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For other uses, see Tractor (disambiguation).
 A modern European farm tractor
 A 1958 Series II Field Marshall A tractor is a vehicle specifically designed to provide a high tractive effort at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery used in agriculture or construction. Most commonly, the term is used to describe the distinctive farm vehicle: agricultural implements may be towed behind or mounted on the tractor, and the tractor may also provide a source of power if the implement is mechanised. Another common use of the term is for the power unit of a semi-trailer truck. Articles on Tractor include: // Tractor Tractor crawler, a tractor running on crawler tracks Mini-tractor, a small tractor for garden use Two-wheel tractor, a power tiller Steam tractor Tractor pulling, a competitive sport Tractor vaporising oil, a fuel for old tractors with petrol/paraffin engines List of tractor manufacturers...
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Utility trailer A Trailer is generally an unpowered vehicle pulled by a powered vehicle. ...
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For other uses, see Farm (disambiguation). ...
Farm equipment is any kind of machinery used on a farm to help with farming. ...
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The word tractor is derived from the Latin trahere "to pull".[1],[2] For other uses, see Latin (disambiguation). ...
National variations
In Britain, Australia, India, Spain, and Poland the word "tractor" usually means "farm tractor", and the use of the word "tractor" to mean other types of vehicles is familiar to the vehicle trade but unfamiliar to much of the general public. In Canada and the US the word is also used to refer to a road tractor. Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic - President George Walker Bush (R) - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from...
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Farm tractor The most common use of the term is for the vehicles used on farms. The farm tractor is used for pulling or pushing agricultural machinery or trailers, for plowing, tilling, disking, harrowing, planting, and similar tasks. This is a photo of a John Deere 8110. ...
This is a photo of a John Deere 8110. ...
Deere & Company (usually known by its brand name John Deere) (NYSE: DE) is an American corporation based in Moline, Illinois, and the leading manufacturer of agricultural machinery in the world. ...
The Chisel Plow is common tool to get deep tillage with limited soil disruption. ...
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History The first powered farm implements in the early 1800s were portable engines – steam engines on wheels that could be used to drive mechanical farm machinery by way of a flexible belt. Around 1850, the first traction engines were developed from these, and were widely adopted for agricultural use. Where soil conditions permitted, such as the US, steam tractors were used to direct-haul ploughs, but in the UK, ploughing engines were used for cable-hauled ploughing instead. Steam-powered agricultural engines remained in use well into the 20th century, until reliable internal combustion engines had been developed. [3] // A traction engine (sometimes called a road locomotive) is a wheeled steam engine used to move heavy loads, plough ground or to provide power at a chosen location. ...
// A traction engine (sometimes called a road locomotive) is a wheeled steam engine used to move heavy loads, plough ground or to provide power at a chosen location. ...
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// A traction engine is a wheeled steam engine used to move heavy loads, plough ground or to provide power at a chosen location. ...
// A traction engine (sometimes called a road locomotive) is a wheeled steam engine used to move heavy loads, plough ground or to provide power at a chosen location. ...
In 1892, John Froelich built the first practical gasoline-powered tractor in Clayton County, Iowa. Only two were sold, and it was not until 1911, when the Twin City Traction Engine Company developed the design, that it became successful. 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
John Froelich (1849 – 1933) was an inventor who lived in the U.S. state of Iowa, and invented the first practical gasoline powered farm tractor. ...
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Clayton County is a county located in the state of Iowa. ...
Year 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
In Britain, the first recorded tractor sale was the oil-burning Hornsby-Ackroyd Patent Safety Oil Traction engine, in 1897. However, the first commercially successful design was Dan Albone's three-wheel Ivel tractor of 1902. In 1908, Saundersons of Bedford introduced a four-wheel design, and went on to become the largest tractor manufacturer outside the USA. Herbert Akroyd-Stuart (January 28, 1864, Halifax Yorkshire, England - February 19, 1927) Inventor of the hot bulb oil engine. ...
// A traction engine (sometimes called a road locomotive) is a wheeled steam engine used to move heavy loads, plough ground or to provide power at a chosen location. ...
1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Dan Albone (Daniel Albone) (1860 - 1906) was a British inventor, manufacturer and cyclist. ...
