Farm Tractors, Used Tractors - Heavy Equipment Resource

Back in 1999 Case (Case IH Tractors) started work on developing a hybrid tractor. By taking a diesel engine and linking two electric motors/generators through a continuous variable transmission or CVT for short. The beauty of the CVT is there is no gear shifting to achieve different gear ratios for different speeds.

A gearless propulsion system like this makes it much simpler to incorporate electric motor power. With the diesel engine topping out at about 160hp there is ample power to generate enough electric power as well as conventional drive power required at higher speeds. The large battery mounted up front stores energy and acts as a counter weight as well. This energy stored will result in huge fuel savings. The two electric engines/generators are able to produce and store power generated from braking also.

Tractor attachments like mowers and ploughs could also be run on electric power.
With the high price of fuel these days pushing up the price of our food grown on the farm hopefully the Hybrid Farm Tractor will soon come to be the norm.