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 ceramic 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;

The most universally capable modern homesteading machine we know of is a commercial-grade compact diesel tractor. We like Kubota tractors, John Deere''s 20- to 48-hp 2000 class and New Holland''s Boomer line. Even the smallest models--which look like sturdily built lawn tractor mowers--are equipped with powerful diesel auto engines and industrial quality transmissions and running gear. They also sport a three-point rear hitch that will mount commercial farm land plows, harrows and rakes and provide attachment points for a hay or field corn cutter bar or silage chopper, a sprayer or buzz saw. These tractors include a hydraulic system that heater will power remote motors on the chopper''s flails, the sprayer''s pump or the saw''s blade. They''ll also mount hydraulic cylinders to pull the plow up or dig it in and hold it down and will run any number of other hydraulic attachments such as a front-end snow thrower or plow blade, a bucket loader to carry soil, gravel or building bricks, a rear-mount backhoe to dig trenches, a forklift to raise bay bales into your barn loft, an electric generator to power the house and barn if the power lines go down in a storm, or a pump to fill a pond or empty the cellar after a flood. A modern, small diesel tractor is a major investment for a ranch or truck-farming operation--but one that will expand your homesteading capabilities beyond muscle-power, and will pay off every day for a lifetime or two of strenuous use.

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