How to choose a minitractor to give

Small-sized machines - mini tractors for households - are widely used in the mechanization of various agricultural operations. This technique copes well with the majority of the work performed on land, where the use of full-size tractors is not economically feasible.

Opportunities and scope of compact tractors

Minitractors differ from full-size agricultural machinery by maneuverability: freely inaccessible for dimensional machinery, difficult-to-design and relief areas pass. Due to the lower weight, the traces left behind are practically invisible.

Minitractors - self-propelled machines, structurally consist of several nodes and mechanisms:

• small body with steering wheel and control mechanisms;
• chassis;
• engine;
• transmission;
• working attachments.

The minitractor design allows you to perform a wide range of work in a private house, in the country, in the field and garden: plowing and mowing the grass, digging holes for planting seedlings, forming beds, sowing and fertilizing, harvesting grain and root crops and other similar functions.

Mini tractor under the force crop transportation weighing up to 1.2 tons for short distances. The machine can be used for cleaning snow, digging trenches, loading and unloading. The use of mini-tractors varies from a personal household to farmland, reaching up to 20 hectares. This contributes to several advantages of technology:

• compact dimensions of the minitractor and low weight;
• economical fuel consumption;
• simple maintenance;
• high productivity;
• affordable price.

Classification of compact tractors

The market range of models of mini tractors is usually classified according to various parameters.

According to functional features

By the type of work performed, mini tractors are divided into the following types.

1. Universal (general purpose). They help to mechanize communal and agricultural work, replace all main agricultural equipment, because they allow the use of additional equipment: a roller, a cart-trailer, a digging bucket, etc.
   

2. Riders. The main functionality is grass mowing. They can be equipped with a mulch and other accessories (aerator or sprayer, for example).
   

3. Garden. Equipped with not only a lawn mower, but also fasteners for the installation of attachments in the front and rear parts of the body. Thus, pruning trees and bushes, splashing chemical protective equipment and other works in the garden is being mechanized.
   

By weight and power

Depending on engine power and weight, compact tractors fall into three categories: light, medium and heavy.

Lightweight models more maneuverable, are used in such works as: snow removal, irrigation measures, lawn care and grass mowing between the rows in the garden, sowing works, fertilization and other similar manipulations.The power of tractors in this category is up to 5 kW, they are suitable for processing areas up to 2 hectares. Can be used for home use.

Medium weight tractors and tractors equipped with an engine up to 15 kW. The equipment is capable of processing agricultural land up to 5 hectares. As a rule, they are universal in terms of functionality and are in demand on farmsteads.

Power heavy tractors with cab reaches 40 kW. They are able to cope with large areas and a wide range of specialized works. The equipment is suitable for large farms and agrofirms.

Other classification features

By type of fuel consumed small tractors are divided into diesel and petrol models. The chassis of compact agricultural machines can be on wheels or tracks. Accordingly, on sale there are tracked compact tractors and their wheel analogues. Also, self-propelled mini-technology is divided according to the used drive systems on tractors, with mono and all-wheel drive.

Tracked tractor

In a separate category, you can select homemade compact tractors.In order to save, many farmers independently collect them from spare parts for old cars. Also widespread and improvised attachments.

Choosing a self-propelled mini assistant

The choice of a minitractor for a personal part-time farm is a matter of current interest for each farmer. When searching for a suitable model, it is recommended to take into account as much as possible the whole range of operations planned for mechanization, and also to pay attention to the following criteria.

1. Engine performance by type of fuel (diesel or gasoline engine), fuel tank volume, recoil. These indicators directly affect the performance and endurance of the machine.
2. Tracked compact tractor universal in terms of its adaptation to the surface of movement (asphalt, primer, country roads). For the village a crawler minitractor is a good choice. From the point of view of comfortable and fast movement on relatively flat surfaces, easier management and maintenance stand out wheel models. It is much easier to buy new wheels on a mini-tractor for the purpose of replacing or tires for a mini-tractor.
3. An important criterion in choosing a tractor can be called ground clearance (clearance).This is the distance between the underbody and the surface to be treated. Lowered clearance is fraught with damage to plants.
   

4. Well, when the tractor is equipped power steering (for ease of management), ergonomic driver's cab, PTO mechanism for hanging accessories. Then you can use the machine as a mini loader or a snow blower, for example.
   
   

   Mini tractor with power steering

5. Weight characteristics and machine dimensions must meet the conditions of operation and storage. The choice can be made using the ratio: 1 hp should be about 50 kg of the weight of the self-propelled mechanism.
6. All-wheel drive models better in terms of terrain. This rule applies especially to wheeled tractors. Also important is the presence of the differential lock function, which allows the tractor not to slip on broken country roads.