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A Transcript from ToyTractorShow.com's Toy Talk's Live Chat on Tuesday February 05, 2002 at 8:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. CT Question and Answer Night with David Ruppel Owner of C&D MODELS on Tuesday February 5th at 8:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. CT. 27
People
logged into the chat. The Q&A
session ran from 8:00 pm ET to 9: 40 p.m. ET. Thank you to everyone for making
it such a success. Many Thanks to David Ruppel for chatting with the
collectors on TTS. J.Hasert: Thank
you for making time for the ToyTractorShow.com Live Chat David. David Ruppel: Thanks for having me Jay. J.Hasert:
Since C&D makes a self-propelled chopper kit, will you make a kemper head
kit . David Ruppel: I
Have not thought of that one yet. That is a good one for the future. J.Hasert: Would you could consider making a large disks, such as a 28-30 ft or 40ft model? David Ruppel: Yes we have and would like to plan on it in the near future. J.Hasert: Will
C&D look at making a 1/64 scrapper pan? David Ruppel: Yes,
we do have an 8ft in 64th or 12ft in HO. Stock # HOK07 J.Hasert Allis Chalmers and Case fans would like orange if possible. David Ruppel: If the demand was there we would consider it... J.Hasert What
colors will your field-cultivators come in? David Ruppel: Red
, green and maybe blue. J.Hasert: Will
you offer other size field cultivators after the 43ft and 73ft models? David Ruppel: We
are not planning on it at this time. J.Hasert: Will
you produce your NH3 tool bar as a finished model? David Ruppel: we
are looking into it for fall, But it will be retooled. J.Hasert: Would
you ever make a 30 to 40 ft folding drill for Great Plains, CaseIH or John
Deere. David Ruppel: Yes,
we are always looking at increasing the size and varity of our 1/64 equipment
line. J.Hasert: Will
you ever offer a high feature corn planter as a finished model? : Maybe
an 8, 16 or 24 row model? David Ruppel: Yes
we are planning on this. J.Hasert: Will
C&D ever brand their tillage line up as Krause, Sunflower, Brillion,
Flexi-coil. David Ruppel: Yes, these are all good ideas and would be great models. J.Hasert In the future will you offer a DMI chisel plow series 530b, 730b, and a 930b with levelers? David Ruppel:
A great idea and something to look forward to in the future. J.Hasert: Will C&D make any cotton equipment? David Ruppel: We
are looking into that and:we
will be putting pole in our website asking about cotton equipment in the near
future. J.Hasert : You had listed beet equipment kits in your catalog last year. Will C&D offer these as finished models? David Ruppel: Yes, we are looking into it with several companies. J.Hasert: Any
chance of Artsway diggers and harvesters? David Ruppel: This
is a very good company and a possibility. J.Hasert:
I know you make an HO Case 1470 4wd will you ever offer 1/64 Case 4wds :like
the 2470, 4690 or 4894? David Ruppel: These
are great classic 4wd and well worth a good look at. J.Hasert: People
really like your finished Versatiles will you offer the Steiger and IH 4wds as
blister card models? David Ruppel: We
really like the Versatiles too. We have had a great response and this is
something we would like to do in the future. Case-New Holland has lots of great
products in their 4wd history we can look at. J.Hasert In
the Steiger lineup is there any plans for a model of a Puma 1000 or Wildcat
1000. David Ruppel: Great
idea. We have no plans at this time. J.Hasert: Will
you ever look at making CaseIH 9200 series Steigers. David Ruppel: This
would be a great one after the classic green models. J.Hasert
Any
chance of C&D making the Designation 6 Versatiles or the 1156?
David Ruppel: 1150
and 1156 are in the works for late fall early winter. J.Hasert: With
the new Versatiles that you are doing are there any plans for : the
smaller ones like Bi-Directionals the 256 or 9030. David Ruppel: No
not at this time. We would like to. J.Hasert: Any chance of C&D making John Deere or AGCO models? David Ruppel: We
are looking forward to working with any companies.
