compact tractor Articles
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Which Compact Tractor Should I Buy?
One of the more significant purchases a smallholder is likely to make is a compact tractor. If you’ve put off investing in one until now you may be worried about making the wrong choice and not getting the value you need out of your investment. Here we share some of the things you should consider when comparing different models, so you can make the right choice. Having answered the ...
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Wide Area Mowing with 50HP
When mounted on a compact tractor, the 4m Major Swift trailed roller mower delivers performance, efficiency and reliability for the dedicated team of groundskeepers at Blundell’s School in Devon If you were to look back through the annals of history, at the time of the passing of Queen Elizabeth 1st, just before Guy Fawkes was condemned for trying to blow up Parliament and, when the now ...
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LOWE Raises the Standard with New BP-Series Gear Reduction Auger Drives
Featuring LOWE Designed and Manufactured Planetary Gearboxes and Other Enhancements. All this at a Lower Price than Previous LOWE Gear Models. LOWE’s existing auger attachments are known world-wide for exceptional performance, durability and value. Now the new LOWE BP-Series planetary reduction auger drives bring new elements of performance and dependability to the attachment ...
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Tips For Maintaining And Storing Your Machinery Out Of Season
While there are still many jobs to do throughout the autumn and winter months, there will be some tools and machinery that you won’t need again until spring next year. There is nothing worse than needing to replace a piece of kit because its suffered damage over winter due to poor maintenance and storage. The following tips will help ensure this doesn’t happen to you: How To ...
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What’s Best For Long Grass – A Topper Or A Flail Mower?
After a few spring showers all of a sudden our pastures and meadows are becoming jungles as the grass shoots up overnight. If you’re in the market for a mower to attach to your compact tractor or quad bike, there are lots to choose from. Perhaps too much… With the bewildering range of different mowers available, what’s best for your needs? Topper Mowers – Takes The ...
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Latest crop of robots heads for the fields
With wheels no bigger than a go-kart and a squat square chassis that weighs 200kg, the future of farm robotics looks like a midget by the standards of modern tractors. Yet the diminutive platform, called Thorvald, is the size of things to come, according to British scientists pioneering autonomous farming. Smaller robots are safer in the event of a malfunction and they do not compact the soil ...
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5 Essential Farm Implements For Smallholders
What are your top tools or farm implements that make life as a smallholder that much easier? What’s on your Christmas wish list or gets regular use around your plot? We asked our team to share their essential implements and have created the Farm Tech Supplies Top 5 List of Farm Implements! If you have a trusted piece of farm equipment you couldn’t do without, share a photo on our ...
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Mitigation options for sediment and phosphorus loss from winter-sown arable crops
Received for publication January 20, 2009. Sediment and P inputs to freshwaters from agriculture are a major problem in the United Kingdom (UK). This study investigated mitigation options for diffuse pollution losses from arable land. Field trials were undertaken at the hillslope scale over three winters at three UK sites with silt (Oxyaquic Hapludalf), sand (Udic Haplustept), and clay (Typic ...
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Safe To Operate: Tractor Safety Checklist
Accident prevention must be a top priority on farms today, especially when operating machinery like farm tractors. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 750 farm workers are accidentally killed each year, and more than half of these fatalities are tractor related. Fortunately, the use of ROPS and a seat belt is estimated to be 99 percent effective in preventing death or serious ...
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