In the 1990s and the beginning of the 21st century, tractors were the standard equipment for a rural family. In the eyes of urban people, a tractor was just an ordinary means of transportation, but in the hands of rural people, it was fully utilized and played the largest role of tractors.
1. Substitute transportation.
This is the basic function of tractors as a means of transportation. When farmers go to the market and visit relatives, they no longer need to ride or walk. If the distance is a little longer, they will basically choose to drive tractors.
2. Cultivated land.
The plowing machine attached to the back of the tractor can plough and loosen the soil, which is very awesome. If there is no tractor, it depends entirely on human and animal power, and one mu of land often needs to work all day. The emergence of tractors has made it a reality to cultivate dozens of acres of land a day. Every time we are busy farming, anyone who has a tractor will be particularly popular.
3. Sowing.
The principle is the same as that of arable land. The tractor is like a locomotive. Many extendible tools can be hung behind it. The tractor only needs to provide powerful power. With tractors, teenagers in the family all like to work in the field, because they only need to drive tractors. However, when the elders at home sow seeds, they don't trust their children to do them, and often follow them or do them themselves, because the quality of planting directly affects the harvest of the year.
4. Transport grain and straw.
Loading the hopper on the back of the tractor will turn into a tractor we often see, which can load corn cobs or wheat ears harvested in the field onto the truck and take them home for reprocessing, or load the straw in the field onto the truck and sell it to the place where the straw is recycled.
5. Pump water to irrigate the land.
Although there is water in many rural areas, there is no power station, so we have to use tractors to drive pumps to water the land.
6. Grind grain.
After the wheat, sorghum, millet and other straws are collected, the seeds inside need to be pressed out with a mill. Traditionally, animals are used to bring stone mills. With tractors, only one person needs to drive the tractor and fill the straws on it to finish the grain processing of more than ten acres of land.
7. Visit relatives.
During the Chinese New Year and festival, people who visit relatives' homes in distant places drive tractors. In winter, they put straw and mattresses in the bucket of the tractor because they are afraid of cold. Listening to the sudden sound, the whole family starts on the road happily.
8. Pulling bricks and other chores.
Tractors don't need to stop during the slack season. Farmers with tractors often find some nearby transportation work, such as pulling bricks and building materials. Their prices are very low, and many factories are willing to use them. However, because the rear bucket is easy to spill, it is not safe on the road. Now, such vehicles can not be seen in the urban area.
9. Turn into an excavator.
The potential of the tractor is unlimited. The tractor and the arm of an excavator turn into a small excavator. It is certainly more than enough to dig trenches.
