In ancient times, The man started using ox and cows for farming. Later machinery and more advanced types of machinery took their place, and the tractor is one of them. The tractors are integral Farm Implements that mechanizes farming tasks like planting, tillage, plowing, etc.
What is Tractor
A tractor is a vehicle specially manufactured to deliver high torque at a lower speed. It hauls a trailer or machinery used in agriculture, construction, and industrial. The tractor is the combination of two words, "traction and motor." A tractor is used to pull heavy loads for different farming tasks. There are many agriculture operations performed by farmers, and for each task, the necessary farming machinery and implements are developed. Similarly, according to the farmer's needs and demand, there are many types of tractors developed.
Different Types of Tractors
Below, we give details about different types of tractors
1. Utility Tractors
Firstly we discuss utility tractors. This type of tractor is used for farming operations such as plowing and pulling heavy implements. If farmers can not afford to buy additional machines to perform tasks, utility tractors are good. These tractors range from 45 Hp to 140 Hp and multifunctional tractors used for farming. Tractors come with the low to medium type engines and pull the heavy implements. These tractors easily add other equipment like harvesters, tillers, hay cutters, Threshers, and many more. These generally have gasoline or diesel engines.
2. Compact Tractors
Next, compact tractors are used in vineyards, fruit yards, and nut yards. They are constructed in a way that the user can sit comfortably and choose the hanging fruits or trim the trees at the same time. The best advantage of compact tractors is they can be adjusted in every space of the yard. Compact tractors come at a smaller size, and it consumes less fuel that saves money.
3. Row Crop Tractors
Row crop tractors used in farms wherein farmers plant crops in a row. These tractors are all around tractors that perform various farming tasks you need to do, Including weed control, leveling, plowing, harrowing, and pulling seed drills. They consist of many benefits like user-friendly, adequate row spacing, comfortable driving, greater ground clearance, ease of steering, easily attached and detached attachments, etc.
4. Garden Tractors
Garden tractors as Garden Tools come in the engine power range of 1 hp to 20 hp, and they have very small construction size. These tractors mainly used for cutting the grass and making the flower beds in your garden. The wheel of the garden tractor looks like a scooter but much thicker. Until now, more than 100 different types of garden tractors have been made.
There are some other types of tractors may more widely used in daily life such as Walking Tractor and Mini Tractor. They need to be equipped with accessories like Power Tillers, Single Cylinder Diesel Engine, etc.