Future’s Now: The New Generation of No-Driver Tractors

Finally it’s there!

The prototype Spirit autonomous tractor, presented  at the Big Iron Farm Show in West Fargo, ND in September, breaks the convention and avoids of the necessity for a driver to operate the vehicle from the cab. Actually, with the driver aside and the machine’s rectangular shape, it looks like rubber-tracked yellow LEGO block, more than a modern tractor. “That’s the look of the future” says Terry Anderson, the president of the Autonomous Tractor Corporation and the Spirit designer at the same time. 

Anderson makes a point that not much has changed in tractor design for the last decade, except that the machines got bigger and more sophisticated. Being the entrepreneur, with some knowledge of communication technology, industrial machine design and manufacturing, Anderson decided that some changes are inevitable. The most conspicuous difference between the Spirit and the any traditional tractor, that you spot instantly is the lack of the tractor cab. The company’s design objective was to build a low – cost and durable tractor, featured with the safe, no-driver navigation system. The Spirit model is going to have long, 25.000 – hr. service life, a 500 – hr. service interval and a maximum 2-hr. repair time, with the selling price of $500 per horsepower. That includes a hybrid laser-radio navigation system, eliminating the chances to stray outside field boundaries.

New Holland Trade Centre at World Dairy Expo for the First Time

The largest new commercial space that has ever been seen at World Dairy Expo since 1995 was shown on 2^nd October at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wis.
The 26,000 – square - foot- indoor space of New Holland Trade  Center, named after its sponsor, allows the room for 130 exhibitors, and the waiting list has been full so far. The additional space enables displaying more technology and management tools to be viewed by the customers. It’s the enormous tent on the Outdoor Mall, which makes it impossible to miss. The New Holland Trade Center is willingly used by all kinds of manufacturers, including those producing farm machinery and equipment, dairy products and accessories among others. The exhibitors are pleased with the new space to explore as so much extra room gives better exposure and provides better flow of traffic.

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The Importance of Farm Tractors And The Agricultural Equipment

It is not possible to overestimate the role of farm equipment and machinery in every farmer’s life, which would be so much tougher without access to different kinds of vehicles that provide support in field cultivation and crop harvesting.

Seeders, hay mowers, combine harvesters and above all, farm tractors make every farmer’s work faster, easier and more effective. Moreover, a wide range of attachments that go with the tractors make the machines one of the most versatile that has ever been used in agriculture.

Farm tractors are used for tilling, especially large areas of land otherwise impossible to cultivate with the help of manual labor or animals. Purchasing farm tractors enables the farmer to hire fewer workers to accomplish the project and the money saved can be further invested.

After the field has been cultivated, the implements can be mounted on the tractor to adapt the machine for sowing or spraying the plants. Farm tractors can also be used as means of transport, to transfer different kinds of materials, equipment or even animal feed. The best way to buy any model of farm tractors for sale is to browse the online classifieds, which is the most popular source of acquiring goods and getting the access to a selection of dealers from all around the world.

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