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While unpopular at first, these gasoline-powered machines began to catch on in the 1910s as they became smaller and more affordable. Henry Ford introduced the Fordson, the first mass-produced tractor in 1917. They were built in the U.S., Ireland, England and Russia and by 1923, Fordson had 77% of the U.S. market. The Fordson dispensed with a frame, using the strength of the engine block to hold the machine together. By the 1920s, tractors with a gasoline-powered internal combustion engine had become the norm. // The 1910s represent the culmination of European militarism which had its beginnings during the second half of the 19th Century. ...
Henry Ford (1919) Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was the founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass production. ...
Fordson by Ford Motors is the first model of an agricultural tractor in mass production. ...
The 1920s is a decade that is sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ...
The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the combustion of fuel and an oxidizer (typically air) occurs in a confined space called a combustion chamber. ...
The classic farm tractor is a simple open vehicle, with two very large driving wheels on an axle below and slightly behind a single seat (the seat and steering wheel consequently are in the center), and the engine in front of the driver, with two steerable wheels below the engine compartment. This basic design has remained unchanged for a number of years, but enclosed cabs are fitted on almost all modern models, for reasons of operator safety and comfort. Steering is the term applied to the collection of components, linkages, etc. ...
Originally, plows and other equipment were connected via a draw-bar, or a proprietary connecting system; prior to Harry Ferguson patenting the three-point hitch. Recently, Bobcat's patent on its front loader connection has expired; and compact tractors are now being outfitted with quick-connect attachments for their front-end loaders. The traditional way: a German farmer works the land with a horse and plough. ...
Henry George (Harry) Ferguson (1884-1960) was born at Growell, near Dromore, County Down in Northern Ireland, and was the son of an Irish farmer. ...
The three-point hitch is a device used on farming tractors used for certain implements. ...
A Bobcat skid-steer loader moving six small square bales of hay on a farm Bobcat Company is a manufacturer of farm and construction equipment manufactured in West Fargo, Gwinner and Bismarck, North Dakota. ...
A Volvo L120E front loader. ...
There are also lawn tractors. Cub Cadet, Husqvarna, John Deere, Massey Ferguson and Toro are some of the better-known brands. A lawn mower (often spelled as one word—lawnmower) is a machine (electric or mechnical) used to cut grass to an even length. ...
Cub Cadet is a premium line of outdoor power equipment, established in 1961 as part of International Harvester During the 1960s IH initiated an entirely new line of lawn and garden equipment aimed at the owners of increasingly popular rural homes with large yards and private gardens. ...
Husqvarna is a manufacturer of power lawn equipment, sewing machines and formely mopeds. ...
Deere & Company (usually known by its brand name John Deere) (NYSE: DE) is an American corporation based in Moline, Illinois, and the leading manufacturer of agricultural machinery in the world. ...
A Massey-Ferguson 135. ...
The Toro Company (NYSE: TTC) is an American manufacturer of lawnmowers and other lawn care tools, founded in 1919. ...
Operation
 A small red tractor towing a cargo cart Modern farm tractors usually have five foot-pedals for the operator on the floor of the tractor. The pedal on the left is the clutch. The operator presses on this pedal to disengage the transmission for either shifting gears or stopping the tractor. Two of the pedals on the right are the brakes. The left brake pedal stops the left rear wheel and the right brake pedal does the same with the right side. This independent left and right wheel braking augments the steering of the tractor when only the two rear wheels are driven. This is usually done when it is necessary to make a tight turn. The split brake pedal is also used in mud or soft dirt to control a tire that spins due to loss of traction. The operator presses both pedals together to stop the tractor. For tractors with additional front-wheel drive, this operation often engages the 4-wheel locking differential to help stop the tractor when travelling at road speeds. Charge dAffaires of Embassy Cotonou David Brown (fifth from right) assists local officials of Dassa Zoume with a ribbon cutting honoring the acquisition (with SSH funds) of a mini tractor which will help villagers cultivate their rice fields. ...
Charge dAffaires of Embassy Cotonou David Brown (fifth from right) assists local officials of Dassa Zoume with a ribbon cutting honoring the acquisition (with SSH funds) of a mini tractor which will help villagers cultivate their rice fields. ...
