Minitractors: Japanese technology in our conditions

In agriculture, mechanization of work is indispensable. But for a small private enterprise the decision to purchase a standard tractor is not always justified. Is there an alternative to a fully functional unit? With most tasks, compact tractors can cope with. Japanese mechanisms are traditionally distinguished by quality and reliability. Their compact four-wheeled vehicle was no exception.

Mini tractor

Any proprietor of a private house, having at his disposal even a small piece of land, sooner or later thinks about the need to mechanize the work on it. Farming, gardening, homestead farming - everywhere self-propelled machinery on wheels is useful. Many solve the problem by purchasing a motoblock. This technique is proven and inexpensive, but eventually comes the understanding that the two wheels for normal business are not enough. And our craftsmen have already learned to redo the motoblocks into mini tractors. Japanese models of small - sized agricultural machinery often serve as a benchmark for them.

But self-made rework can not compete with industrial technology. Mini-tractor is an economical, maneuverable and functional unit capable of performing a wide range of works in conditions of limited space. A large set of removable attachments makes it possible to use all the advantages of mechanization. Plow, planter, cultivator, digger, mower - the list of agricultural and auxiliary devices can be continued. Transport trolley, snowplow, loader - this is a compact mini-tractor in the teeth. Wherever a standard machine can not pass, it will even turn around.

Japanese compact tractors: reviews

Farmers all over the world appreciate the quality of agricultural machinery. The breakage of the tractor in the field during sowing or harvesting always brings a lot of problems. A small private enterprise can hardly boast of a large wheel park, capable at any time to replace a failed mechanism. Therefore, all try to choose as the main "breadwinners" time-tested compact tractors.

Japanese designers designed their units in such a way as to accommodate in a small-sized mechanism the maximum possible functional capacity. The technics with 15-25-strong diesel engines is capable to provide even in hard field conditions the necessary volume of agricultural and auxiliary works. At the same time, the Japanese developers always pay due attention to the convenience of operation and the conditions for controlling the equipment.

According to consumers' reviews, the tractors of MITSUBISHI, KUBOTA, YANMAR, ISEKI, HINOMOTO, SHIBAURA are guaranteed high quality of assembly, economical diesel engines with a long life, reliable suspension. Prices for machinery may seem high to our customers. After all, at the cost of a compact Japanese mini-tractor it is possible to purchase a fully functional domestic unit of standard modification.

Used machinery

The realities are that Japanese compact tractors come to us already with mileage. Ironically, the product quickly finds a buyer, because the cost of such units is half the new. Is it justified to buy a small farm for a small farm? Who knows, in whom is the minitractor consumed, because this is to some extent a lottery?

In Japan, the government creates favorable conditions for the renewal of working equipment. And those are ready to change their still quite working five and ten-year mini-tractors to more modern and comfortable ones. Accurate Japanese for the technique of watching properly. Each unit often performs one or two operations. Therefore, even a ten-year-old tractor, which is in use, has a negligible output. The engine, suspension and suspension of such units can serve for many years to come.

Maintenance and repair

If before the shipment from Japan the unit undergoes pre-sales training, then, as experience shows, the new owner even has a ten-year tractor for several seasons running without any problems at all. Further already how to whom will carry. Some manage to change only one light bulb in five years. On forums of owners of used agricultural machinery it is clear that spare parts for Japanese mini tractors are difficult to find here. Especially it concerns technology, which is more than 20 years old.

If diesel engines of Japanese manufacture even at this age continue to work, the secondary units and units of tractors inevitably wear out: the rubber is erased, the sheet metal rusts, the pipelines lose their elasticity. A new light bulb and belts can still be picked up and written down by catalogs to motorcycles. But in order to replace the flange, shaft or bushing, you often have to turn to the turners to carve a similar one.

After such alterations, the unit is no longer "Japanese", but from this it does not lose its efficiency. And our homegrown "techies" are capable of much. So it turns out that seasoned owners of Japanese mini tractors do not agree to change their ten-year "laborer" to a new "Chinese" even with a surcharge.