cost share funds to help install
terraces and other conservation
practices are available through the
Agricultural Stabilization
and Com-
vation Service and the Sotl and Water
Conservation District.
i!!!
Shelter Mutual Insurance Com
Seter Gea tnsun Con/
ira,.
on'o, uo.
l.ll1$1tON, MO.
AT SIfEILTER,
• IT'S A MATTER OFPER.MqAL RPJ
For your life, health, home, car, farm, business
ATURE PAGE
Press-News Journal, Canton, Mo., Thursday, October 31, 1985
3c
garage in
tech business
modifications were made to the most
t
,,. with telephones can
u'"441 .the part played by a
"aing Maywood business.
Companies are finding it
s, IP"-'[ to-use fiber optic cable,
• -,S glass cable to transmit
fiber is reported .ooo4
"f.dmP lultanenus messages.
'..';-mdKUlack plastic covering and
' the ground. Enter Evans
' dE.e, Maywond.
"---'.im qClal order d machine
i ",-llP May was completed
€ by the crew at Evans
fragile fiber optic cable
..vdtal equipment. A plow for
comes from a Canadian
• careers
are International Hough
L,I Evans, welds the
@'ers to the front or the
'-11, builds a wire mesh
t"et," to protect the cable
' i4[lWith the hot exhaust pipe,
o hydraulics systems, and
" Plows to the tractor.
"-II! alone weighs about
the corner, a
:_..M, T-I 360 sturdy steel,
tall, plow, and other
recent machine, the machine carried
an estimated weight of 53,300 pounds.
"We can now prepare one in eight or
nine days, and we are trimming that
down all the time," Evans said.
In addition to Evans at the garage
are Kirk Funkenbush, and part time
workers Darrell Eisenberg and Mike
Creger.
"We've had a bonanza of machines
(at the shop) this year. We've had
more iron in and out this year (than in
a long time)," Evans said.
He feels one of the reasons for the
"bonanza" is the governmental threat
to cut investment tax credits, and
customers are quickly jumping on the
wagon before the feared cuts.
Evans and his crew have done more
than just assemble various parts of the
machine.
"We recommended some changes to
the manufacturers after talking with
the engineers and talking with the
company. It's been rewarding working
for a small company like this because
you don't have to wait two years for
the changes (to he implemented),"
Evans said.
Among the changes suggested since
that first tractor in May, have been
repositioning of hydraulic hoses,
moving hydraulic cylinders from the
tractor tracks, and some swivel
adjustments, to name a few.
"The changes are new enough that
there are no parts books on it yet,"
said Creger.
Fiber optic cable machine
Mike Creger and Roger Evans of Evans Garage, Maywoed, stand beside a
finished product of an International-Hough.Dresser tractor designed to plow
ground and lay fiber optic telephone cable. The front part is the spool holder
and the cable runs over the rollers on top and on the wheel at right when the
machine is being used.
attachment
and Mike Creger attach a hea'vy metal narrow chute to the
fitted with cable laying equipmenL The fiber optic Cable
: wheel, then gb the chute into the ground after coming off
el the tructor and over rollers on top of the cab of the tractor.
The changes were brought by the
work on the first model prototype and
suggestions from Evans Garage have
made added safety convenience or
both.
One of the prides of the machines,
especially the latest, is the locally
designed changes in the right-handed
shift box hydraulic system, which adds
control to the plow movability and
positioning of the front reel carrier.
The system also includes tap plug& for
future use, say, later conversion to a
dozer tractor without a great deal of
problems.
The finished tractors are approxi-
mately $200,000, or can be rented at
about ,000 per month. *. :
When completed, the f'mal length
of the tractor is 36 feet. The hydraul/cs
of the machine are strong enough to
lift. the 210 horse power machine off
the ground, if necessary.
"We coordinate some of the parts for
the owners. We don't do maintenance
work in the field. St. Louis (headquar-
ters for Missouri-Illinois Tractor which
sells the tractors) calls us if they need
to know what a chute is," Evans said.
"The tractor is big enough, it won't
be moved unless necessary. It's easier
to replace parts in the field," Evans
said. "Two qualified men are supposed
to be able to disassemble an engine or
transmission in nine hours."
Evans remembers the first machine
was a "pioneer job", and recalls
having to do welding for six to eight
hours on a hot day and was not tested.
Because of the changes made since
that first machine, the crew at Evans
Ganage has logged the irdormation on
dimensions, hoses, and other changes.
There have also been photographs
taken to communicate the changes
made.
Evans said the biggest problem is
"standardizing and simplifying hose
connectors."
The first cable layer, as the machine
is called, worked a line from the
Chicago to Alton, Ill., area. Kingdom
City to Kansas City, Mo., and
reportedly now enroute to work on a
line from Tulsa, Okla., to Fort Worth,
Tex.
The other cable layers have gone to
Maryland, West Palm Beach, Fla.,
Decatur, Ill., and the one recently
finished will be bound for North
Carolina to work on a line between
Washington, D.C., and Jacksonville,
Fla.
Only the one in Decatur is not
privately owned, but instead is owned
by a telephone company.
But for now -- at least until spring
anyway -- the Maywood branch of
MIT figures there will not be anymore
tractors modified this year, because of
the proximity of winter.
