This may be a very silly question, so forgive me. Now I love tractors and know exactly what they are, of course, but I've never heard of a garden tractor until now. What exactly is that?
Smallish tractors...
Sort of like a rider mower but usually a bit larger and designed to accommodate many other attachments.
:smile:KennyV
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grnspot110
Generally speaking, Garden Tractors accommodate "ground engaging" attachments; 'turning' plows, disks, cultivators, etc. While riding mowers aren't built heavy enough to use these attachments. ~~ grnspot110
Generally speaking, Garden Tractors accommodate "ground engaging" attachments; 'turning' plows, disks, cultivators, etc. While riding mowers aren't built heavy enough to use these attachments. ~~ grnspot110
Very well stated, to me "Garden Tractor" means a ruggedly built, heavy duty machine that offers full hydraulics for front, mid, and rear lift capabilities. While many lawn tractors have enough horsepower to qualify as garden tractors, to me it's having the additional capability to accomodate hydraulic lifts and power steering that sets garden tractors apart. They are a true step up over lawn tractors but a step below compact utility tractors.
Garden tractors are small enough to fit in a garden. Here is a pic of my smallest garden tractor. going to order a new Deere 647 tiller for it this week.
When looking at tractors, the easiest way to tell the difference is the rear tires. If it only has 1 bolt in the center of the rim, it is a lawn tractor. If it has 4 or more bolts (like the wheels on your car), it is a garden tractor.
What is really handy is backing up, with all wheel steer you turn to look behind you and steer the rear tires where you wan't to go, more intuitive than steering the fronts on a 2ws machine. Works great for threading the 3 pt implements between the trees.
This thing uses about 1/3 to 1/2 as much fuel as my prior gas mowers used. Seems like I can work all day and most of the next day on a 5 gal can of diesel.
