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A few years after the Bulldog was discontinued the Lanz name fell into disuse. The Lanz Bulldog was one of the most popular German tractors, with over 220,000 of them produced in its long production life. The name "Bulldog" became the general term for tractors in some german regions, most notably in Bavaria.
An obvious simplification was to take the technology of the tractor, but use only a single wheel and a smaller engine. Many of the large monowheel tractor's tasks would be in either replacing horse carts, or else as a cheaper substitute for more conventional tractors. S. E. Opperman of Boreham Wood did this in 1945 with their Opperman Motocart. [5]
Agricultural steam engines took over the heavy pulling work of oxen, and were also equipped with a pulley that could power stationary machines via the use of a long belt. The steam-powered machines were low-powered by today's standards but because of their size and their low gear ratios , they could provide a large drawbar pull.
The prototype steam tractor was a single-cylinder design but in 1906 a compound-cylinder version was produced, and this proved to be by far the most popular version with customers. [12] In 1908 the RAC organised a trial of competing makers' steam tractors to ascertain the best. Charles Burrell & Sons entered engine number 2932, a standard ...
Tractor-related injuries account for approximately 32% of the fatalities and 6% of the nonfatal injuries in agriculture. Over 50% is attributed to tractor overturns. [43] The roll-over protection structure (ROPS) and seat belt, when worn, [44] are the most important safety devices to protect operators from death during tractor overturns. [45] [46]
Rumely Oil Pull tractor "L" The Rumely Oil Pull was a line of farm tractors developed by Advance-Rumely Company [1] from 1909 and sold 1910 to 1930. Most were heavy tractors powered by an internal combustion, magneto-fired engine designed to burn all kerosene grades at any load, called the Oil Turn.
Unlike the earlier single cylinder tractor made by Hornsby, this was a twin cylinder, with the cylinders at an angle to each other in a vertical plane and sharing a common crankshaft. The engine ran at 350 rpm and had a governor which operated by cutting the fuel supply in a hit and miss method, though the driver could override the governor for ...
The 4010 was rated at 80 horsepower in 1960, but tested at 84 horsepower during testing trials, making it one of the most powerful two-wheel-drive farm tractors at that time. The 4010 was the predecessor to the 4020 , which is widely regarded as the most popular tractor ever produced by John Deere, and perhaps any tractor manufacturer in the ...