toNarrow and compact tractors that do not compromise on power continue to hold the biggest appeal for Antonio Carraro customers
Tractors come in all shapes and sizes.
As many broadacre farmers move towards enormous machines with new levels of power – and a physical footprint to match – it is important to remember there is another group of growers whose needs are moving in the other direction.
Antonio Carraro’s range of narrow articulated tractors excel in vineyards and cropping scenarios where space is limited, particularly between rows, and where every centimetre counts.
It is this ability to supply tractors as narrow as 1.025m while still providing up to 110hp – and with a PTO shaft for attachments – that is even catching the eye of customers beyond the agricultural sector.
This unexpected usage provides a good example of how versatile Antonio Carraro’s products are, however it remains a fact that agricultural settings are the bread and butter for the Italian-made tractors.
Corra highlights three tractors which meet the criteria of being narrow and articulated – the 50hp SN 5800, the 90hp SRX 9800, and the 110hp SRX 8900.
The last of these is not only the most powerful, but also offers a pressurised cabin.
It forms part of the SRX range, which Corra says has been a staple of Antonio Carraro’s offering for 60 years.
“The main reasons why farmers choose a narrow machine is to not touch the fruit and to go into very narrow spaces,” he says.
“Just imagine construction workers, and builders having to move bricks on the side of the houses – the distance between the wall and the fence is about 1.5m.
“People are wanting to move material into that area, and they came to us as well because the tractors are so narrow.”
The SRX8900 is designed to excel in narrow spaces. Image: Antonio Carraro
This unexpected usage provides a good example of how versatile Antonio Carraro’s products are, however it remains a fact that agricultural settings are the bread and butter for the Italian-made tractors.
Corra highlights three tractors which meet the criteria of being narrow and articulated – the 50hp SN 5800, the 90hp SRX 9800, and the 110hp SRX 8900.
The last of these is not only the most powerful, but also offers a pressurised cabin.
It forms part of the SRX range, which Corra says has been a staple of Antonio Carraro’s offering for 60 years.
“The main reasons why farmers choose a narrow machine is to not touch the fruit and to go into very narrow spaces,” he says.
“It’s normal for us have compact tractors that are articulated and very narrow, because in Italy the rows are planted 1.2m apart.
“A narrow tractor is what farmers are going for in Australia as well, and it’s simply because there is a demand for people that are planting narrow crops or vineyards as well as berries, like a berry plantation from Coffs Harbour – for example – but also in Western Australia.
“Pretty much all the growing areas which have been established with big names like the Barossa Valley and Margaret River have land which is either not cheap or no longer available.
“Before, growers were planting much wider, but now they’re reducing the line width.”
