We describe the development of the Safe Tractor Assessment and Rating System (STARS), a design-based tractor safety rating system that can be applied to new or used tractors to provide an objective assessment of their inherent safety features. A predictive rating system model, based on technical inspection, was used. Key principles underlying the system included the potential for design feature...

Timber transport in the forest is a very complex operation, and expensive from an energy point of view. Furthermore, in some cases, this operation can be very difficult and dangerous in unfavorable conditions of the road surface, which mainly occur in winter (frozen ground) and in spring (muddy ground). The goal of this study was to develop an innovative transmission hydraulic control system fo...

Tractor manufacturers need to know how farmers use their agricultural tractors for an optimal machine design. usage is not easy assess due the large variability of field operations. However, modern embed sensors integrated into CAN-BUS network and data accessible through ISO 11,783 protocol. Even though this technology has been available a long time, outlining tractor still limited, because pro...

In this paper, we investigated the idea of including mobile robots as complementary machinery to tractors in an agricultural context. The main is not replace human farmer, but augment his/her capabilities by deploying assistants field operations. scheme based on a leader–follower approach. manned tractor used leader, which will be taken reference point for follower. follower then takes position...

The aim of the research is to examine and evaluate agricultural mechanization status organic traditional hazelnut farming enterprises in Alaplı Karadeniz Ereğli districts Zonguldak province Turkey. A survey was conducted with a total 209 from 34 villages 2 where production intense research. study includes information about land assets enterprises, tractor, agricultural-tool machinery assets, st...

Aim: We report the distribution of, and characteristics associated with, unintentional machinery injury on farms in Victoria to identify research issues and potential intervention strategies. Method: Machinery was defined as items classifiable to the external cause of injury code E919 from the International Classification of Diseases Ninth Revision Clinical Modification, which includes agricult...

Nearly all modern off-road agricultural machinery are powered by petroleum, primarily diesel fuel. Equipment manufacturers work to improve fuel efficiency of their equipment to provide better value to their customers. Benefits of reducing petroleum use include lower operating costs, improved operational efficiency, improved energy security, and environmental benefits. Agricultural tractor testi...