A Light Agrimotor for the Use of Market Gardeners
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The Latest Product of Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies, Ltd., a 9-1.-cwt. 6 h.p. Track laying Tractor, Offered at an
Attractive Figure
WE published in our last week's issue an illustration of a new marketgarden tractor, which has just been introduced by Ransomes, Sims and jefferies, Ltd., Onvell Works, Ipswich. -Now we are able to give the leading particulars of this attractive machine.
Described by its maker as a motor garden cultivator, this small b-actor
has many uses, among which are ploughing, ridging and hoeing, whilst it is especially suitable for row-crop work, being built for widths from 12 ins. upwards.
Its price is £135, an extra charge of £1 10s. being made if a power-take-off shaft be included. A toolbar frame with seven tines for cultivating costs £11 and a wide variety of further toolbar attachments is offered. A twofurrow plough, convertible for single. furrow ploughing, and designed expressly for use with this tractor, is available for £12.
Of the crawler type, the machine has
rubber-jointed tracks which are adjustable to give 2 ft. 4 ins. or 2 ft. 10 ins. between track centres. The weight is 9-1 cwt. and a drawbar pull of 600 lb. can be exerted. Power is provided by a single-cylindered air-cooled fourstroke engine rated at 6 h.p., and is transmitted through a self-energizing clutch to a gearbox giving a forward and a reverse drive. The frame is a steel structure, having all joints welded.
There is a ground clearance of ii ins. and the overall width, with minimum track, is 8 ft. It is claimed that the capacity of the tractor, when cultivating, is five acres per eight-hour day, at a fuel-consumption rate of two pints per hour, and we are informed that the ground pressure is only 4 lb. per sq. in.
The toolbar frame is of the floating type and conforms to the irregularities of the land. There are two depth-regulating wheels, and the bar is controlled by a hand lifting device, which can quickly raise the implement clear of the ground—an important point, permitting close work at the headlands.