Tools and Machinery for the Smallholder
Tools and Machinery for the Smallholder
Author: John BezzantA wide range of tools and equipment, from compact tractors to chainsaws and from winches to torque wrenches, are employed on today's productive and efficiently organized smallholdings. There are few publications that provide the smallholder with comprehensive, technical and maintenance information and this well-illustrated book helps to fill a gap.
206 colour photographs & diagrams
- Describes how to safely operate a compact tractor, essential tractor implements and 'tow behind' equipment
- Considers how engines, both large and small, function and how they can be maintained in safe working order
- Discusses how to use chainsaws safely and how to maintain them
- Examines manual and portable electric winches and how they should be rigged and operated
- Demonstrates how you can teach yourself to weld
- Covers the safe use and general maintenance of all terrain vehicles [ATVs]
- Provides guidance on the correct use of hand tools
- Considers how engines, both large and small, function and how they can be maintained in safe working order
Publication date: May 2011
Binding: Hardback
Dimensions: 242x172mm
Weight: Unknown
Extent:206pp
ISBN:9781847972361
Tools and Machinery for the Smallholder
- Understanding How the Compact Tractor Works
- Tractor Safety
- The Safe Use and Maintenance of Chainsaws
- How to Operate Manual Winches, Portable Electric Winches and Jacks
- How to Use and Maintain Brushcutters
- ATV's and RTV's
- Hand Tools for the Smallholder
- How to Use Saws
- Welding
- Essential Tractor Implements
- Tow-Behind Implements
- Tractor Safety
Appendix: Tool and Machinery Suppliers
Index
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