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A fifth pedal just in front of the seat operates the rear differential lock (diff lock) which prevents wheelslip. The differential allows the outside wheel to travel faster than the inside one during a turn. However, in traction conditions on a soft surface the same mechanism could allow one wheel to slip, thus preventing traction to the other wheel. The diff lock overrides this, causing both wheels to supply equal traction. Care must be taken to unlock the differential, usually by hitting the pedal a second time, before turning, since the tractor cannot perform a turn with the diff lock engaged.
The pedal furthest to the right is the foot throttle. Unlike in automobiles, it can also be controlled from a hand-operated lever ("hand throttle"). This helps provide a constant speed in field work. It also helps provide continuous power for stationary tractors that are operating an implement by shaft or belt. The foot throttle gives the operator more automobile-like control over the speed of the tractor for road work. This is a feature of more recent tractors; older tractors often did not have this feature. In the UK it is mandatory to use the foot pedal to control engine speed while travelling on the road. Some tractors, especially those designed for row-crop work, have a 'de-accelerator' pedal, which operates in the reverse fashion to an automobile throttle, in that the pedal is pushed down to slow the engine. This is to allow fine control over the speed of the tractor when maneuvering at the end of crop rows in fields- the operating speed of the engine is set using the hand throttle, and if the operator wishes to slow the tractor to turn, he simply has to press the pedal, turn and release it once the turn is completed, rather than having to alter the setting of the hand throttle twice during the maneuver. In an engine, the throttle is the mechanism by which the engines power is increased or decreased. ...
Power and transmission Modern farm tractors employ large diesel engines, which range in power output from 18 to 575 horsepower (15 to 480 kW). Tractors can be generally classified as two-wheel drive, two-wheel drive with front wheel assist, four-wheel drive (often with articulated steering), or track tractors (with either two or four powered rubber tracks). Variations of the classic style include the diminutive lawn tractors and their more capable and ruggedly constructed cousins, garden tractors, that range from about 10 to 25 horsepower (7.5-18.6 kW) and are used for smaller farm tasks and mowing grass and landscaping. Their size—especially with modern tractors—and the slower speeds are reasons motorists are urged to use caution when encountering a tractor on the roads. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
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 A PTO shaft plugged into a tractor. Most tractors have a means to transfer power to another machine such as a baler, slasher or mower. Early tractors used belts wrapped around a flywheel to power stationary equipment. Modern tractors use a power take-off (PTO) shaft to provide rotary power to machinery that may be stationary or pulled. Almost all modern tractors can also provide external hydraulic fluid and electrical power. In this photo a PTO shaft that is plugged into the power take off of a farming tractor is shown. ...
In this photo a PTO shaft that is plugged into the power take off of a farming tractor is shown. ...
A round baler A baler is a piece of farm machinery that is used to compress a cut, raked, crop (such as hay or straw) into bales and bind the bales with twine. ...
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Spoked flywheel Flywheel from stationary engine. ...
A tractor PTO A power take-off (PTO) is a splined driveshaft, usually on a tractor or truck that can be used to provide power to an attachment or separate machine. ...
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Most farm tractors use a manual transmission. They have several sets of gear ratios divided into speeds. In order to change the ratio, it is usually necessary to stop the tractor. Between them they provide a range of speeds from less than one mile per hour suitable for working the land, up to about 25 miles per hour (40 km/h) for road use. Furthermore it is usually not necessary to change gear in order to reverse, one simply selects a lever. Older tractors usually require that the operator depress the clutch in order to shift between gears (a limitation of straight-cut gears in the gearbox), but many modern tractors have eliminated this requirement with the introduction of technologies such as power shifting in the 1960s and more modern continuously variable transmissions. This allows the operator more and easier control over working speed than the throttle alone could provide. A manual transmission (also known as a stick shift, straight drive, or standard transmission) is a type of transmission used in automotive applications. ...
A gearbox is an assembly of gears allowing the rotational speed of an input shaft to be changed to a different speed. ...
The continuously variable transmission (CVT) is a transmission in which the ratio of the rotational speeds of two shafts, as the input shaft and output shaft of a vehicle or other machine, can be varied continuously within a given range, providing an infinite number of possible ratios. ...
Slow, controllable speeds are necessary for most operations that are performed with a tractor. They help give the farmer a larger degree of control in certain situations, such as field work. However, when travelling on public roads, the slow operating speeds can cause problems, such as long queues or tailbacks, which can delay or aggravate other road users. To alleviate conditions, some countries (for example the Netherlands) employ a road sign on some roads that means "no farm tractors". Some modern tractors, such as the JCB Fastrac, are now capable of much more tolerable road speeds of around 50 mph (80 km/h). See also: street sign theft External links http://homepages. ...
