DR POWERWAGON: Next size down in size and capacity are the DR Powerwagons--a unique line of powered garden carts made by Country Home Products, Meigs Road, P.O. Box 25, Vergennes, VT 05491; (800 711-7276. All sizes are tank-tough and capable of hauling 800 pounds of bricks, firewood, garden compost or rocks. They are maneuvered by hand with stout handles and castoring wheels at the back, thus avoiding the steering mechanism that would boost their cost. GARDEN WAY CARTS: And finally, if a powered hauler is more than you can justify, get yourself a shiny, metal frame and brown stained, plywood box-bodied Garden Way-style garden cart like you see in many rural and sub-urban gardens. These carts were designed by Garden Way founders Eddie Robinson and Lyman Wood back in the 1940s; they took their inspiration from the amazingly well-balanced, high-wheeled railway station baggage cans of the day. You may remember Garden Way carts from the magazine ads that compared their lightweight and easy-dumping gardening convenience with a tippy, back-straining wheelbarrow. Perfectly balanced on easy-turning, rustproof, chrome-plated spoked wheels, a box cart will let you haul bulky or heavy loads of all kinds over an acre or so of flatland. A word of caution: Don''t overload them. I once boldly filled a small model #16 (so-named for its 16-inch wheels) with 200 pounds of flatrock and pulled it down a foot-high patio ledge. The load (twice the cart''s rated capacity), collapsed the spokes in both wheels.

A new moisture sensor is available for all new 60 Series combines. The GreenStar Harvest Monitor system includes a new state-of-the-art moisture sensor located at the top of the clean grain elevator in the grain tank. The new moisture sensor has a faster grain fill time and provides faster, more accurate moisture readings. New software has been designed for the improved moisture sensor.600 Series platformsThe John Deere 60 Series combines have already set new standards of productivity, and now with the introduction of the new 600 Series platforms, this already exceptional performance will be greatly enhanced.

The first rescue trucks in the early 1970s typically were built on a light-duty cab chassis with two-wheel drive and gasoline engines because rescue tools and equipment were simple: chains, come-alongs and hand-powered tools. But they evolved to small, lightweight, low-duty cycle vehicles to carry equipment to aid or support an emergency incident. Rescue trucks fall under the "Special Service Fire Apparatus" portion of the standard. A minimum of 120 cubic feet of enclosed compartmentation is needed to meet the requirements. This should be an easy requirement to meet, as even the smallest bodies should have at least double the amount of this requirement. Also, there are some minor equipment requirements that will need to be considered, such as one SCBA for each seated position, but not fewer than two total, and one spare air cylinder for each breathing apparatus carried.

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