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They call the grounds of the U.S. Army Engineer Training Center at Fort Leonard Wood the $1-million hole. It’s obviously a joke that needs to be adjusted for infl ation. This Missouri army post is full of heavy equipment that’s digging, hauling, trenching, and — best of all — teaching soldiers. Here, the Army takes green recruits and turns them into crack equipment operators to be dispatched throughout the world to do good. Recently, some of this action has been moved indoors on simulators, or “sims” as Army types call them.

Come on maneuvers with us and see why the men and women who work the $1-million hole are truly priceless. >>>

Today’s Army is training with Deere simulators and deploying our iron to win global hearts and minds

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U.S. Army Engineers are sent to all corners of the world with heavy equipment — for a strong defense and a continuing goodwill offense. These brave soldiers are deployed in our name to build roads where there were jungles, bridges where there were obstructions, and hope where there was disaster.

While we sometimes take our mobility and infrastructure for granted, new roadways and disaster-relief efforts in developing or war-torn nations are literal lifesavers. Many of these engineering projects begin at the U.S. Army Engineer Training Center at Fort Leonard Wood, where we visited trainers and their eager students.

Crawl, walk, runIn a stroke of luck, we arrived at Fort Leonard Wood’s hydraulic excavator annex on the engineering students’ fi rst day of training while they were still crawling. Wait... crawling? “We purchased 30 simulators from John Deere two years back,” explains Excavator Annex Chief Joe Clabaugh. “They’re part of the crawl/walk/run training method the Army uses. The students start off, or ‘crawl,’ on the simulators, then ‘walk’ by moving to John Deere 27-Delta — 27Ds in the civilian world — Compact Excavators, then it’s on to ‘running’ our John Deere 240D Excavators.”

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The John Deere excavator simulators are defi nitely a hit with the students at Fort Leonard Wood. Almost immediately after buckling their seat belts they are pulling the excavator off a low boy, digging, loading pipe, trenching — every task they would encounter in the fi eld. Instead of earning points, the sims let you earn “dollars,” or lose them if there is any virtual damage to the machine or property, or if any safety rules are violated. It’s clear these students are mastering the sim controls faster than you can say “Super Mario Brothers.™”

Delta forceAfter watching the students crawling their way through the crawl/walk/run process, we headed out to a section of the $1-million hole — say $120,000 worth — to observe an engineer class operating a platoon of 27-Deltas. As instructor Joe pointed out, the controls are the same in these mighty minis as the sims, and the students were up and walking in no time.

In the center ring is another delta — a John Deere 240D — also with controls identical to the sims and the compacts. Joe tells us that both sized machines are invaluable in the fi eld. Major work is performed by the big iron while the 27-Deltas can be dropped almost anywhere for smaller tasks.

“John Deere delivers exceptional customer service — with both simulators and equipment,” says Annex Chief Joe Clabaugh.

The $1-million hole: Trainees from three branches of the Armed Forces learn to be ace operators at Fort Leonard Wood.


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Simulators are popular because they are a safer and more cost-effective way to train new operators in a low-risk environment. They allow new operators to get familiar with machine controls, and learn technique and safety procedures to avoid equipment dam-age while steering clear of jobsite hazards.

Here are some other reasons sims are in:

■ Training with simulators lowers fuel, operating costs, and emissions.

■ A simulator training program frees up fl eet equipment to be out working and earning.

■ Sims allow year-round training without weather worries.

■ Currently simulators are HOT with large contractors, unions, trade schools, and the military.

■ Schools and contractors are using simulators at job fairs to attract top employees.

■ John Deere simulators are lightweight and easily portable — transport one in an SUV, pickup, or minivan.

■ Deere simulators give you the choice of multiple languages.

■ Currently, Deere offers excavator, four- wheel-drive loader, and motor grader simulators.

■ Crawler and backhoe models will be available in the coming year.

■ Simulators are used extensively for the Deere operator-training program.

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From sims to Somalia... ...Or anywhere else these U.S. Army Engineers are needed. That’s the brave beauty of our armed forces —they go where they are told and serve with-out complaint. It was impressive to say the least to see these young ladies and gentlemen learning to operate equipment that ultimately will be used to improve and even save lives. In war and peace, Army Engineers provide vital service to the world by constructing levies, building airstrips, and cut-ting breaks to control wildfi res. Good deeds by good people.

