[AT] Small Farm Tractors vs Garden Tractors

[Doug Tallman]

>Then there's the little Amigo.  I include it in my 21 tractors.  It has a
>single cylinder engine, but a lot of big tractor features.
>
>It has:
>3 pt hitch
>dual PTO
>individual turning brakes
>all gear drive
>torque converter
>more horsepower than the Cub
>http://members.toast.net/gwill/album/Tractors/Garden_Tractors/Riding_mower_
rightfront.jpg
>
>What do you think?
>
Yep, the Amigo is a nice little tractor but I've never seen any Amigo
advertising directed toward the small farm power market. All that I have
seen was directed toward the lawn and garden market. Its design more
followed the Cub Cadet, Wheel Horse and other lawn tractors. The Power
Kings were the same way. Lots of big tractor features but aimed toward the
lawn and garden market. Shaw built a lot of 1 and 2 cyl tractors that they
marketed toward the small farm power market and well as the garden. Today
at the shows they are most always considered garden tractors more than
small farm power. Shaw was eventually sold out to Bush Hog and they built a
garden tractor similar to the Amigo. One reason I brought this up was the
fact that one exhibitor would be miffed if you tried to call his
"Cub"(generalization) a garden tractor and the next would be upset because
his "Cub" wasn't included in the garden tractor feature. Farmer brought up
Garden tractors on the engine list awhile back and Arnie said he saw a guy
get bent out of shape at Portland because they put his 4-wheel garden style
tractors in the engine area instead of the tractor area. Sometimes you just
can't win!


                                                      
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