posted: 7 hrs ago
by tntrecycling
"Watch before they take them down. We are going to war here it comes. Who is at fault who is the blame. Explosions sure don't happen from a boat wreck. They needed a go ahead who will they pick wait and see...."
posted: 7 hrs ago
by tntrecycling
"Can I say here it comes again.
https://www. facebook.com/reel/1486823 378534282
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posted: 8 hrs ago
by bn13814
"@DennisinPeoria :
bn13814 : LOL, I should have said, "Original 160 acres". My bad.
@Dennisin Peoria : The present facility opened with 800 acres...."
posted: 8 hrs ago
by kraziebill
"It's definitely a whole lot bigger than 160 acres now.
@Dennisin Peoria : it's 1319.75 acres to be exact. According to the tax records..."
posted: 8 hrs ago
by DennisinPeoria
"Not a typical Sunday
Apologies upfront for long post
By now, we've heard about the rash of unrelated violence incidents on Sunday. A fatal shooting that injured another male, and a female lethal stabbing, both at Lexington Hills; a shooting on Sheridan between 2 juveniles; a shooting at Pierson Hills.
Of course, as soon as stories are published either on media sites, PPD FB page, or blogs, speculating runs wild about jailing or fining parents (Sheridan shooting was only case of under 18, rest were a..."
posted: 9 hrs ago
by bn13814
"@DennisinPeoria :
bn13814 : It's definitely a whole lot bigger than 160 acres now. Took about 7-8 minutes to get from main campus through roads and areas used to test machines, before getting to the building that had the simulated autonomous dozers. And yes, they can be remote controlled, but that's the technology used for driverless units. Had an issue with the pickup truck transporting media back and forth not starting due to a dead battery. So had to wait for another truck to come get us, lol...."
posted: 9 hrs ago
by DennisinPeoria
"@bn13814 :
It's definitely a whole lot bigger than 160 acres now. Took about 7-8 minutes to get from main campus through roads and areas used to test machines, before getting to the building that had the simulated autonomous dozers. And yes, they can be remote controlled, but that's the technology used for driverless units.
Had an issue with the pickup truck transporting media back and forth not starting due to a dead battery. So had to wait for another truck to come get us, lol. And they had us walk th..."
posted: 10 hrs ago
by bn13814
"Peoria Morning Star ran an article February 26, 1949 entitled, "Caterpillar Co. Moves From Old Proving Ground." The prior location on 160 acres along West Washington Street in East Peoria had been established in 1940 when it was still "out in the country."..."
posted: 11 hrs ago
by PeoriaIllinoisan
"I'm surprised no-one has re-worked this yet. You know, just change a few names around.
http: //www.youtube.com/watch?v =w6jvwhMe5N0..."
posted: 12 hrs ago
by PeoriaChronicle
"Autonomous = "free from external control or influence"
An autonomous tractor would be one that steers itself (like a self-driving car). A remotely-controlled tractor would be one that has an operator steering it from another location (remotely). They're different things...."