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Hello Tractor
Think of small agricultural communities.
"Don't bogart that ...."
http://www.hellotractor.com
http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/03/29/47212957...
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Interesting concept...blend of minimal machinery w/ hi-tech...
Also potential for getting to and from town.
Don't believe everything you think....
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Very cool, Cisco!!! Thanks for posting.
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excellent post. i hope the idea gains traction.
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....looks like it's all designed that anyone with the $ to purchase one of these can provide a huge service to their area. ...very nice!
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wonder how long it will take before they set up a second factory in Mexico to avoid trsnsportation costs and import duty?
Bob Durrell
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42
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Udo
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42, the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything. This Answer was first calculated by the supercomputer Deep Thought after
seven and a half million years of thought. This shocking answer resulted in the construction of an even larger supercomputer, named Earth, which was
tasked with determining what the question was in the first place.
What's 43 Udo?
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Easily the Dumbest idea I have ever seen....
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......tractors? ....or the 42 thing?? 
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Out on the plains of Kansas they use mules....non of that high falutin machine stuff.
Such tractors are already in use on many parts of the planet....maybe no GPS alert systems...but they are a great idea for some applications.
Or, if you disagree..... 44 !
Don't believe everything you think....
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Quote: Originally posted by seasider  | | Quote: Originally posted by lencho |
Is it? I realize in US factory farming we're used to monstor diesel tractors instead of this little 15 horsepower job, but historically a lot the
world's fields have been tilled with one or two mulepower...
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I definitely don't know the answer. If small/subsistence farmers buy or rent this then maybe they would need to break up virgin land and increase
production above what they could do with the animal power in order to pay for the machine .Also, deeper tillage beyond what an animal plow is capable
of might be needed to break up compaction and increase yields...The list goes on... Anyone else have any ideas on how to help the farmers of Baja, if
that's what we are talking about? Now that I think about it a good sized chunk
of my food might come from Baja and some of those farmers will read this thread and shake their head. |
Well, there are a thousand of these units in Nigeria in service at this time according to the article. If they were having a utilization problem with
the machine I imagine it would have surfaced by now.
They were built as a tractor, to plow, haul, pull,...with 15 shp properly geared you could do pretty much whatever you wanted to.
I posted this thinking that this concept, indeed perhaps these very tractors, would be of use in the Ejido's, easily transportable to different
locations in a pick-up truck. Many of the co-ops, including the fishing co-ops might have a use for them also. Neat for hauling skiffs around on the
beach, transporting heavy or large items,...
I would love to see the Mexican Government get involved with a few thousand units, build them in-country and give them out to the subsistence farmers
on a lease/buy program.
Lot of potential in a Mexican or central american country for these seasider. Golly, I think El Chapo's Organization could probably use a thousand of
these at the least. And with a lease/buy program the Narco's would not have to front any money until the product was sold.
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