Farm Tractors - Michael Williams

Farm Tractors - Michael Williams

After the first tractors appeared on the scene in the late 1890s, it took another two decades and plenty of modifications for farmers to embrace this once-crude technology in favour of the steam engine, further advancing the power-farming revolution. Written by an international expert in agricultural machinery, Farm Tractors takes readers back to the nineteenth century to look at the precursors to modern tractors and travels through the years to follow the machines evolution as tractors became indispensable equipment on farms.

INSIDE FARM TRACTORS:

How steam-powered machinery gave way to tractors, and how tractors changed the way that farmers worked

Prominent early manufacturers and models, including Henry Fords legendary Model F, International Harvesters Farmall, the Waterloo Boy, John Deere, and many more

The use of hydraulics, the advent of diesel engines, the availability of four-wheel drive, and other technical breakthroughs

The introduction of new fuel sources as alternatives to gasoline

Specialized tractors for orchard work, high-acreage operations, carrying loads, cultivating, and other scenarios

The tractor industry's major expansion following World War II

Modern-day tractors and an outlook on the future of farm machinery

By: Michael Williams

Publisher: Silverdale Books, 2002

Pages: 173

Dimensions: ± 31 cm x 23.5 cm

Hardcover. Good condition.