JCB is a family business named after its founder J.C.Bamford, producing distinctive yellow-and-black engineering vehicles, diggers (Backhoes) and excavators. ...
Safety
The classic Row Crop tractor (an Allis-Chalmers WD). Note the absence of any rollover protection system. Modern tractors have rollover protection systems (ROPS) to prevent an operator from being crushed if the tractor rolls over. This is especially important in open-air tractors, where the ROPS is a steel beam that extends above the operator's seat. For tractors with operator cabs, the ROPS is part of the frame of the cab. Before ROPS were required, some farmers died when their tractors rolled on top of them. Row-crop tractors, before ROPS, were particularly dangerous because of their 'tricycle' design with the two front wheels spaced close together and angled inward toward the ground. Some farmers were killed by rollovers while operating tractors along steep slopes. Others have been killed while attempting to tow or pull an excessive load from above axle height, or when cold weather caused the tires to freeze down, in both cases causing the tractor to pivot around the rear axle. ROPS were first required by legislation in New Zealand in the 1960s (in Sweden, summer of 1959). http://www. ...
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Applications
 An unusual application - road roller powered by a tractor-drive Farm implements can be attached to the rear of the tractor by either a drawbar or a three-point hitch. The three-point hitch was invented by Harry Ferguson and has been standard since the 1960s. Equipment attached to the three-point hitch can be raised or lowered hydraulically with a control lever. The equipment attached to the three-point hitch is usually completely supported by the tractor. Another way to attach an implement is via a Quick Hitch, which is attached to the three-point hitch. This enables a single person to attach an implement quicker and put the person in less danger when attaching the implement. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Farm equipment is any kind of machinery used on a farm to help with farming. ...
A tow hitch (or tow bar or recovery point) is a device attached to the chassis of a vehicle for towing. ...
The three-point hitch is a device used on farming tractors used for certain implements. ...
Henry George (Harry) Ferguson (1884-1960) was born at Growell, near Dromore, County Down in Northern Ireland, and was the son of an Irish farmer. ...
The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ...
Hydraulics is a branch of science and engineering concerned with the use of liquids to perform mechanical tasks. ...
Some farm-type tractors are found elsewhere than on farms: with large universities' gardening departments, in public parks or for highway workman use with blowtorch cylinders strapped to its sides and a pneumatic drill air compressor permanently fastened over its power take-off. These are often fitted with grass (turf) tyres which are less damaging to soft surfaces than agricultural tyres. The word blowtorch can mean:- A cutting torch used for cutting metal. ...
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Compressor has several meanings: A gas compressor is a mechanical device that takes in a gas and increases its pressure by squeezing a volume of it into a smaller volume. ...
A tractor PTO A power take-off (PTO) is a splined driveshaft, usually on a tractor or truck that can be used to provide power to an attachment or separate machine. ...
Supposedly, I4 (industrial bar tires) are less damaging to lawns and soft surfaces than agricultural tires, but provide similar traction, and have the benefit of being self-cleaning. Often, these can be seen on road construction backhoes. This article is about pneumatic tires. ...
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Precision agriculture Space technology has found its way down to agriculture in the form of GPS devices, and robust on-board computers installed as optional features on farm tractors. These technologies are used in modern, precision farming techniques. The spin-offs from the space race have actually facilitated automation in plowing and the use of autosteer systems drone on tractors that are manned but only steered at the end of a row, the idea being to neither overlap and use more fuel nor leave streaks when performing jobs such as cultivating. Space technology is a term that is often treated as a category. ...
Over fifty GPS satellites such as this NAVSTAR have been launched since 1978. ...
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Precision farming or precision agriculture is an agricultural concept relying on the existence of in-field variability. ...
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A Gladiator Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicle Unmanned ground vehicles or UGV are robotic platforms that are used as an extension of human capability. ...
