—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Way 6,1978
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Four-wheel drive tractors gaining popularity
By KENDACE BORRY
LiriTZ - Four-wheel
drive tractors are here to
stay, that seems to be the
opinion of dealers who
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Seen working in a 170 acre field near Lebanon,
farmers who use the four-wheel drive tractor claim
that it does the work of two or more of the
traditional tractors.
handle the product and probably become more tercourse, that handles the
farmers who own or use popular in the future, their steiger tractor line, stated
them. The large machines owners claim. that sales of the machines
which are seen in an in- Tom Yohe, speaking for are satisfactory. “We're not
creasing number will C.B. Hoober and Son, In- selling quite
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year as last year,” lie
related, “but most farmers
that buy them are grain
farmers, and they just aren’t
buying as much because of
the depressed grain prices.”
Yohe thinks there are
several advantages to
having a four-wheel drive
tractor. “There is more
power in a four-wheel drive,
and from a Steiger, you will
get more work from a gallon
of fuel. There is also better
traction m a four-wheel
drive, and there is a saving
in labor, too. You can do the
work of two or three regular
tractors with a four-wheel
drive. You can work faster
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and there is less down-time.
That is, it won’t be broken
down as much as the
traditional tractors.”
Leonard
representing Binkley and
Hurst Bros., Lititz; talked
about the Case four-wheel
drive tractors his company
handles.
“We’re happy with our
sales,” he commented. “The
four-wheel drive tractor is
going to become more
popular with the large farms
because shey make it
possible to do more work
with less manpower. There
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