(gentle music)
- My name is Andy Smidt,
I'm from Trumbull, Nebraska.
I've been making hay for 20 years.
While I was in the house eating dinner,
and I didn't suspect it,
but Pella phone number came up
and I thought I'd better answer it.
And I was excited I mean who wouldn't be.
- My name is Kayla Smidt
I'm from Trumbull, Nebraska.
I have been apart of the
business for the last 10 years.
I like the plant tour.
It seems to be a very
family oriented facility
that treats its workers well,
and gives them opportunities
that maybe make working for em' easier.
That was nice 'cause
not all places do that.
And if you don't start with quality parts,
and quality workmanship
and quality materials.
You're not gonna have a
quality product at the end.
- From the time the steel
was cut to that baler
was rolling out the door
on tires it was all neat.
Everybody seemed to be happy
to be making a Vermeer machine,
and I'm happy to run em'.
When you talk about Vermeer
and how they're made you know
this is a chunk of steel,
and it's gonna go to work.
And it's gonna work day
after day after day.
I love the ride, the ride's awesome.
The cab is quiet.
Myself and other guys have questioned me,
you can't see the pickup head.
Well yeah ya can, it's been proven today.
I mean you push a button in this thing.
That's it and you're baling hay.
There's no turning, clicking,
clutching, stopping.
That would probably speed me
up about five times faster
than I am, no doubt about that.
- The turn radius was great.
It did the tying, and the ejecting,
and the stopping all on it's own.
The visibility to the
pickup head was nice.
I didn't have to turn around all the time,
and try and look.
I liked the fact that I
could watch my bale eject
to make sure there was
no problems with that.
No troubles so it was really
nice to have the monitors
and be able to see what
was going on under there,
and not have to turn around.
- I think that machine is awesome.
It is revolutionary,
and you guys just kicked that football
right between them goal posts.
Having the opportunity to come out here
and run this thing just
puts the icing on the cake.
