Some one wanted to know if we'd buy an EV tractor

[sea2summit]

Perhaps it would be best if we forget about
the electric companies and anything electric
and go back to the horse and buggy????

The electric tractor companies say your cutting
down on emmissions??? What is producing all
the power to recharge the batteries?
Also making the batteries and all the material
that it takes to make a tractor. It sounds good
but too much B.S. including in the hype about
how good the electric tractor is for the enviroment.
Perhaps Elon Musk has the answer?????

willy

After lake Mead drys up it could get spicy for all the EV’s in CA

 

[cqaigy2]

How long will one run my whole house PTO generator? I’ve been without power as long as 8 days.

I use a generator for that, i'd not use ICE tractor to run PTO generator. Don't want to put the hours on that engine.

 

[TimberFarm]

Not here yet...
But approaching fast.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

www.eia.gov

 

[mo1]

So my little 22.5HP MF might take as long as 1 week's worth of electricity to charge?

The average monthly electricity usage is 877 kWh according to the U.S. Energy Information Agency. 22.5 HP is 16.785 kW, so if you ran your tractor at full power for 12 hours, it would use 201 kWh of electricity. That would be very close to a typical week's worth of electricity for an average house to recharge that battery.

The charging time itself could be shorter than a week. Exactly how long it would take depends on how quickly the battery can tolerate being charged and how large of a circuit you would give to the charger. A typical battery-powered car is about half to 40% the size of the battery your MF would use to run for 12 hours, and they typically charge at home at 7.2-9.6 kW on a 40-50 amp 240 volt circuit, so it would take roughly 21-28 hours to charge a 200 kWh battery at those rates. A few can charge at 19.2 kW on a 100 amp circuit, which would be a 10 hour charge. Simply plugging the tractor into a typical 15 amp 120 volt wall outlet would take close to 6 days to charge the tractor though.

 

[hornett22]

Who's going to fix the EV tractor? I can assure you, it won't be the owner.

I like being able to fix my own machine and be back up and running ASAP.

 

[bsekf]

Before we have any EV's in common use, we will need to double the capacity of the grid and improve the batteries by 3 or 4 times.

 

[tradosaurus]

Before we have any EV's in common use, we will need to double the capacity of the grid and improve the batteries by 3 or 4 times.

As long as you charge at night grid is fine.
Since at least 80% of most peoples driving is 20 miles per day EV batteries are fine.
I own a 2021 EV Bolt and I travel 45 miles round trip to work 4 days a week. Also use it for local trips. Plenty of range and I charge using 110V.

 

[Eagle1]

20 miles one way will not get me to the closest fast food joint, or box store. 45 miles one way would not get me to Home Depot (100+) or Lowes (60+). Now we do plan our trips and don't drive any miles on the road many days but like yesterday wife had to run to a nearby little town (35+) for an appointment and returned with 1000 lbs of animal feed since she was driving by MFA anyway. Rare for either of us to go to town and not come back with back of the SUV or truck stuffed to the gills. Most of my trips out involve a 20 trailer or driving to the city (120+ one way) Long way to go before an EV is useful to me.

 

[LFP57]

First off, I'm an engine guy and I'm not looking forward to this EV age. but I know it's here whether we like it or not. I get a chuckle from the people with their very first comment, there's no grid to support it, unless you're living in a house with no electric, there is a grid. If there's any extra stress to the grid, it's because of the number of people is growing. I'd be willing to bet that with the first gas powered vehicles appeared on the streets, people were singing the same song, there's no grid to support these new fangled gas cars, where are we going to get gas. Yet, look where we are now! Change can be good, when was the last time you seen someone walk into a Home Depot and purchase a corded hand drill?

 

[blackd]

Absolutely. We're nowhere there yet for big machines but it should be relatively simple for something in the compact/subcompact range. Tractor manufacturers aren't exactly known to be cutting edge though so it will be a while. Bobcat already makes an electric skid steer.

I've got an electric golf cart and a gas powered Kawi Mule. I love the total lack of maintenance required on the cart vs the mule. No oil, no filters, no fuel hoses, no trips to the gas station with 5 gallon containers (but I still do that for the Kubota )

Good for 4 hours continuous service on a charge? Doesn't mention how long to charge, but is 4 hours enough to justify for most uses?