Design and development of an off-set rotary cultivator for use with a two-wheel tractor for fruit tree cultivation.
Senanarong A., Wannaronk K.
Author Affiliation: Crop Production Engineering Research Group, Agricultural Engineering Research Institute, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand.
AMA, Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America 37 : 87-89
Abstract : An off-set rotary tiller for use with a basic Thai-designed two-wheel tractor was designed and developed for cultivating an orchard. Results from the test performance of a 7-kW two-wheel tractor in a mango orchard in Nakornrachsima Province with 178 rpm rotor speed and 1.8 km/h travelling speed indicated a field capacity of 0.12 ha/h with 92% weeding efficiency. After the test, soil properties appeared to be 23.49 mm in clod diameter with 0.96 g/cc in bulk density and 371.41 kPa cone index, on average.