FIELD OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF TRACTOR
AND FARM MACHINES
AE 651
Lecture : 0 Year : III
Tutorial : 0 Part : II
Practical : 3
Course Objective:
After
completion of this course the students will be able to:
·
Operate
the Tractor with farm implements in agricultural field
·
Understand
the essential safety and maintenance of the farm implements and Tractor
Course Detail
1. Familiarization
with different make and models of 4 - wheeled farm Tractors, starting and
safety checks.
2. Forward and reverse driving practice on farm
Tractors, selection of right combination of speed and gear.
3. Tractor
driving practice in serpentine and circuitous form and with two wheeled Tractor
trailer.
4. Practicing
on hitching and de-hitching of mounted; semi mounted and trailed type
implements.
5. Field
operation and adjustments on Tractor drawn mould board and disc plough.
6. Field
operation and adjustments on Tractor drawn mould board and disc harrow and
cultivators.
7. Field
operation and adjustments on seed drill and planting machines.
8. Field
operation and adjustments on harvesting machines.
9. Field
operation and adjustments on threshing machine.
10. Driving
practice on two-wheeled tractor (power tiller).
11. Hitching and de-hitching of power tiller
driven farm machines.
12. Maintenance
and servicing of tractor after 10 hours and 50 hours of operations.
13. Maintenance
and servicing of tractor after 100 hours and 250 hours of operations.
14. Maintenance and servicing of tractor after 500
hours and 1000 hours of operations.
15. Adjustment of tractor wheel track.
References:
1
Operator's manuals of farm tractors
supplied by different manufacturers.
2
Farm tractor tune-up and service guide.
American Association for Ag. Engg. and vocational Agriculture. Ag. Engg.
center, Athens, Georgia.
3
Tractor maintenance principle and procedure.
American Association for Ag. Engg. and vocational Agriculture. Ag. Engg.
center, Athens, Georgia.
4
Repair of farm machinery by S. Peterev and
Bisnovaty.
Evaluation Scheme:
·
Continue assessment system
·
Viva-voce and practical test at the end of the
semester
source:- Department of Agricultural Engineering
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