Maintaining small-farm equipment : how to keep tractors and implements running well / Steve and Ann Larkin Hansen.

By: Hansen, Steve, 1949- [author].

Contributor(s): Hansen, Ann Larkin [author].

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BookSeries: Storey basics: Publisher: North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 108 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781612125275 (paperback).Other title: How to keep tractors and implements running well.Subject(s): Farm equipment -- Maintenance and repair | Tractors -- Maintenance and repair

| Agricultural implements -- Maintenance and repairAdditional physical formats: Electronic version.:: Maintaining small-farm equipment : how to keep tractors and implements running well.DDC classification: 631.3 Also available in electronic form.

Contents:

Introduction -- Parts -- Systems -- Fluids -- Tools -- Maintenance -- Diagnostics-- Repairs -- Getting professional help.

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This Storey BASICS® title offers exactly what you need to know to keep your small farm's equipment in good working order. Long-time farmers Steve and Ann Larkin Hansen cover everything from tractors and mowers to trimmers, tillers, ATVs, plows, discs, drills, planters, cultivators, mechanical rakes, and balers, showing you how to care for your equipment to prevent problems and how to diagnose and fix the things that do go wrong.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Parts -- Systems -- Fluids -- Tools -- Maintenance -- Diagnostics-- Repairs -- Getting professional help.

CIT Module AGRI 6001 - Core reading.

Also available in electronic form.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Introduction (p. 1)
Chapter 1 Parts (p. 3)
Chapter 2 Systems (p. 15)
Chapter 3 Fluids (p. 26)
Chapter 4 Tools (p. 37)
Chapter 5 Maintenance (p. 50)
Chapter 6 Diagnostics (p. 65)
Chapter 7 Repairs (p. 87)
Chapter 8 Getting Professional Help (p. 99)
Resources (p. 102)
Maintenance Log (p. 103)
Index (p. 106)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Steve Hansen is co-author with his wife, Ann Larkin Hansen, of Maintaining Small-Farm Equipment. The Hansens have run a family farm in Wisconsin for the last 20 years.

Ann Larkin Hansen is the author of The Backyard Homestead Seasonal Planner , The Organic Farming Manual , The Electric Fencing Handbook, Finding Good Farmland , and Making Hay ; coauthor of A Landowner's Guide to Managing Your Woods with consulting forester Dennis Waterman and master logger Mike Severson; and coauthor with her husband, Steve, of Maintaining Small-Farm Equipment. She has been a journalist for more than 30 years, specializing in organic agriculture and sustainable forestry. A homesteader and a small-scale organic farmer, she lives with her family on a farm in northern Wisconsin.