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Tractor Features and Positive Experiences

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Americas First Electric Tractor Company BANKRUPT...Why?

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The Solectrac 25G is described as a ~25 horsepower all-electric tractor, made in the USA. Instead of an engine, it has a battery pack under the hood and two pumps: one for hydraulics and one for the drivetrain. The presenter shares that he used this tractor for about a year and a half, hauling round hay bales to feed his cows, working on the driveway with gravel, and gardening. He notes its strength, ability to lift hay bales, and efficiency for light tasks, often lasting nearly all winter on a single charge when only moving hay bales. The tractor never incurred fuel costs as it was always charged via solar power.

Goal: The presenter details the tractor's design, power source, and his positive experiences using it for various farm tasks, including moving hay and maintaining the property.

Tools and materials

  • Brush hog/mowing deck
  • Front-end loader
  • Solar panels
  • Solectrac 25G Electric Tractor
  • Gravel
  • Hay bales

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first all electric tractor brand. Select Track. Select Track is a subsidiary of a company called Idionomics. Ideomics has gone bankrupt. Did the Select Track tractor make Ideomics go bankrupt? I don't know. I honestly don't know. I do know that I had one of these tractors on the farm for around a year, a year and a half, something like that. I used this tractor. I really used this tractor. I worked it. I carried round hay bales to feed my cows. I worked the driveway up. I worked in the pastures. I worked in the garden. This was a cool little tractor. And if you don't know what it is, it's called the Select Track Tractor. It is a Circa 25 horsepower electric all-electric tractor. There are a few key features on this tractor that I think contributed to the demise of the Select Track brand or the Select Track company. And I don't know if they're going to bring the Select Track brand back uh in another way or if the company is gone for good. If the company is gone for good, I really hate it for those of you who bought one of these machines. I don't know what the warranty status is going to be on it. I honestly don't. You'll have to reach out to your dealer. I don't know. I don't know if you're going to take it on the chin. I I just don't know. Now, I've heard about a few problems with these tractors in the past. And I do know if you want an electric tractor, you can buy a select track for a whole lot cheaper now than what they went for brand new. So, brand new, this little 25 horsepower subcompact or compact tractor went for around $35,000. Comparable tractors in the 25 horsepower range like the uh RK25 or little John Deere 1025, I believe, is is the John Deere. This tractor was more than $10,000 more expensive with the loader setup like this than the comparable diesel tractors. And I think that is probably our number one reason why Select Track is no more. And I can't say that I blame people for not wanting to spend that much money on technology that really is improving rapidly over and faster and faster and faster all the time. So when you bought this tractor, you had to scratch your head a little bit and wonder, is it going to be outdated soon? Instead of an engine under the hood, there is a battery pack. Instead of an engine driving the drivetrain, there are two pumps. I do believe one pump runs the hydraulics and one pump runs the rest of the tractor. The loader is super strong.

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