"There for a while, ff we had 10
tractors, we (MIT) could have had
them all rented," Evans said.
Evans affiliation with a company
salesman, who formerly worked in
Quincy, is one of the main resm the
company put a branch office in
Maywood.
Just how important are the ma-
chines? First consider this: the fiber
optic cable, which is replacing copper
wire, costs $75,000410,000 a pool.
Evans said some cable laying
companies will put a man on the front
of the tractor, one on the rod and one
or more in the hack to insure proper
unrolling of the cable spool Progre
is measured at a re rate., of
inches per hour.
Apparently, the Maywood company
has been doing something right with
the machines to be entltd with
working on all five of the machines.
And users of cable optic tibet" can be
grateful in part to Eval Repair
Garage, Maywood.
Three types of terracing can save soil.
By Allen Veus,
Sell Cmservatlonkt
Terraces have long been a major
defense against soil erosion. They help
solve many erosion and water manage-
ment problems on a farm, and provide
the base for an effective total remurce
management system. Modern terraces
are easy to farm, help control runoff
and do a very good job of saving soft.
The main purpose of a terrace
system is to reduce erosion and
manage water on cropland. Terraces,
by design, divide long steep hlllsid
into a series of shorter slopes.
Throughout most of Missouri, the
terrace channel is sloped toward a
grassed waterway or underground
outlet, and excessive surface runoff is
transported from the field to a stable
outlet.
There are three types of terraces
used in Missouri. Each has benefits
and limitations that need to be
considered before deciding the best
type for your particular farming
operation.
One type of terracing is the
Broad-Bnse type. The benefits are that
the entire terrace can be farmed
because no land is takon out of
production, less eartlffill is needed for
construction when landslopes are
uniform, a moldboard plow may be
used to maintain the ridge height, the
ridge is easier to construct because the
soil is pushed down the hill, md tt is
adapted to flatter huIslopes (leas than
8 percent).
Some of the iimitatiom of
terraces are that the final
between terraces is steeper tlum the
original landslepe, it ts more difficult
and hazardous to farm the steeper
brood bose
narrow base
gross bockslope
landslopes, a larger field area is
dtstrubed during construction, and
parallel alignment may be difficult to
construct and may cost more on
irregular land.
Another type of terrace is the Steep
Backslope. Benefits are that the final
lmdslope between terraces is flatter
than the original landslope, the
grassed hackelopu lrovide food and
cover for wildlife, the terraces are
easier to make parallel to each other,
and the Steep Backslaps terrace is
adapted to steeper landslopes (greater
than $ percent.)
The limitations are that the steep
backsloves are seeded to grass and
Netlee law. At least 51 percent of the funds
must be used to benefit low and
Commmion will moderate income persons. No dis-
on November 6, placement of persons will be proposed.
P.m., at the Lewis For the FY.SS applications, the County
II
I office in to l to apply for water plant [ II I I1 •
of an applica- improvements on behalf of the Lewis
Fibril Year I. CounW PWSD No. 1. Proposed cost for I e T king servi I
:ent Block Grant the peoject is =,4100. Citizens will eorge Shous ruc ce
. The program is have the oppornRy to comment on _
leatlos submitted Ewin o. 63440
The maximum grant regarding the fuw.al year Se4 C'DBG
program. District bnard members will Hauling !
Uted is 15o0,000 for
be present to answer questions about
Dla'je. Activities the program and the proposed Lime, Fertilizer, Rock
l" funding indudo the application. For more irormation,
t/rve works, radii- centact the water district office.at 494- 9-3335 after 4:30 p.m.
others allowed by st Pub. Oct. 3t It
during construction, final landslope
between terraces is flatter than the
original landslope, inlet pipes do not
interfere with farming operations,
vegetation on the entire ridge provide
food and cover for wildlife, machinery
does not operate on ef near a steep
ridge, and these terraces are adapted
to landslope less tlum 15 percent.
Narrow Base terraces, like the
others, have limitations. The entire
terrace ridge is removed from crop
production, the ridge ma
periodic control of Wee
burrowing animals, the ridges may
limit access within the field, sediment
removed from crop production, the
backslopes may require periodic
control of weeds and burrowing
animals, care must be taken when
operating equipment near the steep
backslaps, high ridges may limit
access within the field, and special
care needs to be used when applying
herbicides next to vegetated slopes.
The third type of terraces are
Narrow Base and are fairly new to
area. The benefits of Narrow Base
terraces are that less earthftll is
needed and less field area is disturbed
may need to be periodic removed
from the terrace channel, and special
care needs tn be used wh applying
herbicide next to vegetated slopes.
More information on terrs can be
optained from the Soil Conservation
Service office. Soil Conservation
Service personnel can help plan ud
design terraces as part of a complete
conservation system for your farm.
Cost share funds to help install
terraces and other conservation
practices are available through the
Agricultural Stabilization
and Com-
vation Service and the Sotl and Water
Conservation District.
i!!!
Shelter Mutual Insurance Com
Seter Gea tnsun Con/
ira,.
on'o, uo.
l.ll1$1tON, MO.
AT SIfEILTER,
• IT'S A MATTER OFPER.MqAL RPJ
For your life, health, home, car, farm, business
