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This thing isn't meant to pull your 8-bottom plow attachment. It isn't the tractor a large-scale wheat or corn farmer is going to use to work the fields. Those
by GlenTheMachine 6y ago
This thing isn't meant to pull your 8-bottom plow attachment. It isn't the tractor a large-scale wheat or corn farmer is going to use to work the fields. Those tractors generate hundreds of horsepower and cost $250k.
But there is plenty of market for a small utility tractor, and the people using those aren't all hobby farmers. You don't use your massive 500 hp John Deere 9630 to stack hay bales or cultivate your row crops or power your auger or post driver.
Even if you have a 500 hp monster you'll still want a utility tractor. Right tool for the right job.
- jcims 6y ago>cost $250k for reference here’s the used market for one of their larger tractors: https://www.tractorhouse.com/listings/farm-equipment/for-sale/list/category/1234/tractors-300-hp-or-greater/manufacturer/john-deere/model/8rx-370 https://www.tractorhouse.com/listings/farm-equipment/for-sal... Some combines just for the fun in it: https://www.tractorhouse.com/listings/farm-equipment/for-sale/list/category/1112/harvesters-combines/manufacturer/john-deere/model/s790 https://www.tractorhouse.com/listings/farm-equipment/for-sal...
- bryanlarsen 6y agoAutonomy is the game changer here. For $250K you can buy 5 of these little tractors and draw 5 12ft cultivators rather than a single 60 footer. Drive one manually to mark the headland and let the other 4 fill it in.
- jelliclesfarm 6y agoBingo! And no seasonal labour shortages. And you can control everything from something like. A game console.
- bluGill 6y agoYou wouldn't though because the one big tractor does less damage to the soil.
- tonyarkles 6y agoJoking around a little bit, but I'm kind of curious if the autonomy function would let me summon it when I get my truck stuck. Way nicer than having to walk a few miles to go get the tractor...