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The Carrarino
Walking Tractor like Antonio Carraro's 4 wheel tractors are multifunctional,
well designed and well made. More than 200,000 are used
worldwide. The 700 series come in 9 & 12.5 Hp diesel models, and
when equipped with 5.00 x 15" tires they have what it takes.
Their human scale, stability and heft give them the power to accomplish a
great deal of work while the operator enjoys control from terra
firma. Geography, farm site layout and lower scale logistics for
moving, sheltering and servicing a walking tractor and its implements make
it the tight choice for many growers.
While they represent a major investment, they cost 1/3 less than the
smallest four wheel models of comparable quality. A nine Hp electric
start model with 15" wheels and 33" wide tiller box costs
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Spader
Implement
The benefits of spading are available to
walking tractor operators as well as those with 4 wheel tractors.
Several models of spaders are manufactured for use with different walk
behind tractors. The spaders work a 24" wide swath digging
6" deep, turning over the top 3 inches. Those who follow
the works of Elliot Coleman know he likes the work they do.
The appropriate walking tractors will have 12 or more
horsepower and have 14" dia. wheels or larger. Models like
BDS's Hercules, 14 Hp Pasquali, 14 Hp Goldoni, Ferrari 728 and Carrarino
all can be equipped with a spader for $2,300.00 each.
Because the spades are pushed down into the ground, the
opposite reaction is to put upward pressure on the tractor, the operator
must resist this reaction. Therefore the operator must accept the
using a spader with a walk behind tractor as well as desirable soil
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Windrow
Implement
Your walking tractor can be an effective
forage production machine, too. After you have swathed grass of
alfalfa with a sickle bar mounted on your walk behind tractor, you can
replace it with a belt rake that rakes hay into a windrow to complete the
curing process. The belt rake uses a pair of spriing loaded times
attached to one or more "V" belts that rake hay from left
to right side of the machine from it forms a uniform windrow. The
tractors PTO powers the system so that even heavy grass is moved
horizintally without damaging alfalfa's delicate leaves. Working
widths from 40" to 58" can be used with walking tractors for 9
Hp to 14 Hp. Once hey is windrowed you can bale it or pitch it onto a
wagon for loose storage in a barn or loft. Cost ranges form
$1,700.00 to $2,100.00 |
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Checchi
Magli SP100 Potato Digger
Some root harvesters for potatoes, garlic and similar
tubers are made in several models to work with tractors from 18 Hp and up
- The Checchi & Magli pictured at left sells for $3,500.00 delivered
to most places in the USA. A lower power model, the SP50, works with
18 Hp tractors and can be delivered for about $2,850.00
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F.
Spedo Potato Digger
An Italian Manufacturer offers an excellent digger that can
be run by walking tractors of 12 Hp and up or by a mini tractor. The
company F. Spedo supplies the adapters to fit. |
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Mini Tex Transplanter
The Mini Tex Transplanter is pulled by a walking
Tractor or Mini Tractor. Seedlings are fed into carousel that
automatically spaces plants in row. A variety of sprockets allow
choice of spacing. This type of transplanter can also handle large
seeds and bulbs such as garlic. It sells for $3,100.00 |
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Hermes Flail Mower
An alternative to the more common rotary mower
is a Flail mower. Flails do a better job of cutting trash and woody
material. The horizontal rotor shaft has many pairs of swinging
knives that pulverize vegetation and breakup woody stems. Because
the knives are mounted on clevises, they are free to rebound if they
cannot penetrate some materials on first strike, and thus protect
themselves from damage. The vegetation tends to be cut and recut and
is scattered uniformly under mower hood. The rubber "V"
belt that drives the rotor also acts to protect the gear box from shocks
should a rock or other hard obstacle be struck.
All these attributes make flails ideal for mowing crop
residues like corn stalks, light pruning as in vineyards and cane fruit
plantings and general brush clearing operations. Models from
24" to 39" are suitable for 12 Hp and higher walking
tractors. Prices range from $1,800.00 |
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Goldoni
Secondary Tillage Machines
One of the stand out benefits of walking tractors is their use
as secondary tillage machines. Their low weight minimizes compaction
while their maneuverability encourages their frequent use to keep weed
competition down from early crop emergence or soon after
transplanting. The addition of an interrow tiller attachment speeds
up your field, breaks up encrusted and incorporate amendments. Cost
of interrow tiller attachment is $1,600.00 to $1,800.00 |
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Goldoni Grain Drill
Combine a accurate metering grain drill with your walking
tractor and place your grain seed or cover crop where it will flourish, do
away with the hit or miss results of broadcast seeding. Choose disc
openers for heavier ground and areas less well prepared. Or choose
shoe type openers in lighter soils and those that have been well
tilled. Choose a 41" model with up to 9 openers or 47"
model with 9 or 11 openers. Your cost will be $2,500.00 to $2,900.00 |
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Caeb
Hay Baler
Bale hay with your walking tractor? Yes it is true, round
bales 22" in diameter 20" long weighing some 48 lbs. are
produced and wrapped in net by this small baler. Powered from behind by a
12 Hp walking Tractor it can produce a bale in less than a minute
each. It's steerable wheels allows it to maneuver easily and its
small size lets it work in confined spaces and on steep found. The
netting allows even short and crumbly vegetable matter to be
harvested. Its price is $7,100.00 |
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Front
Mounted Drum Mower
Front mounted drum mower for cutting and windrowing in a single
pass is pictured here on a Fort 9 Hp diesel series 180 tractor.
Mower has a 28" wide swath and cost $1,600.00. The Tractor sell
for $4,500.00 |
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Fort
Powered Trailers
Powered trailer provides all terrain transport when coupled
with a walking tractor. European walking tractors offer a special
second PTO that drives trailers axle at the same speed as tractors wheels
to give 4X4 traction. As pictured above a steering wheel permits the
unit to be operated as an articulated vehicle to transport substantial
loads. Trailers bed can be dumped manually or with hydraulic
cylinder. They also further diversify the tasks a walking tractor
can do on your diversified farm, from hauling compost at planting time to
hauling in crops from the field, orchard or pasture. Powered
trailers cost $3,000.00 to $3,500.00 |
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Imants
Tiller
The Imants tiller offers you the opportunity to dig 6" to
10" deep with your 12 Hp walking tractor. It is much like a
rototiller except it has a slow turning rotor shaft and long curved shanks
equipped with pointed shovels. The action is to churn the soil to
aerate it and break it up. The design of its "shovels" and
low rotor speed makes it less destructive then standard rototillers.
It can be fitted to most large European walking tractors and sell for
about $2,500.00 |
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