Tractors

A tractor is a farm vehicle designed to deliver a high amount of tractive force, or pulling force, whilst travelling at a low velocity. A tractor is generally used to tow agricultural mechanisms, for example attachments for soil cultivation, fertilization, planting, irrigation and harvesting. The majority of agricultural tractors have four wheels; two large ones at the rear, with a seat, or enclosed cab, above them, and two small wheels at the front for steering. They can be either two-wheel drive or four-wheel drive.

Tractors

Tractors with four-wheel drive capabilities were developed in the 1960’s, and they sometimes feature four large wheels, as opposed to the two large-two small arrangement of the traditional tractor. Tractors on the larger end of the scale typically incorporate articulated steering, with the hinge, or pivot, being centrally located and powered by hydrostatic technology, usually by way of hydraulic cylinders.

Compact Tractors

Compact tractors, sometimes called a CUT (Compact Utility tractor), are essentially smaller scale versions of traditional tractors, and are used for commensurately smaller scale tasks, for example landscaping. Compact tractors typically rely on the range of attachments that they can accommodate. Of which common examples are front end loaders, grader blades, rotary tillers and landscape rakes. They can accommodate planting and seeding attachments, but these tasks are less common.