Storm Tracker Personal Forecast. The family claimed there was a design defect in the backhoe Beers parked in neutral on an incline in 1999. Beers walked down the incline and the backhoe rolled back over him. Beers' mother sued Caterpillar in 2001, but after a two-week trial, a Fulton County jury decided Friday the family did not prove there was a defect in the machine, and that the backhoe met all the standards when it was manufactured and used by Beers as he worked for a construction...

And finally, how do we get rid of what my neighbor calls leaf rollers on my vinca that covers a bank in my back yard? Its a caterpillar that rolls up the leaf and makes a web inside. But at 27 degrees or lower, the water is not likely to prevent the loss of your peaches unless you have special equipment. Other insects, such as aphids, mites and thrips, can also be responsible, especially if they are feeding on tree leaves above the gardenias. As for the Japanese maple, nothing would break...

Kerkorian -- who made the offer on Thursday through investment vehicle Tracinda corp. -- said in a letter to DaimlerChrysler's supervisory board that he was willing to put down a $100 million deposit as a sign of good faith. Canada-based Menu Foods said its previously announced recall now extended to certain "cuts-and-gravy" style wet pet food manufactured from to November 8 to March 6. The company said 69 percent of the holders of limited voting shares approved the plan proposed by a...

To make matters worse, he is convinced his own family - a brother and a sister-in-law who represented both him and the farm's seller - led him astray. Running an industrial poultry farm is nothing like chicken farming in Laos, where Lor helped his parents raise birds by hand. If it gets too hot, or if equipment breaks down, the chickens won't forgive the farmer. Farm groups say hundreds of such families who migrated from places like Minnesota to the Ozarks for a dream of owning land are...

The department typically utilizes all its manpower 28 equipment operators and three flagmen to direct downtown traffic to remove the snow. The arsenal of equipment included two sanders, seven graders, three loaders and two plow trucks. He makes sure to steer clear of vehicles parked on the road, mailboxes that seemed to be jumping into the intersection, and the garbage cans sitting at the ends of driveways. If we get any snow, we typically wait until at least two inches has fallen so we...

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So what's ag mechanics? "It's anything you do on a farm," which is "a little bit of everything," including knowledge of how to use and repair tractors, balers and other equipment, welding, house construction, concrete work and more. Ambassador: Was the only girl in agricultural mechanics when she enrolled in the junior-level class as a sophomore. The following year she recruited a female friend to join the club. Senior project: Took water samples of Church Creek and a retention pond to...

A big step ahead A tractor outfitted with a GPS unit and gyros nearly drives itself and greatly cuts the time needed to lay out a vineyard near Milton-Freewater. The high-tech tractor and Heater were on loan from Stahlbush Island Farms of Corvallis, said Bob Buchanan of Seven Hills Vineyards and North Slope Management, who was overseeing the construction of 70 acres of new vineyards on the rolling hillsides west of Milton-Freewater. The high-tech tractor and Heater were on loan from...

In many areas of the country, equipment dealers are buying multiple stores, while in other areas outside investors are buying groups of equipment dealers. One of the driving forces behind the TriGreen merger is that the agricultural customer base was shrinking due to farm sizes increasing, more productive equipment, and rapid housing development across much of the region. TriGreen Equipment will provide sales, parts and service to homeowner, agricultural and commercial customers throughout...