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Compact Utility Tractor
 Kubota and New Holland Compact Tractors equipped with Front End Loaders
 In the middle is a 24 hp (18 kW) diesel CUT illustrating the size difference between a small farm tractor and a garden tractor A Compact Utility Tractor, also called a CUT is a smaller version of an agricultural tractor but designed primarily for landscaping and estate management type tasks rather than for planting and harvesting on a commercial scale. Typical CUTs range in from 20 to 50 horsepower (15-37 kW) with available power take off (PTO) horsepower ranging from 15 to 45 hp (11-34 kW). CUTs are often equipped with both a mid-mounted PTO and a standard rear PTO, especially those below 40 horsepower (30 kW). The mid-mount PTO shaft typically rotates at/near 2000 rpms and is typically used to power such implements as mid-mount finish mower, a front mounted snow blower or front mounted rotary broom. The rear PTO is standardized at 540 rpms for the North American markets, but in some parts of the world a dual 540/1000 rpm PTO is standard and implements are available for either standard in those markets. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 746 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (800 × 643 pixel, file size: 210 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) (All user names refer to en. ...
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A tractor PTO A power take-off (PTO) is a spinning shaft, usually on a tractor or truck that can be used to provide power to an attachment or separate machine. ...
 Howse brand modular Subsoiler mounted to a tractor
 Broadcast seeder mounted to a Kubota Compact Utility Tractor One of the most common attachment for a Compact Utility Tractor is the front end loader or FEL. Like the larger agricultural tractors, a CUT will have an adjustable three-point hitch that is hydraulically controlled. Typically a CUT will have four wheel drive, or more correctly 4 wheel assist. Modern Compact Utility Tractors often feature a Hydrostatic transmission, but many variants of gear drive transmissions are also offered from low priced simple gear transmissions to synchronized transmissions to advanced glide-shift transmissions. All modern CUTs feature a government mandated roll over protection structure (ROPS) just like agricultural tractors. The most well known brands in North America include Kubota, John Deere Tractor, New Holland Ag, Case-Farmall and Massey-Ferguson. Although less common, compact backhoes are often attached to compact utility tractors. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 700 × 525 pixelsFull resolution (700 × 525 pixel, file size: 67 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) (All user names refer to en. ...
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Front End Loader are an Australian rock band, consisting of Davis Claymore (vocals, and guitar), Bowden Campbell (guitar and vocals), Richard Corey (bass guitar), and Peter Kostic (drums). ...
The three-point hitch is a device used on farming tractors used for certain implements. ...
Toshi Kubota - Japanese singer Kubota Corporation Kubota (Sake) is a Japanese sake. ...
John Deere Logo A John Deere 7800 tractor attached to a corn planter. ...
A modern New Holland combine harvester (CR 960) A New Holland combine harvester TX-34 A New Holland quad baler New Holland is a part of CNH Global, a part of the Fiat Group. ...
 JD 71 Flexi Planter for tractors 20 to 35 horsepower Compact Utility Tractors require special smaller implements than full size agricultural tractors. Very common implements include the box blade, the grader blade, the landscape rake, the post hole digger (or post hole auger), the rotary cutter (also called a slasher or a brush hog), a mid or rear mount finish mower, broadcast seeder, subsoiler and the rototiller (also rotary tiller). In northern climates, a rear mounted snow blower is very common, on smaller CUTs some models are available with front mounted snow blowers that are powered by a mid-PTO shaft. There are many more implement brands than there are tractor brands offering CUT owners a wide selection of choice. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 640 × 480 pixelsFull resolution (640 × 480 pixel, file size: 95 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) (All user names refer to en. ...
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Modern grader in use by the US military. ...
Study of a man using an auger, for The Seven Sorrows of the Virgin, Albrecht Dürer, ca 1496 An auger is a device for moving material or liquid by means of a rotating helical flighting. ...
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A Rotary tiller, normally known by the rototiller trademark, is a cultivator that works the soil with rotating blades. ...
For small scale farming or large scale gardening, there are some plating and harvesting implements sized for CUTs. One and two row planting units are commonly available as are cultivators, sprayers and different types of seeders (slit, rotary and drop).
Backhoe loader -
 A common backhoe-loader. The backhoe is on the left, the bucket/blade on the right. The most common variation of the classic farm tractor is the hoe, also called a hoe-loader. As the name implies, it has a loader assembly on the front and a backhoe on the back. Backhoes attach to a 3 point hitch on farm or industrial tractors. Industrial tractors are often heavier in construction particularly with regards to the use of steel grill for protection from rocks and the use of construction tires. When the backhoe is permanently attached, the machine usually has a seat that can swivel to the rear to face the hoe controls. Removable backhoe attachments almost always have a separate seat on the attachment. Backhoe loader, also called a Loader backhoe, is an engineering vehicle, which consists of a tractor, front shovel/bucket and small backhoe in the rear. ...