As for John Deere, well, the company is proud to be associated with such noble efforts — in training troops with state-of-the-art simulators and with actual equipment for soldiers fi ghting the good fi ght worldwide. ■

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Hybrid technologies like electrifi cation in heavy equipment are progressing

from theory to reality. As equipment owners seek lower operating costs

and better returns on machine investments, interest in green energy is

expanding far beyond simply meeting government regulations.



Joe Mastanduno is the Deere Product Marketing Manager for engines

and drivetrains by day. But at night, under the cloak of darkness,

Joe becomes a blog star among the burgeoning electric- and hybrid-

construction-vehicle set. In fact, if you ever want to know the state of

the industry in regards to IT4, T4, or hybrid technology, Mastanduno’s

Fleet Talk videos will give you the online skinny.

What the heck are we talking about?We thought you’d never ask, so we asked Joe for a basic vocabulary lesson on all things hybrid. “At John Deere, we use the term hybrid electrifi cation. This means employing two sources of energy — such as a combination of diesel and electricity — to power a piece of construction equipment. The energy created is either transferred immediately to the drivetrain or stored in onboard batteries.”

We asked Joe about hybrid electrifi cation and what forms it may take in your future. He broke it down into three easy-to-understand categories...

This means the engine drives a generator to create electricity to be used by an electric motor or motors to drive tracks or wheels. This technology has been used for some time on large mining trucks that have sepa-rate electric motors on each wheel.

“Any application that slows down, dumps, or swings can be a match for electric drive. So energy from the repetitious motion in a loader or excavator could be harnessed to run your HVAC system or hydraulic pump, for example.”

Here, you’re generating electric power to run an attachment or component, such as the heating and cooling system. On construction equipment, auxiliary electrifi cation will mean fewer moving parts, increased fuel economy, and improved uptime.

“An example of this is already in use in our e-Premium agricultural tractors that run implements like sprayers with electric power. Look for this technology to make its way into construction equipment over the coming decade.”

Capturing energy from traction and other moving components and storing it for later use is a natural extension of managing con-struction-equipment energy. Our engineers are continuing research of this promising technology, but currently there is insuffi cient customer payback.

Electric traction Auxiliary electrification Energy management

Hybrid electrifi cationis an umbrella term that covers three subcategories:

“Any application that slows down, dumps,or swings can be a match for electric drive.So energy from the repetitious motion in a loader or excavator could be harnessed torun your HVAC system or hydraulic pump, for example.”

“An example of this is already in use inour e-Premium agricultural tractors that run implements like sprayers with electric power. Look for this technology to make itsway into construction equipment over thecoming decade.”

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John Deere e-Premium Tractors use auxiliary electrifi cation to power an array of implements.


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ELECTRIC TRACTION HAS BEEN USED ON LARGE MINING TRUCKS THAT HAVE SEPARATE ELECTRIC MOTORS ON EACH WHEEL.

The bottom line belongs to our customersWhile all contractors want to do their part for a cleaner environment, switching to hybrid iron must come with a healthy payback on their investment. And with environmental regulations focused on diesel-fuel-powered engines, hybrid construction equipment becomes an alternative form of green energy that hinges on a positive cost/benefi t for contractors.

Nobody knows this better than Mastanduno. “With hybrid-electrifi cation technology — whether it is electric traction, auxiliary electrifi cation, or energy management — we must justify the added cost of the technology.

“Contractors will want a return on investment in a reasonable time frame in addition to the emission benefi ts hybrid electrifi cation can provide. And they want to retain the productivity, uptime, and low daily operating costs they have come to expect from John Deere.”

Payback’s a nicheJohn Deere engineering is currently putting a lot of R&D effort into hybrid electrifi cation. But the marketing niche the company is staking out for its fi rst hybrid product will be the right machine form for the right application and — most importantly — with the right payback for the contractor. Stay tuned, and keep up-to-the-minute on this emerging technology by viewing Joe Mastanduno’s Fleet Talk video blog at www.deere.com/emissions. ■

The John Deere 8000 E-Cut Hybrid Fairway Mower boasts a 48-volt system to drive the cutting units for plenty of power and less noise than conventional mowers.



