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He Makes Miniature RC Farm Equipment
Imagine cutting your lawn with a 1/16-scale tractor equipped with a front-cutting head and rear-batwing mowers. Or you could spread compost on your garden with a similar-sized manure spreader, equipped with working rear vertical beaters, an apron, and a push gate. Unfortunately, the equipment is only available in Germany.
“We don’t sell in the U.S., but thanks for your interest,” responded Mario Petrowsky, founder of RC Prio functional modeling.
The high-quality, functional, radio-controlled (RC) models’ prices reflect the workmanship that goes into them. The front cutting head on the mower has a price tag of €1,099 or just under $1,200 (USD). The folding rear cutting heads are priced at €2,200 or just over $2,400. The 1:14 scale manure spreader is priced at €3,600, just under $4,000.
When it comes to detail, think of welding the chains to crossbars at 1:14 scale or welding the pieces to form a 3-pt. hitch. The equipment has working ptos as well as actuator lifts.
All of Petrowsky’s scale attachments are designed to work with equally high-quality European toy tractors. These are power units, like the Fendt 930 V2 from RC Favorit Functional Model Building.
A trained industrial mechanic, Petrowsky started building models at the age of 10. At first, he modified available equipment. That eventually led to building functioning models. That led to working with RC models, and in 2021, he founded RC Prio to make functioning attachments and trailers for use with RC functioning tractors.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, RC Prio Funktionsmodellbau, Pistrestraße 5, 72513 Hettingen, Germany (service@rcprio-funktionsmodellbau.de; www.rcprio-funktionsmodellbau.de) or Thomas Ottenloher, RC Favorit Funktionsmodellbau, Vilsbiburger Str.3 84149 Velden, Germany (ph 49 151 10242635; info@rc-favorit.de; www.rc-favorit.de).


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