So I did a thing... Agria 8900D

   / So I did a thing... Agria 8900D #171  
I could really use a little tractor like that in my small orchard and unfortunately-located vineyard.
I don't need it per se (I have a mower and a line trimmer...) but I could use it
 
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#172  
I could really use a little tractor like that in my small orchard and unfortunately-located vineyard.
I don't need it per se (I have a mower and a line trimmer...) but I could use it
Trust me, you need it! 🙂

It maneuvers so well on a orchard and being so low, you can get really close to the trees.

I just wish it had power steering and that's mainly the main reason I'll consider trading it or selling it for another project. Articulated steering without power steering is honestly a big no from me now that I have the experience with this one.
 
   / So I did a thing... Agria 8900D #173  
Any possibility of adding power steering with some fabrication? You certainly have demonstrated that you have the skill set
 
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#174  
Any possibility of adding power steering with some fabrication? You certainly have demonstrated that you have the skill set
It's doable and would be a cool project but very very expensive.

I would need to get a steering valve, a cylinder, a pump, hoses, fittings, etc. I'm estimating around 1000€.

Would need to figure a way to mount another pump, ditch the current steering box to mount the steering valve, figure out cylinder mounts. Another option could be getting a bigger pump to replace the current one and use a flow divider with priority for the steering.

This wouldn't necessary be a problem for me, I like these kind of challenges and I could probably make it look very nice with some nice tubing, but it's just too much money in my opinion.

If the tractor had a title and license plate, which in this tractor would increase its value by another 1000€ to 1500€, I would definitely consider making that investment for the steering.
 
   / So I did a thing... Agria 8900D #175  
If the tractor had a title and license plate, which in this tractor would increase its value by another 1000€ to 1500€, I would definitely consider making that investment for the steering.
seems like a pretty small unit to road?
 
   / So I did a thing... Agria 8900D #176  
People are retrofitting old tractors with electric power steering from salvaged cars,

 
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#177  
seems like a pretty small unit to road?
Not at all.

Here in Europe, the ancestors own multiple small pieces of lands spread all over small villages. Over time, their children and grand children inherit those pieces of land. So this is one of the biggest reasons we tend to road our tractors so much on this side of the pond. Distance varies a lot accordingly to various factors but usually no more than 4 or 5 miles.

Over here, any road legal trailer above 1650 lbs gross weight has to have brakes. In the case of agricultural trailers, they often have hydraulic brakes and the tractor is fitted with a brake valve tied to the brake pedal or they just use a single remote from the tractor to engage the brakes.

These little tractors like the Agria often get a 6600 lbs braked tow rating or 1650 lbs non braked.

When it's grape harvest time, you should see all the little tractors on the road pulling trailers full of grapes so they can go unload on the wineries. They make this huge lines on the roads near the wineries as they wait to unload.

On winter time, you would see trailers full of logs that people take home to cut, split and burn for firewood. Or even loaded with pine needles so they can use it as bedding material for the cattle.

As luck would have it, I was looking for some pictures during grape harvest to show you as an example and ended up finding one with a little Agria just like mine. A bit hard to see, but you can see the trailer in the back with the containers filled with grapes.

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#178  
People are retrofitting old tractors with electric power steering from salvaged cars,

I've been thinking about that solution for my backhoe but haven't found one of those steering columns that just needs positive, ground and ignition to work.

For the Agria, I don't think it would work very well.
 
   / So I did a thing... Agria 8900D
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#179  
Got my new tines this week. As you can see from the pictures, the old ones were just barely broken in. 🙂 They were also the wrong length at 170 mm vs 205 mm for the correct ones.

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These new tines kinda arose another issue, which is the missing skate under the gearbox. I'll need to build one now because it just goes too deep and causes the entire tractor to bounce constantly.

Regardless of this minor issue, it now tills super nice. I'm much happier with it now.

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   / So I did a thing... Agria 8900D #180  
Got my new tines this week. As you can see from the pictures, the old ones were just barely broken in. 🙂 They were also the wrong length at 170 mm vs 205 mm for the correct ones.

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These new tines kinda arose another issue, which is the missing skate under the gearbox. I'll need to build one now because it just goes too deep and causes the entire tractor to bounce constantly.

Regardless of this minor issue, it now tills super nice. I'm much happier with it now.

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I don't know why you were so eager to replace those tines. I'm sure they had at least 5 minutes of use left. No sense in being wasteful, we gotta use everything to the utmost.
Cheers,
Eric
 

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