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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLEGACY AUTO - PDP - PDP120001 - CORRESPONDENCE - REVISIONS (12)Urban Tractor Definition March 19, 2013 Legacy Auto, PDP120001, Round Number 1 Comment Number: 1 Department: Current Planning Contact: Steve Olt, 02/06/2012: Please better define "urban tractors" in the Description of Rationale in the Planning Objectives. Compact utility tractor In the middle is a 24 hp (18 kW) diesel Urban Tractor or Compact Utility Tractor (CUT) illustrating the size difference between a small 40 hp farm tractor and a garden tractor A Compact Utility Tractor, also called a CUT is a smaller version of an agricultural tractor but designed primarily for landscaping and estate management type tasks rather than for planting and harvesting on a commercial scale. Typical CUTs range in from 20 to 100 horsepower (15-74 kW) with available power take off (PTO) horsepower ranging from 15 to 45 hp (11-34 kW). CUTs are often equipped with both a mid-mounted PTO and a standard rear PTO, especially those below 40 horsepower (30 kW). The mid- mount PTO shaft typically rotates at/near 2000 rpms and is typically used to power such implements as mid-mount finish mower, a front mounted snow blower or front mounted rotary broom. The rear PTO is standardized at 540 rpms for the North American markets, but in some parts of the world a dual 540/1000 rpm PTO is standard and implements are available for either standard in those markets. Howse brand modular Subsoiler mounted to a tractor Broadcast seeder mounted to a Kubota Compact Utility Tractor One of the most common attachments for a Compact Utility Tractor is the front end loader or FEL. Like the larger agricultural tractors, a CUT will have an adjustable three-point hitch that is hydraulically controlled. Typically a CUT will have four wheel drive, or more correctly 4 wheel assist. Modern Compact Utility Tractors often feature a Hydrostatic transmission, but many variants of gear drive transmissions are also offered from low priced simple gear transmissions to synchronized transmissions to advanced glide-shift transmissions. All modern CUTs feature a government mandated roll over protection structure (ROPS) just like agricultural tractors. The most well known brands in North America include Bobcat, Kubota, John Deere Tractor, New Holland Ag, Case-Farmall and Massey- Ferguson. Although less common, compact backhoes are often attached to compact utility tractors. JD 71 Flexi Planter for tractors 20 to 35 horsepower Compact Utility Tractors require special smaller implements than full size agricultural tractors. Very common implements include the box blade, the grader blade, the landscape rake, the post hole digger (or post hole auger), the rotary cutter (also called a slasher or a brush hog), a mid or rear mount finish mower, broadcast seeder, subspoiler and the rototiller (also rotary tiller). In northern climates, a rear mounted snow blower is very common, on smaller CUTs some models are available with front mounted snow blowers that are powered by a mid-PTO shaft. There are many more implement brands than there are tractor brands offering CUT owners a wide selection of choice.