[AT] Germany-long

[Thomas O. Mehrkam]

At 6'6" the dinner table is not the problem.

I have an uncle that is 6'9" He is huge and very little is fat.

Dave Ernst wrote:

> The Tulare International Farm Show is quite an adventure. 
> Approximately 100 acres + of every farm dealer/implement display 
> imaginable. A good friend and local farmer here bought a new JD last 
> year to pull his big bale retriever and was in the JD pavillion and 
> started talking with one of the representatives there regarding the 
> pros and cons of his tractor. During the extensive conversation the 
> representative said He'd be more interested in about what Ronnie 
> didn't like about the cab and controls. Now Ronny is a big man, like 
> about 6'6" and 250 lbs so movement in the cab is somewhat limited so 
> the gave that rep an earful. Turns out other JD guru's were listening 
> and one of them asked him if he would be interested in going to the 
> factory and talking with their design engineers. Turns out that after 
> the growing season was over last fall Ronnie took off by himself, 
> drove from Nevada to Iowa and toured the Waterloo plant. He told the 
> JD reps that he'd just been there and they said, no we have a facility 
> and design engineers in Meineikin(sp?)
> Germany.  He leaves on the 10th of March for a week, all expensed 
> paid....
> Lucky guy
> Dave
>
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