Comparison of: Utility Vehicles Utility Tractors

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Comparison of Utility Vehicles-gt Utility
Tractors

• National AgrAbility Project Staff
• Project Year 2

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Utility Tractors

• Review Utility Vehicle Product Comparison Toll
• Seating
• Floor area (foot room)
• Steering
• Controls
• Dump/Cargo Bed and Hitch
• Tires/Clearance/Suspension
• ROPS
• Other

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Utility Tractors

• What the product gathering tool is intended to
  do
• - Look for items not in a standard utility
  tractor marketing brochure
• (e.g., does the steering wheel tilt)
• Look for measurements not in a standard utility
  tractor marketing brochure
• (e.g., what is the first step height)
• Things important for accessibility (AgrAbility
  needs)

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Utility Tractors

• Results of utility tractor product comparison
  tool would be
• - Another source of information that should be
  used along with standard product brochures and
  web or dealer information and specifications to
  help the AgrAbility professional recommend the
  best adaptation or best tractor(s) or tractor
  adaptation solution

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Utility Tractors

• If AgrAbility staff utilize the product
  comparison data gathering tool, and share the
  results
• National AgrAbility Project (NAP) will post to
  the web site
• Everyone (AgrAbility staff across the country)
  benefits
• Types of information is gathered informally now,
  would be captured for all to use

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Utility Tractors

• Focus on utility tractors for data gathering
• May mean different things in different areas of
  the country or within different tractor
  manufacturers
• Our focus will be tractors large enough to
  require a ROPS (approx. 20 hp) to around 70/80 hp
  range maximum
• Data gathering tool may have wider use, but
  this will be our (NAP) focus

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Utility Tractors

• Task today is to begin the process to develop the
  utility tractor product comparison tool
• Brainstorm ideas and collect them
• Later (after the workshop) refine and reorganize
  ideas into a download-able tool which staff can
  use to collect data on utility tractors
• If you would like to be involved in the
  refinement process, please let me know via email
• menovak_at_wisc.edu