Re: Electric Farm Tractors



bill wrote:

Eeyore wrote:
bill wrote:
4. it's possible to electrify fields right now
It's absurdly impractical.

well graham, that depends on the field. As applies to iowa
unirrigated corn fiends, you are quite correct. as applies to
california circle irrigated cropland, it would be a pretty small
investment on top of the extant irrigation system. So.... Figure 20%
of agricultural diesel could be replaced with electric, not a bad
chunk to dig in 1 go.

Are you seriously suggesting that tractors drag a cable round the field behind
them ?

Circular irrigated fields have a very long wheeled arm on a
swivel that already drives itself around the fields. running an
electric cable along that arm and attaching it to a tractor would be
an absolutely trivial addition, so yes, for certain applications, I
am.
http://www.cgstock.com/locations/new_richmond/6308

And what would be the point of having a trtactor there ?

Graham


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