Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Do You Know The Difference Between Tillers and Tractors?

By Riche Goldmann

It may seem shameful to admit that you do not know the difference between a tiller and a tractor. However, there are many people that can't tell you the difference between and i-pod and an mp3 player. If you are one of those people that dont know the difference between the two, then here is an excellent opportunity to learn.

Also known as a soil cultivator, a tiller is used to get soil ready for planting. There are number of different models, but the most basic are the manually pushed models and the larger models that are pulled behind a tractor. Tillers are used primarily to help make soil more fertile and soft by breaking it up after a harsh summer or winter.

A tractor is a piece of equipment that is used for pulling an attachment to complete some type of maintenance work. A tractor can be as small as a 20 horsepower engine or as large as a 4000 horsepower engine, depending on the task. The size of horsepower determines how large of a piece of equipment can be adequately pulled and what attachments may be needed to hook them up.

The circular blades found on a tiller are powered generally in one of two ways: either internally by a motor, or externally through a power connection made between a tiller and a tractor. This differentiates them from plows that usually work through manual power.

As mentioned before, tractors are made to pull lots of different pieces of equipment, and therefore can also power lots of different pieces as well. Tillers, however, can do no more than the one job they are designed to do

A tractor's wheels and tires have to be large and sturdy to be able to handle equipment that they pull while the tiller can survive on smaller lightweight tires that only have to roll over the ground. The tractor is always equipped with a seat and fenders to protect one from the powerful tires while a tiller does not.

The first tractor came about in 1868 and was powered by a steam engine. By 1887, however, the gasoline engine was introduced and so tractors began to look like what we see today. Tillers have been in use since the 1700s and were originally pulled by horses. By the 1880s, though, they were redesigned to be pulled behind the gasoline engine tractor

Today both the tiller and the tractor have invaluable presence in the workings of a farm. Without the tractor we would be forced to trek behind horses to work the ground and without tillers, seeds would be unable to find their way to the massaged surface of the ground to grow.

In conclusion, the primary difference between a tractor and tiller can be found in their functions. The tiller really only does on very important thing, while the tractor paves the way for so many different things to get done quicker and easier, including the job of tilling. Because of these two pieces of equipment, farming work will never be the same.

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