Different Applications

Trac-Tech · Feb 9, 2008

Hi Everyone
I just thought I would post a couple of pictures of some differnt applications we have had tractors working in down here in Aus.
The first one is a Vicon 2190 Balepack on the back of an McCormick MTX tractor. This is a baler and wrapper combination in one.
The second one is a McCormick XTX with the front axle removed and a trailer mounted to the rear in an articulated design for sugar cane haulage. These are set up this way as they travel up and down the field in fwd & rev and are used in the wetter areas to keep the balance of the machine correct.
The third one is from a few years ago of a McCormick XTX set up with reverse drive configuration for harvesting poppy seeds for cosmetics.
The fourth one is of what used to be used for sugar cane haulage before the articulated units became available. It was a locally built hydrostatic drive unit and Cummins powered.

RobS · Feb 9, 2008

That's some serious, and unusual equipment TT. Thanks for posting, not something we see here in the states at all (at least my area).

Trac-Tech · Feb 9, 2008

You are most welcome
As I get more pics of different and unusual applications, I'll try to get them posted for everyone to see.
Cheers

Wayne County Hose · Feb 9, 2008

Rob took the words right out of my mouth. Please explain the McCormick with the front axle removed a little more please. I couldn't stop staring at it. I don't know if I was looking at it like a pretty girl or a train wreck.

chh · Feb 9, 2008

Thanks for posting those pics. That McCormick sugar cane hauler is one of the strangest rigs I have ever seen. But it looks like a very efficient setup.

Trac-Tech · Feb 9, 2008

No Probs with more info.
I have only that one picture that shows too much of it working. But basically it is a standard tractor that has had the front axle and 3pt hitch removed. The trailer is a locally built tandem wheel unit. There is a mount point built to attach the traier too and then the rear wheels become the front and the trailer becomes the back of the tractor and the weight holds it all from tipping over on it's nose. When the unit is full, they haul it out to a train and the deck lifts up and then tilts forward. There are unloading conveyors on either side of the and these are then at the correct height to unload into the train wagons as they drive forward.
There are air operated brakes and due to the flow required for quick unloading, there is a seperate pump and reservoir run off the tractor PTO.
This configuration is used in the wetter areas and also is like by the growers as the tractor dirves forward up the feild when loading and then reverses back down the feild again. In a normal tractor - trailer configuration, the tractor has to turn around and this damages the plant stalk in the ground at the ends of the rows which means replanting those plants each year. With this type of set up, they revese along and dont screw around on the plants causing less damage.
When loading, they are traveling at around the 10 - 12 kph.
Normal running weight unloaded for one of these units is in the 16 tonne mark and they can carry about that again in product when fully laden. They are fitted with 50kph trans, but the tractor driving wheels are smaller than standard and manage around the 45-47 kph.

Bird · Feb 9, 2008

Yep, very interesting equipment and pictures. Not something I've seen in my part of the world.

mark.r · Feb 11, 2008

Wayne County Hose said:
Rob took the words right out of my mouth. Please explain the McCormick with the front axle removed a little more please. I couldn't stop staring at it. I don't know if I was looking at it like a pretty girl or a train wreck.

+1. Are there many people running McCormick tractors in the US. I don't recall seeing them before.

RobS · Feb 11, 2008

mark.r said:
+1. Are there many people running McCormick tractors in the US. I don't recall seeing them before.

I'm not sure but I think the McCormick name has only recently been brought back here in the US. I'd assume CNH, but I don't know that for sure either.

mark.r · Feb 11, 2008

RobS said:
I'm not sure but I think the McCormick name has only recently been brought back here in the US. I'd assume CNH, but I don't know that for sure either.

They are good looking tractors. To bad, it looks like their closes dealer is at least an hour away from me, if not further.