But, Ertl does a great job with John Deere products already. J.Hasert Are you going to do the NH bale wagon again? David Ruppel: We
would like to and actually do have a license for it. J.Hasert Are
you going to bring back the finished version of the Byron 8400 and dump cart. David
Ruppel: We
have had it in the past and are looking forward to working with Byron again on
an 8400 and other Byron/OXBO models. J.Hasert Will
the CaseIH Cane Harvester be offered through CaseIH dealers or C&D dealers? David Ruppel: The next ones will be through select Case IH dealers David Ruppel: We
will have to see after that. J.Hasert: With
your combine detail kits would you ever offer a cast grain header with header
with a finger style reel. David Ruppel: We
are working on one for a company now in 1/24th scale and we are hoping to come
with a 64th in the future. J.Hasert: Have
you ever thought about casting turbo wings for the hoods and fenders for semis. David
Ruppel: No
we have not thought of that one. Great idea. We have one for the cab and
sleepers. J.Hasert: Have
you given any consideration to make a generic hoist kit to use on trucks for
grain boxes or flatbeds ? David Ruppel: We
do have one in our grain box kit. We just need to market it alone. J.Hasert: Do
your grain truck boxes dump? David Ruppel: Yes,
they do. J.Hasert
Are there any
plans to build a hay head to mount on an Ertl loader for sqaure bales. David Ruppel: No, but it would make a nice detail accessory if we produce an NH automatic bale wagon. J.Hasert: Would
C&D ever consider making drop axles and drop boxes for hi crop /mudder
tractors ? Maybe sell them in a kit. David Ruppel: No, we have never had this question before. Something to think about. J.Hasert: Have
there been any thoughts on making a farm accessory set with an : atv,
tool box, lawn and garden tractor, air compressor ,welder etc…. David
Ruppel: Yes,
this is something we have been working on. David Ruppel: We
may even produce animals too. The Last two
questions were from David Ruppel to ToyTractor Show.com Collectors. David Ruppel: If
you could have any combine from 1970 - 1980 Which one? Josh Cook: John Deere 7000 Jon S.: A Gleaner like and f2 or that style Kade Nice: JD 7720 TrevorSearle: MF 700 series Rod Short: John Deere 7720 Derek: 6600
John Deere Kade Nice: 7720 DustyK: NH TR70 mark megan: 7720 baffin: Massey 850, or JD 8820 mark megan: when was 8820 made? I would rather have one of those Danny Beach: 7720 or 8820 Jon S.: I liked the gleaner you made a few years back! [1.32 minutes ago] mark megan: Gleaner N6? cowboy1974: Gleaner L2 baffin: Gleaner R6 or R7 like on"American Harvest" Movie mark megan: how
about the IH 1480 that was on TTS yesterday? baffin: 1480 is good, any in that time period David Ruppel: Is
anyone interested in the Classic equipment for the 06 and 4000 series and other
tractors from the 1960’s? mark megan: yes DustyK: Yes mark megan: like a realistic loader TrevorSearle: I am baffin: Surprise us! Danny Beach: Maybe an old haybine, old plow or rigid disk Josh Cook: Yes that would be great, planter disk, plow, field cultivator, drill DustyK: Chisel plow mark megan: 6
row JD planter Chisel plow baffin: Row Crop Equipment, 3pt planters, cultivators, hippers, etc in 4,6, or 8 row mark megan: or 8 TrevorSearle: yes
a 6 row planter Danny Beach: what about an 8 row planter even? TrevorSearle: Off Set Disk baffin: What
about a 3pt back hoe?? jdfarmerboy: Pull type combines Josh Cook: Detailed
grain augers, westfield, mayrath David Ruppel: I want to thank Jay and all of you for a great chat. Your ideas and input are always helpful for moving the hobby forward. We hope to come back for another chat soon. J.Hasert: Thank
you David and thank you to Carrie too. We
hope to have you back soon.
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