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    • A tractor is an engineering vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort (or torque) at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery such as that used in agriculture, mining or construction. Most commonly, the term is used to describe a farm vehicle that provides the power and traction to mechanize agricultural tasks, esp… See more

    Etymology

    The word tractor was taken from Latin, being the agent noun of trahere "to pull". The first recorded use of the word meaning "an engine or vehicle for pulling wagons or plows" occurred in 1896, from the earlier term "… See more

    History

    The first powered farm implements in the early 19th century were portable engines – steam engines on wheels that could be used to drive mechanical farm machinery by way of a flexible belt. Richard Trevithick designed th… See more

    Design, power and transmission

    Tractors can be generally classified by number of axles or wheels, with main categories of two-wheel tractors (single-axle tractors) and four-wheel tractors (two-axle tractors); more axles are possible but uncommon… See more

    Hitches and power applications

    The power produced by the engine must be transmitted to the implement or equipment to do the actual work intended for the equipment. This may be accomplished via a drawbar or hitch system if the implement is to be tow… See more

    Operation

    Modern tractors have many electrical switches and levers in the cab for controlling the multitude of different functions available on the tractor.
    Some modern farm tractors retain a traditional … See more

    Safety

    Agriculture in the United States is one of the most hazardous industries, only surpassed by mining and construction. No other farm machine is so identified with the hazards of production agriculture as the tractor. Tra… See more

    Applications and variations

    The most common use of the term "tractor" is for the vehicles used on farms. The farm tractor is used for pulling or pushing agricultural machinery or trailers, for plowing, tilling, disking, harrowing, planting, and similar tasks. … See more

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    trac·tor
    [ˈtraktər]
    noun
    tractor (noun) · tractors (plural noun)
    1. a powerful motor vehicle with large rear wheels, used chiefly on farms for hauling equipment and trailers.
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        a short truck consisting of the driver's cab, designed to pull a large trailer.
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    late 18th century (in the general sense ‘someone or something that pulls’): from Latin, from tract- ‘pulled’, from the verb trahere.
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