Space Age Innovations

Great changes have taken place in the modern age. Agriculture is agog with GPS devices and robust on-board computers. These may be installed as optional attachments to tractors used for farming. It allows for automatic ploughing. Auto-steer gadgets drain tractors that are manually operated, but pick up at the end of the row. The pivotal idea is to avoid overlapping and consumption of more fuel. The greatest surprise is the compact tractor or CUT. It has been designed mainly for purposes of landscaping, which is essential in estate management business. The range of horse-power is from 18 to 50 with available power takeoff. The bonus is that CUT's may be fitted with both a mid-mounted PTO and a standard rear PTO. A front-end loader or FEL is a common attachment for CUT. CUT has 4-wheel assist featuring a hydrostatic transmission. Like its agricultural cousin, CUT is fitted with ROPS as per governmental mandate. If specifically required, compact backhoes may be fixed to CUT. The implements required for CUT are smaller than those required for the standard ones. Some of the implements are box blades, grader blades, landscape rakes, post hole diggers, rotary cutters (slasher or brush hog), mid or rear mount finish mowers, broadcast seeders, sub-soilers, and rototillers. Sometimes in places where winters are severe, the tractor is fitted with snow blowers. CUT may also be fitted with plating and harvesting implements, one/two rows planting units, cultivators, sprayers, and various kinds of seeders. The hoe loader is another cousin of the typical farm tractor. It has a loader assemly on the front and a backhoe at the rear with a three point hitch. Industrial tractors are much heavier with steel grills fixed to give protection from falling rocks. In the models where the back is a permanent feature, there is a swivelling seat to face the hoe controls. Backhoe loaders perform a variety of jobs in the construction field - small demolitions, transportation of light building materials, powering equipment, digging holes, breaking asphalt, paving roads, etc. Buckets are often fitted with retractable bottoms enabling speed in loading and unloading.