The efficiency between two wheel drive tractor and full track type tractor in ploughing operation for land preparation in paddy field / Muhammad Hafiz Zulkifli

• Main Author: Zulkifli, Muhammad Hafiz
• Format: Student Project
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology 2018
• Subjects: S Agriculture (General); Farm machinery and farm engineering
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/22703/1/22703.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/22703/

This study was conducted to compare the efficiency between two wheel drive tractor and full track type tractor in ploughing operation for land preparation in paddy field. It is to find the most efficient tractor that can be used in land preparation. This study was done in paddy area in Kuala Nerang, Kedah. It was done by analysed the data of time taken to plough different soil condition, cost and hectare coverage. The data been collected by doing motion study primary data by recording the time of the two tractor types. The result showed that, the full track type tractor is more efficient due to less time needed to cover for ploughing operation and can cover more area than two wheel drive tractor.