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Caterpillar backhoe A Backhoe is a piece of excavating equipment consisting of a digging bucket on the end of an articulated arm, also called a stick or dipper. ...
Backhoe-loaders are very common and can be used for a wide variety of tasks: construction, small demolitions, light transportation of building materials, powering building equipment, digging holes, breaking asphalt and paving roads. Some buckets have a retractable bottom, enabling them to empty their load more quickly and efficiently. Buckets with retractable bottoms are also often used for grading and scratching off sand. The front assembly may be a removable attachment or permanently mounted. Often the bucket can be replaced with other devices or tools. Asphalt is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits. ...
Their relatively small frame and precise control make backhoe-loaders very useful and common in urban engineering projects such as construction and repairs in areas too small for larger equipment. Their versatility and compact size makes them one of the most popular urban construction vehicles. The Falkirk Wheel in Scotland. ...
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An excavator Engineering vehicles are heavy-duty vehicles, specially designed for executing engineering tasks. ...
In the UK, the word "JCB" is sometimes used colloquially as a genericized trademark for any such type of engineering vehicle, JCB now appears in the Oxford English Dictionary, although it is still treated as a trademark. JCB is a family business named after its founder J.C.Bamford, producing distinctive yellow-and-black engineering vehicles, diggers (Backhoes) and excavators. ...
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Engineering tractors The durability and engine power of tractors made them very suitable for engineering tasks. Tractors can be fitted with engineering tools such as dozer blade, bucket, hoe, ripper, and so on. The most common attachments for the front of a tractor are dozer blade or a bucket. When attached with engineering tools the tractor is called an engineering vehicle. Image File history File links Chelyabinsk_tractor_factory_1930s. ...
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A Caterpillar D10N bulldozer at work A bulldozer is a very powerful crawler (caterpillar tracked tractor) equipped with a blade. ...
A Volvo L120E front loader. ...
Caterpillar backhoe A Backhoe is a piece of excavating equipment consisting of a digging bucket on the end of an articulated arm, also called a stick or dipper. ...
A Caterpillar D10N bulldozer at work A bulldozer is a very powerful crawler (caterpillar tracked tractor) equipped with a blade. ...
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A bulldozer is a track-type tractor attached with blade in the front and a rope-winch behind. Bulldozers are very powerful tractors and have excellent ground-hold, as their main tasks are to push or drag things. A Caterpillar D10N bulldozer at work A bulldozer is a very powerful crawler (caterpillar tracked tractor) equipped with a blade. ...
A tractor crawler is a vehicle with tracks instead of wheels. ...
Bulldozers have been further modified over time to evolve into new machines which are capable of working in ways that the original bulldozer can not. One example is that loader tractors were created by removing the blade and substituting a large volume bucket and hydraulic arms which can raise and lower the bucket, thus making it useful for scooping up earth, rock and similar loose material to load it into trucks. A Volvo L120E front loader. ...
A front-loader or loader is a tractor with an engineering tool which consists of two hydraulic powered arms on either side of the front engine compartment and a tilting implement. This is usually a wide open box called a bucket but other common attachments are a pallet fork and a bale grappler. A Volvo L120E front loader. ...
A Volvo L120E front loader. ...
Loader can refer to: Loader (equipment) Loader (computing) Boot loader A member of a heavy weapon crew responsible for handling and loading ammunition, such as on a howitzer or tank crew. ...
Pallet fork The pallet fork or pallet lever is an integral component of the Lever Escapement of a typical mechanical watch. ...
Other modifications to the original bulldozer include making the machine smaller to let it operate in small work areas where movement is limited. There are also tiny wheeled loaders, officially called Skid-steer loaders but nicknamed "Bobcat" after the original manufacturer, which are particularly suited for small excavation projects in confined areas. A skid loader, also called a skid steer, is a compact, low capacity machine used for pushing or lifting material and for digging. ...
Bobcat is a line of farm and construction equipment. ...
