We are not in the market for a new tractor but a neighbor farmer has this John Deere tractor that I couldn’t stop looking at. The body is low and seems more simple than conventional tractors. The wheels, or lack there of, are spread wider to provide balance of the low chassi and provide less compaction on the ground. It looks like a brilliant design and would like to know how it rides. This particular tractor was hooked to a tillage tool, so it must be somewhat powerful for its size. I believe that tractors are moving away from conventional rubber wheels and more toward this design.
Category: Ag Innovation
A tillage field day
I attended a local tillage field day to learn more about strip tillage and auto-steer components, but all I got to see was this…
It wasn’t really a field day, honestly. It was more like an equipment dealer trying to sell Kraus implements and New Holland tractors. Sometimes I wonder when people are going to figure out that bigger is not always better.