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    ABEN 3423

    AB Machinery and Mechanization

    LECTURE NO. 4 – FARM/AGRICULTURAL


    TRACTOR
    Farm/Agricultural Tractor…

    What is a Farm Tractor?


    A self-propelled machine that can be used for supplying power
    for (1) pulling mobile machines (such as plow, harrow, trailer,
    etc.) and (2) operating the mechanisms of either stationary
    (such as water pumps, thresher, milling machine) or mobile
    machines (rotovator, corn harvester, mower or grass cutter,
    etc.) by means of belt pulley or power take-off.
    Farm/Agricultural Tractor…

    Method of securing traction:


    a. wheel type
    b. track type

    Drive configuration:
    a. two wheel drive (2x2- handtractors, 4x2- four-wheel tractors)
    b. four wheel drive (4x4 – four-wheel tractors)
    c. track drive (4x2 four-wheel tractors, bulldozers)
    Farm/Agricultural Tractor…

    Types of tractors according to use:

    1. General Purpose or Utility Tractor


    2. All-purpose or Row-Crop type
    3. Orchard tractor
    4. Industrial
    5. Garden or Lawn type
    Farm/Agricultural Tractor…

    Types of tractors according to power output:

    CATEGORY Max’m Power Output,KW


    a. Category I 15-35
    b. Category II 30-100
    c. Category III 60-170
    d. Category IV 135-300
    Power Delivery
    ✔ Engine Power
    ✔ PTO power
    ✔ Drawbar Power
    ✔ Fluid/Hydraulic Power

    Do not exceed 80% of tractor


    rated power
    Power relationships for agricultural tractor
    (maximum amount of power transmitted to various parts)
    Tractor Pedals, Levers
    and Switches
    A-Steering wheel
    B-Hand throttle
    C-Light switch
    D-Brake pedals
    E-Foot throttle
    F-Main switch
    G-Clutch pedal
    H-Turn signal switch
    I-Hazard warning light switch
    J-PTO clutch lever

    K-Selector lever (PTO)1


    L-Selective control valve levers
    M-Gear shift lever
    N-Range shift lever
    Lamps and indicators (can you name these parts?)
    Safety Symbols
    • Agricultural equipment shall have safety signs to alert an operator and others
    of the risk of personal injury in normal operations and servicing.

    • The words CAUTION, WARNING, and DANGER, in that order will indicate
    degrees of hazards.

    • Use IMPORTANT, ATTENTION, or NOTICE for instructional signs.


    Danger
    • Danger signs must be used
    only where an immediate
    hazard exists. Danger signs
    must have red as the
    predominant color for the
    upper panel, black outline
    on the borders and a white
    lower panel for additional
    sign wording.
    Caution
    • Caution signs shall be used
    only to warn against potential
    hazards or to caution against
    unsafe practices. Caution signs
    shall have yellow as the
    predominant color, black upper
    panel and borders, yellow
    lettering or "caution" on the
    black panel, and the lower
    yellow panel for additional sign
    wording. Black lettering shall be
    used for additional wording.
    Safety
    • Safety instruction signs, when
    used, must be white with green
    upper panel and white letters to
    convey the principal message.
    Any additional wording on the
    sign shall be black letters on the
    white background.
    International Control Symbols:

    Name these symbols…


    International Control Symbols:

    Name these symbols…


    International Control Symbols:
    Name these symbols…
    International Safety Symbols (learn these symbols…)
    Hand Signals
    Farm/Agricultural Tractor…

    Please read and understand the attached reading


    materials—

    a. Graphic Symbols
    b. Tractor Operation (Safety Instructions)
    Farm/Agricultural Tractor…

    END OF LECTURE

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