Garden Tractors Garden Tractors (also called Mini Tractors) are small, light and simple tractors designed for use in domestic gardens. Garden Tractors are usually designed primarily for cutting grass, being fitted with horizontal rotary cutting decks. The distinction between a garden tractor and a ride-on lawnmower is often hard to make- generally Garden Tractors are more sturdily built, with stronger frames, axles and transmissions. Garden Tractors are generally capable of mounting other implements such as harrows, cultivators/rotavators, sweepers, rollers and dozer-blades. Like ride-on mowers, Garden Tractors generally have a horizontally-mounted engine with a belt-drive to a transaxle-type transmission (usually of 4- or 5-speeds, although some my also have two-speed reduction gearboxes or hydraulic gearboxes). However, Wheel Horse (now part of Toro) garden tractors have vertically-mounted engines with belt-drive, whilst Allen/Gutbrod tractors had an automotive-type clutch and gearbox. The engines are generally 1- or 2-cylinder petrol (gasoline) engine, although diesel engine models are also available, especially in Europe. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...
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A lawn mower (often spelled as one word—lawnmower) is a machine (electric or mechnical) used to cut grass to an even length. ...
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A transaxle, in the automotive field, is a component that combines the functionality of the transmission, the differential and the drive axle into one integrated assembly. ...
The Toro Company (NYSE: TTC) is an American manufacturer of lawnmowers and other lawn care tools, founded in 1919. ...
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In the U.S., the term riding lawn mower today refers to mid or rear engined machines. Front-engined tractor layout machines designed primarily for cutting grass and light towing are called lawn tractors, and heavy duty lawn tractors, often shaft driven, are garden tractors. The primary difference between a lawn tractor and a garden tractor are the frame weight, the rear wheels (garden tractors almost always have multiple mounting bolts, while most lawn tractors have a single bolt or clip on the hub.), and the ability to use ground engaging equipment such as plows or disk-harrows. Craftsman, MTD, Snapper and other major mowing equipment manufacturers use these terms. The traditional way: a German farmer works the land with a horse and plough. ...
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As well as dedicated manufacturers, many makers of agricultural tractors have made (or continue to make) ranges of garden tractors, such as Case, Massey-Ferguson, International Harvester and John Deere. 2005 Case IH windrower Case Corporation (formerly J.I. Case Company) was a manufacturer of construction and agricultural equipment. ...
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International Harvester Company (IHC or IH; now Navistar International Corporation) was an agricultural machinery, construction equipment, vehicle, commercial truck, and household and commercial products manufacturer. ...
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EPA tractor
 A Ford rebuilt to an EPA tractor.
 A Volvo Duett rebuilt to an EPA tractor. Obviously the intended use is no longer as a farm vehicle.
 An "A tractor" based on Volvo 760. Notice the slow vehicle triangle and the longer boot. During World War II there was a shortage of tractors in Sweden and this led to the invention of a new type of tractor called the EPA tractor (EPA was a chain of discount stores and it was often used to signify something lacking in quality). An EPA tractor was simply an automobile, truck or lorry, with the passenger space cut off behind the front seats, equipped with two gearboxes in a row. When done to an older car with a ladder frame, the result was not dissimilar to a tractor and could be used as one. Image File history File linksMetadata Ford_epa_tractor. ...
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Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1824x1209, 425 KB) An EPA tractor based on a Volvo Duett. ...
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After the war it remained popular, now not as a farm vehicle, but as a way for young people without a driver's license to own something similar to a car. Since it was legally seen as a tractor it could be driven from 16 years of age and only required a tractor license. Eventually the legal loophole was closed and no new EPA tractors were allowed to be made, but the remaining were still legal, something that led to inflated prices and many protests from people that preferred EPA tractors to ordinary cars. Current EU driving licence, German version - front 1. ...
In March 31, 1975 a similar type of vehicle was introduced, the A tractor [from arbetstraktor (work tractor)]. The main difference is that an A tractor has a top speed of 30 km/h. This is usually done by fitting two gearboxes in a row and not using one of them. Volvo Duett was for a long time the primary choice for conversion to an EPA or A tractor, but, since supplies have dried up, other cars have been used, in most cases a Volvo. March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (91st in leap years), with 275 days remaining. ...
Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Duett was an automobile from Volvo that was in production from 1953 to 1969. ...
