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Jonfarmer
09-01-2006 10:24:55
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Re: row crop tractors in reply to Oliver66, 09-01-2006 08:40:24
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That was a pretty good job of explaining, but I also would like to add that new rowcrop tractors are still being made, and now have even more options than ever to allow a buyer to custom tailor a tractor to their exact needs. Used to be they offered tractors with only 1 transmission, now, you will find multiple choices on most new rowcrops, including variable speed transmissions, so that an operator can dial in the exact speed needed to complete a job with maximum efficency. Used to be rowcrops had only 1 tire size, now you can choose right from the factory darn near anything you want, from tall and super skinny to shorter very wide high floatation tires, it all depends on what you need, now for around here in dairy country, everybody likes the deep lug radial high floatation tires for spreading liquid manure and tillage since we have winters here and in the spring when it is time to plant it is most always wet since the snow melted and spring rains and super skinny tires would tend to sink and in the fall during crop harvest it is usually wet too. A rowcrop tractor is a tractor that is used to take care of rowcrops, all aspects of it, from fertilizing, tillage, planting, cultivating, and harvest. Now around here, the only rowcrop grown is corn and lots of it, everybody uses roundup and don't cultivate so this allows them to use big tires, otherwise they would have to go with the tall skinnys. Nowadays, most rowcrops are MFWD, in fact, the large models are not availible in 2wd becuse you simply cannot get the horsepower to the ground otherwise take for example the 275hp 8530 John Deere, you need duals and weights to get the power out of that beast. The MFWD axles are not adjustable, but I think they are set for the most common rowcrops, and I think you can get different rims to put your tires right where they need to be, but thats not a problem around here since nobody drives through their crops after planting.
Hope this helps,
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