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Located on the southern shore of Lake Ontario, Grimsby, Ontario, gets its fair share of snow. The town sits just outside the

Snow Belt — the region that lies downwind of the Great Lakes, where heavy snowfall of 60 inches or more during the

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“ The 210LJ is the perfect machine to build our company around. It’s not too big, so we can get into tight areas — the turning radius is absolutely fantastic. Yet it’s strong enough to handle just about everything we do.”

— Doug Kielt, President, D&G Property Pros

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And although Grimsby had a relatively mild winter this year, Doug Kielt, president of D&G Property Pros, says his snow-removal business has continued to grow, as has his property-maintenance business. To avoid getting buried — literally and fi guratively — D&G recently bought a 210LJ Landscape Loader.

“The 210LJ is the perfect machine to build our company around,” says Kielt. “It’s not too big, so we can get into tight areas — the turning radius is absolutely fantastic. Yet it’s strong enough to handle just about everything we do.”

D&G works primarily on small commercial properties, parking lots, and around houses. “We can easily get into anywhere with a seven-foot access,” he says. “But it’s a very strong piece of equipment. And it has more than enough reach to load a tri-axle truck, unlike our skid steer loader.”

Star performerDoug and his son Gerry started D&G in 2000 when Gerry was still in high school. The company started out small, with Gerry helping his father cutting grass after he got out of school. Since then the company has taken off, doing property main-tenance and commercial lawn cutting for malls and industrial plazas, as well as debris removal, tree service, and snow removal. Gerry has been completing coursework in landscape

design and horticulture, so the company has recently been expanding into landscape construction.

“As we’ve become more diverse, it became clear we needed a machine that could grow with us,” says Gerry. “The 210LJ provides the versatility we need for our business.”

“It can move snow, load trucks, spread gravel — I can use it year round,” adds Doug. “It has a three-point hitch and continuous PTO, so we can use it with a Bush Hog®, posthole driller, and other implements. The possibilities are endless, and the more ways you can use a piece of equipment, the sooner it will pay for itself.”

Must-see machineDoug and Gerry fi rst discovered the 210LJ one morning as they drove past their Deere dealership in Stoney Creek. “It was parked right out front,” recalls Gerry. “We really liked what we saw, so we had the dealer come out and give us a demo.”

The two liked what they saw on the inside of the optional four-season cab, too. The redesigned hood, curved fenders, and rear-mounted ROPS posts provide unrestricted all-around visibility. The seat swivels 40-degrees right for an unrestricted rear view and 10-degrees left for easier entrance and exit.

Let it snow. The versatile 210LJ handles snow-removal duty and many other tasks for D&G Property Pros.

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“It’s like you are in a fi shbowl,” says Doug. “Glass runs all the way around the machine. There are no blind spots. Visibility is second to none — it is just phenomenal. And the seat sits nice and high, and is very comfortable.”

“Visibility is hugely important,” adds Gerry. “When you are moving snow in the middle of the night, your guys are tired. They really need to be aware of their surroundings. The ma-chine delivers 360 degrees of glass, so visibility is absolutely superb. And the cab couldn’t get any better. It’s really comfort-able and just a great environment to work in.”

The ride-control option smoothes moves over rough terrain, so loads reach their destination instead of somewhere in between. Reduces operator fatigue, too. “Ride control makes the workday much more bearable,” says Gerry. “You’re not bouncing around as much, so long days seem much shorter.”

ThrillerSimple serviceability ensures D&G spends less time and expense getting ready to work — and more time getting work done. An easy-tilt, two-position hood, relocated fuel tank, and same-side ground-level service access make quick work of the daily routine. “It’s very, very simple,” says Doug. “You pop open the hood and everything is right there. Filler points are

really well marked, so you know exactly where everything goes, and grease fi ttings are all visible.”

The convenient periodic maintenance and lubrication chart helps ensure nothing gets overlooked. “The user-friendly schematic shows everything on the machine. Anyone can fi gure it out quite easily.”

