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Farm machinery & equipment

Of or relating to the machines or equipment exclusively used to facilitate farming of any kind.

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Farm machinery & equipment

Tractor

Agriculture; Farm machinery & equipment

A farm vehicle for towing farm machinery or trailers. It is specially designed to deliver a lot of torque at low speeds, and its large wheels make it ideal for off-road conditions.

Chisel plough

Agriculture; Farm machinery & equipment

The chisel plough is used to get deep tillage and to prepare the land with minimal soil disruption. Its main feature is to loosen and aerate the soils while leaving crop residue on the surface. This ...

Turnwrest plough

Agriculture; Farm machinery & equipment

The turnwrest plough allows ploughing to be done on either side. The moldboard can be moved to the side and turn right for one furrow, and then moved to the other side of the plough and turn left. In ...

Rotary tiller

Agriculture; Farm machinery & equipment

A motorised cultivator that works the soil with rotating tines or blades. Rotary tillers are either self-propelled or drawn as an attachment behind a tractor. For two-wheel tractors they are rigidly ...

Cultivator

Agriculture; Farm machinery & equipment

A farm implement for stirring and pulverising the soil before planting, or removing weeds, aerating and loosening the soil after the crop has begun to grow. It is usually powered by a tractor and ...

Manure spreader

Agriculture; Farm machinery & equipment

An agricultural implement used to distribute manure fertiliser evenly over a field. Typically, a manure spreader consists of a trailer towed behind a tractor or a truck with a rotating mechanism to ...

Tail lamps

Agriculture; Farm machinery & equipment

A non-interruptible (as opposed to flashing) red coloured light source used to identify the rear of machinery on public roads for approaching traffic. Tail lamps must conform to SAE Standard J585.

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