The choice: What makes a good tractor?

Abstract

There is inevitably argument between the different manufacturers of tractors about their own particular details of design. Some of these details are trivial, some are of basic importance. All are related to cost. Ideally, all farmers would like total reliability and full sophistication. However, in an economic world, with real costs to be paid, a compromise has to be made. Exactly where the balance between the ideal and practically affordable is made is a matter of some skill on the part of the design engineer.