Sedco Forex is a partner in Arabian Drilling Co.WORK AREA: Arabian Gulf.Atwood OceanicsVICKSBURGRIG DESIGN; Marathon Le Tourneau Class 84,upgraded to Enhanced 116C, converted 60'' extended reach cantilever.CONSTRUCTION: Marathon LeTourneau, Vicksburg, Miss, 1975, modified1998.PERFORMANCE: Water depth--300''; Drillingdepth--25,000''.QUARTERS: 88 persons.HULL: 238'' x 209'' x 26'' (410'' leg length).VARIABLE LOAD: 2,500 t.HELIPORT: 72'' diameter.STORAGE: Mud & Cmt Bulk--9,500 sks; LiquidMud--2,100 bbl; Water for Drilling--8,500 bbl;

Allmand Brothers, Holdrege, Neb., has remained family-owned since its founding in 1938. The company introduced its first mini-backhoe in 1995. It currently has four models, the TLB 20, 25, 25D and 35D. The TEB 20, added last year, competes with the Terramite T5. The TLB 35 is rated 33 hp, while the other machines carry 20 to 25 hp engines. Dig-It was part of HCC when we last looked at this segment. HCC owned the product line from 1993 until 1999 when it was sold to Yazoo/Kees Power Equipment, Jackson, Miss., which has been renamed Pug Power. The Dig-It machine has been produced since the 1980s. Two models are currently offered, the 22 hp model 2208 and the 20 hp Tiger M2008.

"Also, a dealer who sells large mowers and tractors probably already does business with a finance source like Wells Fargo or Sheffield. With finance opportunities in place -- plus single products that serve multiple fields -- he''s in a position to enter several industrial markets." What kind of guarantee comes with this?" I asked, suspiciously eyeing the few drops of oil on the pavement under the rear axle of an old gray Ford tractor."Well, none, actually," replied the man who had it sitting out by the road with a for-sale sign. "What you see is what you get--where is, as is."The tractor in question was a 1946 Ford 2N (see photo, Page 103). The four-cylinder engine had been overhauled a few years earlier, he said. Then an old Pennsylvania-Dutchman, who probably bought it new when Truman was president, traded it in on a new Kubota.

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