What痴 the Difference Between a Lawn, Yard and Garden Tractor?

[Ledgemere Farm]

Good Morning, I get this question all the time and hope this video will help. Thank You for watching

The Difference Between a Garden, Yard and Lawn Tractor - YouTube

 

[artfull dodger]

A garden tractor has the frame and transmission to do ground engaging work with a rear lift hitch of some type(either sleeve hitch for catagory 0 three point hitch). This includes rototillers, one bottom mold board dirt plow, disc harrow, chisel plow/ground ripper and so forth. A lawn tractor cannot handle this type of stress. Lawn tractors mow your grass pull a lawn cart and with care, push or blow snow. Some of the higher end lawn tractors can just barely handle a lawn roller but most will just overheat and burn up the cheap hydrostatic transmissions they use these days. Those lack enough capacity of fluid to stay cool under a load, such as pulling a heavy lawn roller. Many older garden tractors, and a couple current ones like the Cub Cadet XT3 are shaft driven between the engine and transmission instead of a belt, and use a horizontal crankshaft engine(like a big tractor) instead of a vertical crankshaft engine(like a push mower). Mike

 

[orezok]

Well, they all have an A in them, but the rest of the letters are different

 

[Fuddy1952]

The price?
It's a lawn mower not tractor, which stays cleanest while garden tractor stays filthy. Yard tractor is in the middle. None are a real tractor tractor, like a moped isn't a real motorcycle.
Did I win anything?

 

[Roadworthy]

Much of the difference appears to be what the seller wants to call it. A Craftsman yard tractor is basically a riding mower - perhaps a larger one. Their garden tractor looks the same and may even have the same engine. The transaxle is heavier duty but otherwise they're pretty similar.

 

[cdaigle430]

Garden tractor is designed for yards with gardens and can handle maintaining yards and gardens. With a garden you will have some capacity for ground engagement equipment. My take is a garden tractor supposedly has a thicker frame and beefier transaxle as well as bigger rear tires.

 

[workinonit]

Here is what the picture of a garden tractor should look like if you look it up on the interweb.

Well, they would look like this only oriented properly. Can't seem to get them turned right.

 

[Industrial Toys]

In my mind, garden, lawn and yard tractors are "tractors" in name only.

A real tractor STARTS with some of the size pictured above, or maybe a MF 35 or 8N. Tractor suggests TRACTION. BIG WHEELS. At least TWO.

A really good rating system (for tractors as well as UTVs) would be how much SNOW can one dive through. I know snow can vary in type.

 

[MossRoad]

 

[Richard001]

Here is what the picture of a garden tractor should look like if you look it up on the interweb.

Well, they would look like this only oriented properly. Can't seem to get them turned right.

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That tractor in your photos is farm tractor. You would have to have a LARGE garden to use that in.