Farm Tractors Classification

Farm Tractors Classification

Tractor

is a wheeled or tracked self-propelled vehicle used as a power means for moving agricultural, road-building, and other machines, and also for towing trailers. The tractor engine can be used as a prime mover for active tools or stationary farm machinery through the intermediary of the power takeoff shaft or belt pulley. Click on the picture to explore the mechanisms and equipment of a wheel-type tractor

Farm tractors are classified as to the purpose

1. general-purpose (land utility) tractors

2. universal-row-crop (row-crop utility) tractors

3. special-purpose tractors

Land utility tractors

Land utility tractors

are used for major farm operations common to the cultivation of most crops, such as tillage, disking, general cultivations, harrowing, sowing, and harvesting. The tractors are characterized by a low ground clearance, increased engine power, and good traction, thanks to their wide tires or tracks enabling them to develop a high pull. Click on the tractor to get a general overview of a utility tractor

Universal row-crop tractors

are intended for row-crop work, as well as for many other field tasks. For this purpose, some row-crop utility tractors are provided with replaceable driving wheels of different tread widths - wide for general farm work and narrow for row-crop work. In order not to damage plants, the tractors have a high ground clearance and a wide wheel track that can be adjusted to suit the particular inter-row distance. Watch a row-crop tractor in action by clicking on the image on the left

Special-purpose tractors

are modifications of standard land or row-crop utility tractor models and are used for definite jobs (e.g., in vineyards, cotton fields) or for various jobs under certain conditions (e.g., on marshy soils, hillsides). Thus, special tractors used to mechanize the cultivation of cotton have a single front (steerable) wheel, swamp tractors are equipped with wide tracks enabling them to operate on marshy soils, and hillside tractors are designed to work on hillsides sloping. Click on the image on the left to watch "Modern Machinery Agriculture Special FENDT 310 Vario High Clearance Hoeing apple trees"

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