“The 210LJ virtually runs itself, it’s that easy to service,” says Gerry. “By combining low or no maintenance with good fuel effi ciency, the machine keeps operating costs low.”

Unsurpassed Deere dealer support also keeps D&G up and running. “We have a great rapport with our dealer. Service is everything to us, and it’s quite obvious that it is everything to them, too.”

“If we have any kind of request — no problem,” adds Gerry. “They are all over it. We have no downtime basically.

“We have nothing but praise for Deere. We’ve been very happy with their machines and support — everything about Deere. We’re thrilled.” ■

D&G Property Pros is serviced by Nortrax, in Stoney Creek, Ontario.

“ The 210LJ provides the versatility we need forour business.”

— Gerry Kielt, D&G Property Pros

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Considering it was founded in 1637, Taunton, Massachusetts, maintains the

youthful sheen of a progressive and productive community. Taunton continues

to host industrious entrepreneurs like Gil Lopes of G. Lopes Construction, Inc.

Already one of the largest site contractors in the area, Lopes has diversifi ed into

materials trucking, aggregate processing, and, now, wood-waste processing at

company divisions New England Recycling and Future Fuels. We visited with

this longtime John Deere customer to check the productivity of his John Deere

200D LC Excavators.

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It had been a little over a year since Gil Lopes picked up his new 200D LC at a Kernersville, North Carolina, Gold Key event. Seeing the powerful excavator crunching up wood pallets like they were wooden matchsticks, we ask why it has such a cushy job.

“I have two other 200Ds at New England Recycling (see ‘Alive and Breathing’ in our February 2008 issue), and we work those machines hard,” says Lopes. “They’re very reliable and can take the abuse, but when I picked this one up at the plant in Kerners-ville, I didn’t have the heart to send it into battle in that tough environment. So we’re babying it a bit ... for now.”

Not that grabbing pallets, smashing them up, and feeding ’em into the grinder is all fun and games — but the 200D LC has a cooling system that shrugs off sawdust and other fl ying debris. Since Lopes knew from experi-ence to order the reversing-fan option with his Deere, what is hazardous duty for many excavators is a cinch for all three of his 200Ds.

“The machines we used to run were great, but their cooling systems were just not good enough for this environment,” says Lopes. “It was too maintenance intensive to try to keep the machine clean. Since we got the John Deere excavators, these problems have virtually gone away.

“When we’re

buying equipment,

the quality of the

product is always

number one, but

dealer support is

right behind.”

Gil LopesOwnerG. Lopes Construction, Inc.

Gil trip: Future Fuels is just one of Gil Lopes Construction’s enterprises. Nice looking wood-recycling facility, eh?


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Enjoying the Gold Key treatment: John Deere Signature Customer Gil Lopes picks up his third 200D LC at the Deere Kernersville, North Carolina, plant.

Not sweatin’ to the oldies: Thanks to their advanced cooling systems with auto-reverse fans, Lopes’ 200D LCs feed old pallets to the grinder without breaking a sweat.

“They have three-mm perforations on the radiator screens, so anything that does get in is small enough to pass through the radiator and the coolers,” Lopes continues. “With the reversible fan it is able to clean off the screens automatically — or manually if the operator feels it’s necessary — so that the screens always stay clean.”

Like all Lopes’ enterprises, Future Fuels is lean and green. Businesses are happy to give the company their pallets, and Lopes is adept at using his equipment to grind them into dust and press the sawdust into wood-stove pellets. Nothing goes to waste, as we observe while peering into a dumpster full of pallet nails that will bring a princely sum at the metal scrap yard. We also note Lopes’ astute philosophy when it comes to acquiring the equipment that helps run his businesses.

“When we’re buying equipment, the quality of the product is always number one, but dealer support is right behind. I personally got to go to the factory in the Gold Key Program and was able to see fi rsthand these machines being built. I was very impressed with the quality and workmanship that went into them. My oldest machine has around 6,000 hours on it, and we have had zero problems with it. We expect to run this one 10,000 or 12,000 hours before we upgrade it to another John Deere 200D.” ■

Future Fuels is serviced by Schmidt Equipment, Oxford, Massachusetts.

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