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  2. Ballast tractor - Wikipedia

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    The problem with ballast tractors was the weight of ballast itself weighted over 10, 20 or even 40 tons in some scenarios. Other designs also included sleeping cabins in the ballast for the drivers and the crew for longer journeys and harsh weather conditions, [ 5 ] This made the height of the tractors increase significantly, these units are ...

  3. Power take-off - Wikipedia

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    A PTO at the rear end of a farm tractor A PTO (in the box at the bottom) in the center of the three-point hitch of a tractor. A power take-off or power takeoff (PTO) is one of several methods for taking power from a power source, such as a running engine, and transmitting it to an application such as an attached implement or separate machine.

  4. Grouser - Wikipedia

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    Track segments (i.e., trackshoes) that incorporate grouser bars are known as grouser shoes, and typically include one to three grousers. [3] Grousers are commonly used on construction vehicles such as bulldozers, loaders, and excavators. Grousers may be permanently attached to, or formed as a single piece with, the track shoe, or they may be ...

  5. Agricultural machinery - Wikipedia

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    Agricultural machinery relates to the mechanical structures and devices used in farming or other agriculture.There are many types of such equipment, from hand tools and power tools to tractors and the farm implements that they tow or operate.

  6. Drawbar (haulage) - Wikipedia

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    A large ballast tractor pulling a load using a drawbar General duty tow hitch from VBG on a truck and a drawbar on a trailer, showing a connected drawbar eye Rockinger drawbar coupling, in which the drawbar eye gets locked. A drawbar is a solid coupling between a hauling vehicle and its hauled load. Drawbars are in common use with rail ...

  7. AGCO - Wikipedia

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    Hesston 5670 round baler, in 2010. AGCO was established on June 20, 1990, when Robert J. Ratliff, John M. Shumejda, Edward R. Swingle, and James M. Seaver, who were executives at Deutz-Allis, bought out Deutz-Allis North American operations from the parent corporation Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG (KHD), a German company which owned the Deutz-Fahr brand of agriculture equipment.

  8. Tractor - Wikipedia

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    The relative sizes of a 30 hp (22 kW) Oliver Super 55 farm tractor, a 24 hp (18 kW) diesel New Holland compact utility tractor, and a Cub Cadet lawn tractor. A compact utility tractor (CUT) is a smaller version of an agricultural tractor, but designed primarily for landscaping and estate management tasks, rather than for planting and harvesting ...

  9. Tractor pulling - Wikipedia

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    As the tractor travels the course, the weights are pushed forward off the drag's axles, pushing the front of the drag into the ground, synthetically creating a gain in weight until the tractor is no longer able to overcome the force of friction. [5] Most drags have grouser bars that act like teeth and dig into the soil to stop the sled. [6]