Yesterday. Would you buy and EV?

[5030]

I can see inroads into the smaller 'hobby' tractor market but for an ag application, won't be in my lifetime.

 

[bsekf]

What are we hearing about the all electric Kubota skid steer?

 

[Hay Dude]

Nope. Not interested in a solution when there's no problem.

Seems to be the most popular thing in the world today. Create billions to trillion dollar solutions for non-existent or marginal problems.
Follow the money.

 

[meackerman]

While I like the idea of a quieter tractor with more torque, I probably wouldn't buy one simply because I like to be self-sufficient. When an ice storm takes down a bunch of trees and shuts down the grid, I use my tractor to clear the road, then power my property with a PTO generator until grid power is restored. From what I've heard and read about EV's, there isn't an at-home, homestead-sized, sustainable power source that is capable of recharging them in a timely (useful) manner. So, my tractor usage would be solely dependent on the power grid properly functioning, which is the exact opposite of when I need my tractor the most.

here (maybe everywhere) they talk about having people's EV's power their house when power goes out....so then if the outage lasts long enough, I'm without power to the house and no power in my vehicle to go anywhere. Seems like a terrible idea living in a state with a 3rd world power grid.

 

[Joe Batt]

While I like the idea of a quieter tractor with more torque, I probably wouldn't buy one simply because I like to be self-sufficient. ...

I completely agree. I wish there was a reasonable way to convert brush piles to electricy. I spend a lot of time and energy burning brush, staring at the waste of energy and thinking about how to capture that energy. The only reasonable wood fired electricity generators I've seen are city scale. Transporting my brush to a generator is not worth the effort.

I'd like something about 6-10 kW that I feed branches (not split or pelletized). Something like a contractor generator that runs on wood gas with an integrated chipper (big chipper).... everytime I assemble all of the peices in my head, I realize that it woud be a pretty complictated (probably delicate) device. (yes, there is magic betweet branch and clean wood gas that involves drying that requires time)

 

[Paystar]

When they quit selling me fuel, I'll be making lots of french fries so I can make my own. LOL

We already have the solution to fuel prices and cleaning the environment. It's called corn based fuels.
But the government doesn't get enough kickbacks from farmers I guess.

 

[Oaktree]

We already have the solution to fuel prices and cleaning the environment. It's called corn based fuels.
But the government doesn't get enough kickbacks from farmers I guess.

I presume you mean ethanol? Doesn't seem to be a lot of love for that here on TBN.

 

[Paystar]

Nothing wrong with it if handled correctly. And would help farmers.

 

[hornett22]

I'd recommend it. I'm delighted with mine.

Yeah, ok Karen.

 

[Rdrcr]

So, I dropped one of my vehicles off at the dealership for an appointment around noon. Some guy pulled up in a new Rivian truck for a charge. I hadn’t seen a Rivian up close so I went over to take a look and he was more than happy to show me around the vehicle. It was nice…perhaps better executed than a Tesla and he was a super nice guy. I left soon after. I returned at around 4 to pick up my vehicle. He was still there charging….sorry, I refuse to do that.

Mike