Farm Machinery

by Bell, Brian

• ISBN13: 9780852363195
• ISBN10: 0852363192
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-05-01
• Publisher: Diamond Farm Book Pubns

Table of Contents

Preface to the Fourth Edition	viii
1 Farm Tractors Types of tractor - controls and instruments - using tractors on the road - safe driving and implement hitching	1	(12)
2 Tractor Engines The four-stroke diesel engine - the fuel system - turbochargers - air cleaners - engine lubrication - cooling systems	13	(19)
3 Tractor Electrical Systems The battery - charging systems - starting systems - lights and fuses	32	(8)
4 Tractor Transmission Systems Clutch - gearbox - rear axle - differential - final drive - power take-off - brakes - four-wheel drive - lubrication	40	(18)
5 Tractor Hydraulic Systems Principles of hydraulics - control systems - auxiliary services - hydraulic linkage	58	(10)
6 Wheels, Tracks and Steering Wheels and tyres - tracks - manual, power-assisted and hydrostatic steering systems - steering boxes	68	(16)
7 Tractor Maintenance Routine maintenance tasks	84	(3)
8 Small Engines Single cylinder two-and four-stroke engines - fuel systems - lubrication - cooling - ignition systems - starters - maintenance	87	(12)
9 Ploughs Types - parts of a plough - body types - controls and adjustments - ploughing systems	99	(13)
10 Cultivation Machinery Subsoilers - mole and chisel ploughs - cultivators - power and ground driven cultivators and harrows - disc harrows - spike tooth and chain harrows - rolls - furrow presses - toolbars	112	(20)
11 Drills Grain drills - mechanical and pneumatic feed mechanisms - using drills - calibration - seeder units	131	(16)
12 Manure and Fertiliser Distribution Machinery Farmyard manure spreaders - slurry spreaders - fertiliser broadcasters - full width distributors	147	(15)
13 Ground Crop Sprayers Types of sprayer - components - sprayer circuits - working adjustments - using sprayers - calibration - sprayer safety	162	(16)
14 Haymaking Machinery Rotary, drum and flail mowers - conditioners - tedders, swath turners and side rakes	178	(10)
15 Silage Making Machinery Forage harvesters - forage wagons - silage handling and storage	188	(12)
16 Balers Pick-up balers - controls and adjustments - safety mechanisms - big balers - controls and adjustments - bale handling - bale wrappers	200	(18)
17 Combine Harvesters Types of combine - crop flow - controls and adjustments - using combines - maintenance - threshing problems - grain strippers - swather windrowers	218	(20)
18 Root Crop Machinery Types of sugar beet harvester - controls and adjustments - cleaner loaders - potato bed formers - stone and clod separators - potato planters - potato harvesters - haulm pulverisers	238	(24)
19 Mechanical Handling Tractor front-end loaders - fork lift trucks - skid-steer loaders - safe use of mechanical handlers - ATVs - farm trailers	262	(9)
20 Farmyard and Estate Machinery Mills and mixers - grain drying and storage - portable driers - grain conveyors - chain saws - hedge cutters - ditchers - milking equipment - electric fencers - irrigation	271	(23)
21 Farm Power Internal combustion engines - electricity - care of electric motors - wiring a plug - the cost of electricity - safe use of electricity - gas and oil heating - transmission of power	294	(8)
22 The Farm Workshop Workshop hand tools - power tools - workshop materials - ferrous and non-ferrous metals - plastics - nuts and bolts - workshop safety	302	(16)
Conversion Tables	318	(3)
Index	321