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A tractor is an engineering vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery, such as that used in agriculture, mining
The Ford N-series tractor helped revolutionize modern mechanized agriculture with its Ferguson three-point hitch.
A modern Ukrainian tractor XTZ-243K
This Hayes WHDX 70–170 6×6 ballast tractor is also a form of tractor, as are artillery tractors and the power units which pull semi-trucks.
1882 Harrison Machine Works steam-powered traction engine
Traction engine
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A traction engine is a steam-powered tractor used to move heavy loads on roads, plough ground or to provide power at a chosen location. The name derives from the Latin tractus, meaning 'drawn', since
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…trahere "to pull". The first recorded use of the word meaning "an engine or vehicle for pulling wagons or plows" occurred in 1896, from the earlier term "traction motor" (1859). In the UK, Ireland, Australia, India, Spain, Argentina, Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia, the Netherlands, and Germany, the word "tractor…
1909 Charles Burrell & Sons 6 nominal horsepower general purpose engine, at Great Dorset Steam Fair in 2018
Aveling & Porter traction engine 'Avellana'
A 110 horse power Traction Engine hauling timber in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. 2. Traction engine hauling war material for the Nicaraguan government.
Preserved Burrell road locomotive pulling a water cart, near Jodrell Bank, Cheshire, England