Different Applications

[Trac-Tech]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[mark.r]

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]

+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]

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.

 

[Robert_in_NY]

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.

Rob, McCormick is owned by Argo now. When New Holland bought Case-IH they had to sell off the plants in England (which recently closed down). Argo bought the plant and lines there and also bought the McCormick name for tractors (but CNH didn't give up marketing rights to that name). There are some McCormicks around the US but they are not as popular yet because of the few dealers there are. Also, a lot of the McCormicks are the same as Landini's but just like CNH, there are blue and red versions

 

[RobS]

Rob, McCormick is owned by Argo now. When New Holland bought Case-IH they had to sell off the plants in England (which recently closed down). Argo bought the plant and lines there and also bought the McCormick name for tractors (but CNH didn't give up marketing rights to that name). There are some McCormicks around the US but they are not as popular yet because of the few dealers there are. Also, a lot of the McCormicks are the same as Landini's but just like CNH, there are blue and red versions

Robert, is that Argo or Agco? I figured someone out there would have the low-down on McCormick. I remember seeing their compacts at a farm show a couple of years ago and I think there is a dealer between here and Monticello, IN maybe. Thanks for the info.

 

[Robert_in_NY]

It is Argo. A lot of people get confused between Argo and Agco.

 

[flusher]

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.

Nice tractor. Strange looking implements, almost as unusual as some of the stuff used in these parts for rice agriculture.

 

[Trac-Tech]

Hi Guys
Yes the factory in Doncaster has now closed and the assy has been moved to Fabrico in Italy. The transmission plant in St Dizier in France is still producing the trans for the traditional Doncaster machine, ie CX, MC & MTX models as well as the XTX tractors shown in the cane haulage. There is a cross over of product in red and blue, but mainly in the smaller models for the moment.
Cheers

 

[slowzuki]

We have tree forwarders, basically powered wagons with a grapple here that are constructed the same way out of Case backhoes. The front axle is removed and the hoe replaced with an articulated and driven wagon.

The baler wrappers are becoming more common here too but the wet soil in spring last year found most of them shedded and the old plain balers out in the fields. They were just too heavy and cut through the sod.

 

[ScottAR]

Slowzuki, would that be the ponsscee (sp?) machines? I saw one go through on a lowbed awhile back and couldn't help but think "that's a case backhoe " as it went by. Makes sense really; Solid frame, powershift trans, plenty of hydraulic power, semi bi-directional cab...

The old Iron mule forwarders were Ford or Massey tractors without a front axle and the wagon added on the back much like the cane hauler above.