Today I went for a field trip at the Ziegler-CAT facility (dealer of Caterpillar equipment for midwest) in Altoona (around 45 minutes from Ames). I went there as part of the requirement for my GPS Grade Control class, and the whole class (there's only 8 of us) went down there around 3.30pm and got home at 8pm. It was a fun trip, and we get to learn staking out using GPS and actually get to sit in the cab of a dozer! (Yeeehaaaa!)hehehe...Here are some pics...
Me in front of the Ziegler-CAT facility
Me trying to stake some points around the facility
Some of my classmates listening to Josh Olson (2nd from left -- the CAT guy)
The fleet of equipment
Huge dozers!!
Checking out the GPS controller inside the cab
Talking to Josh while sitting in the cab (it's seriously comfy in there! There's air-cond and radio, hehe... jokingly asked Josh if there are going to install blu-ray players in here, too)
The simulatorAll in all, we had a blast... and now, time to hit the sheets... There's another field trip tomorrow at Des Moines... will update on those, too..later..
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