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Electric Farm Tractors |
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A Real Solution Electric farm tractors are a much better idea than trying to run them on biofuels because biofuels require about ten acres of a biofuels crop to produce enough diesel fuel to run a typical farm tractor, such as those below, for a year. The owners of the two tractors below have gone a step further and have solar-powered them. That means their tractors will run for years with absolutely no fuel expense of any kind, and produce zero pollution. In addition, these farmer won’t have to be immersed in the very noisy and poisonous area of a typical diesel-powered tractor where they would be forced to breathe diesel fumes all day long. Tractors are obviously a great labor-saving device for farms, and more people could invest in tractors such as these now for the current and future labor-saving, health and environmental benefits. EVMaine.org salutes these two pioneers for their visionary outlook, and for their unique solutions.
A Discussion: The Case For The Electric Tractor This is a discussion that tells why using food (biofuels) to run tractors is not feasable, and electric tractors are.
Here is Maine Visionary John Howe on His Solar-Powered Electric Tractor at Work
And this is his book on Peak Oil
And here’s his YouTube video of his tractor in action
This is David Heckenroth’s Solar-Powered Electric Farm Tractor
and this is his YouTube video on it
The General Electric Elec-Trak Garden Tractors Now defunct, but here are some sources for current ELEC-TRAK owners/enthusiasts:
Sources for parts and documentation The Kansas Windpower catalog, (913) 364-4407 Technical Service & Parts (608) 868-6220 Subscribe to the Elec-Trak mailing list
Meanwhile, this may be a market ripe for entrepreneurial picking. Here is the only remaining manufacturer of electric tractors Manufacturers of the "Electric Ox" battery powered tractor Do It Yourself DIY electric vehicles have been gaining in popularity as technology improves. An electric lawn tractor is certainly a small enough project for the typical hobbyist. Here’s John Wayland'sHeavy Metal Garden Tractor. Parts available from the following suppliers: Electric Vehicles of America Electro Automotive InnEVations KTA Services Wilde EVolutions
Gorilla Brand Electric Tractors and ATVs
These are real electric workhorses
Do you know of any other electric farm tractors? If so. please let us know so we can include them on this page. Thanks
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