Electric Deere Is Totally Green

Electric Deere Is Totally Green AG WORLD Ag World Myron Kinney likes to tell folks that his half-size 1938 Deere A is truly green because it s powered by three 12-volt deep charge batteries But thanks to a recording and some electronics mounted on the tractor the mini tractor still sounds like a Deere I had an interest in tractors and just decided to build it he says It uses batteries because I hadn t seen anyone do that Kinney grew up on a farm that had two Deere A tractors He made his half-size tractor with one wheel a less common model mostly because it was easier The tractor is a conglomeration of parts: a Cub Cadet transmission and rear end an automotive radiator wheels from a 6600 Deere combine with spokes from an iron wheel wagon a Deering cast iron seat a golf cart gearbox bed frame angle iron and a metal table pedestal for the front column on the tractor The reverse didn t work in the golf cart gearbox but the transmission fixed that Setting up the steering was a little trickier When I turned left it went right Kinney says explaining he couldn t fit the gearbox in the right direction He solved the problem by adding a hydraulic pump from a hydrostat combine With two gears it reversed the steering to make it right The other challenge was the sound Kinney admits he spent nearly as much time and money recording and setting up a sound system as he did restoring the tractor It was worth it however He loves the look on kids faces when he takes the tractor to events and has them start the tractor and they hear the Deere two-cylinder pop Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Myron Kinney 9202 Pony Rd Coulterville Ill 62237 ph 618 758-2692

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