Volvo Cars, or Volvo Personvagnar, is a well-known Swedish automobile maker founded in 1927 in the city of Gothenburg in Sweden. ...
Other types of tractors The term tractor (US & Canada) or tractor unit (UK) is also applied to: - Road tractors or tractor units
- Heavy-duty vehicles with large engines and several axles. These tractors are designed to pull long semi-trailers, most often for the transport of freight of some kind over a significant distance (see also semi-trailer truck). In England this type of "tractor" is often called an "artic cab".
- Locomotive tractors (engines) or Rail car movers
- The amalgamation of machines, electrical generators, controls and devices that comprise the traction component of railway vehicles
- Artillery tractors
- Vehicles used to tow artillery pieces of varying weights.
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An axle is a central shaft for a rotating wheel or gear. ...
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Artic is British slang for a Semi-Tractor Trailers (from articulated lorry). ...
The word cab has a number of meanings, most of which are abbreviations: A cabriolet is kind of a light, horse-drawn carriage which replaced the heavier hackney carriage in the 19th century as the vehicle for hire of choice in Paris and London, and was the forerunner of the...
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A traction componant in a vehicular sense, is a type of transducer. ...
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Komsomolets tractor Artillery tractor is a kind of tractor, also referred to as a gun tractor, a vehicle used to tow artillery pieces of varying weights. ...
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Other uses of the word Tractor
In aerospace In aircraft, a tractor configuration refers to the propellers being in front of the fuselage or wing. Conversely, if to the rear, it is a called a pusher configuration. “Flying Machine†redirects here. ...
An aircraft constructed with a tractor configuration has the engine mounted with the propeller facing forwards such that the aircraft is pulled through the air, as opposed to the pusher configuration in which the propeller faces backwards and the aircraft is pushed through the air. ...
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A British WWI-era F.E.2b pusher. ...
NASA and other space agencies use very large tractors to ferry launch vehicles such as booster rockets and space shuttles from their hangars to (and, in rare cases, from) the launchpad. This article is about the American space agency. ...
Space has been an interest for philosophers and scientists for much of human history. ...
Uses of the word launch: A launch can be a type of boat: see launch (boat). ...
A booster may mean: a booster dose in medicine, refers to a vaccination given after a previous vaccination. ...
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NASAs Space Shuttle, officially called Space Transportation System (STS), is the United States governments current manned launch vehicle. ...
A launch pad is designed and built to meet a launch vehicles special needs and requirements. ...
In computers A tractor is also the part of a computer printer that pulls paper into the device or pushes it along. This usually takes the form of a pair of toothed gears that mesh with holes punched near the edges of the paper, or a belt or wheel with rubber or other high-friction surface that makes contact with the paper. A computer printer, or more commonly a printer, produces a hard copy (permanent human-readable text and/or graphics) of documents stored in electronic form, usually on physical print media such as paper transparencies]]. Many printers are primarily used as computer peripherals, and are attached by a printer cable to...
Spur gears found on a piece of farm equipment A gear is a wheel with teeth around its circumference, the purpose of the teeth being to mesh with similar teeth on another mechanical device -- possibly another gear wheel -- so that force can be transmitted between the two devices in a...
In downhole oil-well data logging A tractor is a device which is used for conveying advanced instruments into well holes for measurement and data logging purposes. The device is driven through cased or open well holes by wheels, chains, or tractor belts, and usually consists of a shell housing, an engine (electric or fluid-driven), a driving mechanism/transmission, measuring equipment, and interface with the surface.
Manufacturers - See List of tractor manufacturers
- See List of former tractor manufacturers
The following Tractor Manufacturers currently manufacture tractors. ...
This is a list of companies that formerly manufactured or sold tractors. ...
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A Volvo L120E front loader. ...
Farm equipment is any kind of machinery used on a farm to help with farming. ...
Roll Over Protection Structure (ROPS) refers to operator compartment structures, usually on heavy equipment used in construction and agriculture, intended to protect equipment operators from injuries caused by vehicle overturns. ...
References - ^ Houghton Mifflin (2000). The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed, Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, page 1829. ISBN 978-0-395-82517-4.
- ^ Merriam-Webster Unabridged (MWU). (Online subscription-based reference service of Merriam-Webster, based on Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster, 2002.) Headword tractor. Accessed 2007-09-22.
- ^ http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/machines_04.html Tractors in the 1930's
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