A tractor is essential for farming. It exponentially multiplies our labor. Here I am moving a livestock hutch.
Ours has tracks which makes it slow (tops out at 3mph). But those tracks allow you to do so much more. I seriously doubt any 4x4 tractor could rescue a hay bale on a significant incline (plus the soil was damp).
Here is a pic just in case the Struck Corp. (the manufacturer) stumbles across this blog and wants to use me in one of their ads.
This is the most interesting thing I've done so far. The farm foreman (on the right) suggested I help free this road tractor.
My tractor has a 31hp motor and only weighs two tons and that road tractor probably weighs seven tons! Turns out he was right (that's why he's the foreman). I never thought I could pull a dual axle with an overnight cab. It wasn't easy but eventually I pulled it out (while the truck's tires were turning). There is no way a similarly sized 4x4 tractor could have done this. Amazing.
And here is a pick of the hog farmer.
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