Back to school again..... :S

Hi guys,
  Today looks like a nice day to be outside, with a nice warm temperature of almost 40 degrees! :P  Well, nice for being a day away from the winter soulstice, anyway.  Let's just hope that it stays nice for a while longer...

  Anyway, yesterday, Dad; Andrew; and I worked on Andrew's car some more, and then this morning, Andrew went up to Bismarck to pick up some more parts that he had orderd through the Dodge dealership up there.

  Our current shop project, (one of them) is taking apart our Internataional 1486 tractor apart to find a bad bearing in there somewhere.  You see, one day when Andrew was changing the hydraulayic filter on it, he found a roller from a bearing in the housing for the filter, meaning that a bearing went out, and the roller got trapped down by the filter.

  After digging into it for a while, and not finding the bad bearing where we thought it was, we think we are going to have to split the tractor, and examine further. :S  Anyway, it looks like it is time to go again, so here is a parting picture. :)  As you can see, you could mow in there for hours... :)

  Jacob B.

Agricultural Simulator 2012 screens. :)

Hi guys,
  I just got my copy of Agricultural Simulator 2012 Deluxe on Saturday, so I have been playing that whenever I have a little free time.  The game is very good already, and with more updates coming, it looks very promising!  Here are some screenshots that I took.

 Here I have a worker going ploughing.

 Just finishing combining my wheat field, and you can see my worker in the background.

Baling the straw, as my worker cultivates.

I've got some bale collecting to do!

Spraying my corn. :D

Here I am taking a load of energy corn silage out to the Bio Gas plant!

Coming back empty, but just had to get a picture of this huge meadow.

Back to the farm!

Chopping another load!

Taking another load... had to get some pictures of the beautiful scenery on this huge map!

Dropping off the trailer...

And last, I used the built-in "flight mode" to get this cool shot of my farm yard and fields!

  Hope you like my pictures. :D  After playing the game for a while, I would highly recommend it to anyone who likes agriculture.  The game quality is very high, the graphics are amazing, and it is the most realistic farming simulator type game that I have found.

  There are a few bugs though, lest you think it exactly perfect, but nothing too big.  One cool feature, is that on the big Fendts, like the tractor that I am driving around in the pictures, you can actually put the dual wheels off by pressing a button, and by pressing it again, you have duals. :)  I don't know if it makes any difference in traction or not though.

  Another nice addition to the game from the previous editions, is that, if you are raising the right animals, you will get milk, wool, or eggs, considering that your animals are healthy. (yes they can get sick and die on you, if not taken care of)  Love the game, and if anybody buys it, let me know, because I would love to play some multiplayer with you. :P :D

  Gotta run, Jacob