Good day, for a while now I've been searching for a compact tractor that would suite my needs. I am a farmer in Jamaica. I grow a mixture of crops most notably potato, yams and sugar cane that together spans over 25 acres. Traditionally this involves a lot of manual labor which often results in tremendous inputs that usually turns out to be inefficient and cause inconsistencies in overall production. Though my country has a lot of hilly land and relatively small farmer, I believe that with proper utilization of mechanization would greatly enchance overall efforts and outcomes. I'm inpired by the Japanese. Among othera reasons, I've been researching and been trying to identify a good tractor to import based on the following criterias.
NEEDS:
Frequent ploughing, rowwing and tillage for sweet potato, sugar cane, leafy vegetable and banana production. Field maintenance,
2-4 yearly bottom plought hard clay in cane field. Otherwise create n maintain forrow soft land and control weeds.
2-4 yearly for a day tow a 1300lb 16ft trailer that would be loaded with 1- 3 tons of cane within the limits of a 8 acres field during cane harvesting or planting.
Occasional small scale trenching for pit irrigation in seasonal drought and flood control.
More regularly, maybe twice a month, loader work which would include grappling/loading cane/material and clearing land.
Regular Bush hogging thorny shrub covered fields/thick tall grass and later maintain.
Ground clearance to prevent damage young sugar cane and clearance to allow for driving over vegetable rows. Additionally, limit footprint that would compact soil consequently damage.
Tractor that weighs with attachments no more than 1600kg for mobility, narrow(3.5 to 4.5 ft) but stable on inclined terrain, efficient, RELIABLE, DURABLE and no longer than 9ft alone.
I've identified the kuboto b series, particularly the b2601.
Would these tractors meet my needs? Otherwise can you please advise me.
NEEDS:
Frequent ploughing, rowwing and tillage for sweet potato, sugar cane, leafy vegetable and banana production. Field maintenance,
2-4 yearly bottom plought hard clay in cane field. Otherwise create n maintain forrow soft land and control weeds.
2-4 yearly for a day tow a 1300lb 16ft trailer that would be loaded with 1- 3 tons of cane within the limits of a 8 acres field during cane harvesting or planting.
Occasional small scale trenching for pit irrigation in seasonal drought and flood control.
More regularly, maybe twice a month, loader work which would include grappling/loading cane/material and clearing land.
Regular Bush hogging thorny shrub covered fields/thick tall grass and later maintain.
Ground clearance to prevent damage young sugar cane and clearance to allow for driving over vegetable rows. Additionally, limit footprint that would compact soil consequently damage.
Tractor that weighs with attachments no more than 1600kg for mobility, narrow(3.5 to 4.5 ft) but stable on inclined terrain, efficient, RELIABLE, DURABLE and no longer than 9ft alone.
I've identified the kuboto b series, particularly the b2601.
Would these tractors meet my needs? Otherwise can you please advise me.
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