Editing Tractor (section)

=== Compact utility ===
[[File:Farm Tractor vs CUT vs Garden Tractor.jpg|thumb|left|The relative sizes of a {{cvt|30|hp|kW}} [[Oliver Farm Equipment Company|Oliver]] Super 55 farm tractor, a {{cvt|24|hp|kW}} diesel New Holland [[compact utility tractor]], and a Cub Cadet [[lawn tractor]]]]

A compact utility tractor (CUT) is a smaller version of an agricultural tractor, but designed primarily for landscaping and estate management tasks, rather than for planting and harvesting on a commercial scale. Typical CUTs range from {{cvt|20-50|hp|kW}} with available [[power take-off]] (PTO) power ranging from {{cvt|15-45|hp|kW}}. CUTs are often equipped with both a mid-mounted and a standard rear PTO, especially those below {{cvt|40|hp|kW}}. The mid-mount PTO shaft typically rotates at/near 2000 rpm and is typically used to power mid-mount finish mowers, front-mounted [[snow blower]]s or front-mounted rotary brooms.  The rear PTO is standardized at 540 [[rpm]] for the North American markets, but in some parts of the world, a dual 540/1000 rpm PTO is standard, and implements are available for either standard in those markets.

[[File:1subsoil1.jpg|thumb|right|Howse brand modular [[Bulldozer#Ripper|subsoiler]] mounted to a tractor]]
[[File:Herd Seeder.jpeg|thumb|right|Broadcast seeder mounted to a [[Kubota]] CUT]]

One of the most common attachments for a CUT is the [[front-end loader]] or FEL. Like the larger agricultural tractors, a CUT will have an adjustable, hydraulically controlled [[three-point hitch]]. Typically, a CUT will have four-wheel drive, or more correctly four-wheel assist. Modern CUTs often feature hydrostatic transmissions, but many variants of gear-drive transmissions are also offered from low priced, simple gear transmissions to synchronized transmissions to advanced glide-shift transmissions. All modern CUTs feature government-mandated [[roll over protection structure]]s just like agricultural tractors. The most well-known brands in North America include [[Kubota Corporation|Kubota]], [[John Deere Tractor]], [[New Holland Ag]], Case-Farmall and Massey Ferguson.  Although less common, compact backhoes are often attached to compact utility tractors.

[[File:JD 71 Flexi Planter, 2 Row.jpg|thumb|left|JD 71 Flexi [[Planter (farm implement)|Planter]] for tractors {{convert|20-50|hp|kW}}]]

Compact utility tractors require special, smaller implements than full-sized agricultural tractors.  Very common implements include the [[box blade]], the [[grader]] blade, the landscape rake, the post hole digger (or post hole [[auger (drill)|auger]]), the rotary cutter (slasher or a brush hog), a mid- or rear-mount finish mower, a [[broadcast seeder]], a [[subsoiler]] and the [[rototiller]] (rotary tiller).  In northern climates, a rear-mounted snow blower is very common; some smaller CUT models are available with front-mounted snow blowers powered by mid-PTO shafts. Implement brands outnumber tractor brands, so CUT owners have a wide selection of implements.

For small-scale farming or large-scale gardening, some planting and harvesting implements are sized for CUTs. One- and two-row planting units are commonly available, as are cultivators, sprayers and different types of seeders (slit, rotary and drop).  One of the first CUTs offered for small farms of three to 30 acres and for small jobs on larger farms was a three-wheeled unit, with the rear wheel being the drive wheel, offered by [[Sears & Roebuck]] in 1954 and priced at $598 for the basic model.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1t4DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA96 "Three Wheeled Tractor With Implements Handles Small-Farm Work."] ''Popular Mechanics'', June 1954, p. 96.</ref>

An even smaller variant of the compact utility tractor is the ''subcompact utility tractor''. Although these tractors are often barely larger than a [[riding lawn mower]], these tractors have all the same features of a compact tractor, such as a three-point hitch, power steering, four-wheel-drive, and front-end loader. These tractors are generally marketed towards homeowners who intend to mostly use them for lawn mowing, with the occasional light landscaping task.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://tractorexport.com/compact-and-subcompact-tractors-compared/ | title=Compact and Sub-Compact Tractors Compared | date=30 June 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/almost-daily-thread-subcompact-or-compact-tractor.411509/ | title=Tractor Sizing – Almost Daily Thread: Subcompact  or Compact Tractor? | date=22 April 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhnhaS9Krdc | title=Kubota BX Series VS. B Series | website=[[YouTube]] | date=5 July 2017 }}</ref>