During the mid-1980s, there were rumors that Caterpillar was developing a 4-wheel-drive tractor for the agricultural market. In the summer of 1986, Caterpillar introduced a unique tractor equipped ...

Believe it or not, over 30% of Iowa farms are rolling with track tractors now, up from just 10% five years ago. You see them out in the fields (sometimes kicking up more mud than wheels ever could), ...

This extra height means drive from the axles can go directly to the tracks’ drive wheels, without the need for any additional gearboxes. It also means the front tracks can tuck under the chassis to ...

With last November’s Agritechnica the launching pad for its latest offering to agriculture, Deere unveiled the industry’s first fixed-frame four-track tractors, the all-new 8RX, as part of a ...

Since its launch at Germany’s Agritechnica show in November, the web has been awash with pictures and videos of John Deere’s shiny new 8RX tracked tractor range. The hype has been considerable, but at ...