On 01/18/2014 12:30 PM, Hoegberg wrote:
Some videos here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23yEIDbmc3U
Very enticing!
Steve Clunn has been wanting to convert a tractor for me and I've been
reluctant so far.
The tractor type in the above video is known (by me) as a "high
clearance" (HC), or "cultivating" tractor. They are generally in the
range of 10 to 30 hp. Examples: Allis G, the Farmall Cub in the video,
Tuff Bilt. I have a Japanese Iseki, badged as a IH 274, cultivating/HC
tractor. About 30 hp diesel. FAR too nice and useful a tractor to risk
converting. I would like to have an electric cultivating tractor
similar to the G, the Cub, or Tuff Bilt. If Steve does do a cultivating
tractor for me and it works out, I might then consider a larger
tractor. For most farm tasks, I find 80-100 hp overkill. I have two 50
hp and rarely use them. Though you do need at least 50 hp to run a hay
baler. 50 hp will run a 10' shredder easily. I shred mostly with a 6'
shredder on a 35 hp tractor. All my vegetable work is done one row at
at time so 50 hp is more than I need for any my plowing.
One factor complicating a conversion is that many agricultural tractors
use the engine block as a structural member; extracting the clutch
involves splitting the tractor.
The production EVs seem to have put the damper on car conversions.
Tractor conversions may still be attractive.
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