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==Bob== | ==Bob== | ||
Open source is a new term but hardly a new concept. There are "free" and "do it yourself" tractor plans out there. Some were published in the likes of Popular Science or Popular Mechanics. | Open source is a new term but hardly a new concept. There are "free" and "do it yourself" tractor plans out there. Some were published in the likes of Popular Science or Popular Mechanics. | ||
There's probably some overlap among these: | There's probably some overlap among these:<br> | ||
http://www.vintageprojects.com/tractor-plans.html | http://www.vintageprojects.com/tractor-plans.html<br> | ||
http://www.green-trust.org/junkyardprojects/FreeTractorPlans.html | http://www.green-trust.org/junkyardprojects/FreeTractorPlans.html<br> | ||
http://www. | http://www.youtube.com/user/bentonkb/videos<br> | ||
Looks like The Mother Earth News had plans in 1978 and 1982 (around the end of the heyday of the back to the land movement): | Looks like The Mother Earth News had plans in 1978 and 1982 (around the end of the heyday of the back to the land movement):<br> | ||
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Do-It-Yourself/1978-09-01/Bill-Whitakers-Homemade-Tractor.aspx#axzz2P7a06i98 | http://www.motherearthnews.com/Do-It-Yourself/1978-09-01/Bill-Whitakers-Homemade-Tractor.aspx#axzz2P7a06i98<br> | ||
http://www.motherearthnews.com/do-it-yourself/do-it-yourself-mini-tractor-zmaz82jazgoe.aspx#axzz2P7a06i98 | http://www.motherearthnews.com/do-it-yourself/do-it-yourself-mini-tractor-zmaz82jazgoe.aspx#axzz2P7a06i98<br> | ||
There are plenty on youtube, start with: | There are plenty on youtube, start with:<br> | ||
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqKwmwnCcvM | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqKwmwnCcvM<br> | ||
And, of course, all patents effectively become open source when they expire. And as Scott points out sometimes de facto open source sooner. | And, of course, all patents effectively become open source when they expire. And as Scott points out sometimes de facto open source sooner. | ||
==Scott Justice== | ==Scott Justice== | ||
I just saw this two days ago in CAMARTECH Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation and Rural Technology, Arusha, Tanzania. | I just saw this two days ago in CAMARTECH Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation and Rural Technology, Arusha, Tanzania. | ||
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=Liks= | =Liks= | ||
*See also [[Tinkabi Tractor]] | *See also [[Tinkabi Tractor]] | ||
*[[Tractor for Africa]] | |||
*Soltrack [http://www.renewables.com/Products/SolTracCrawler.htm http://www.renewables.com/Products/SolTracCrawler.htm] | |||
Latest revision as of 11:13, 24 December 2013
From Berea Contacts
Bob
Open source is a new term but hardly a new concept. There are "free" and "do it yourself" tractor plans out there. Some were published in the likes of Popular Science or Popular Mechanics.
There's probably some overlap among these:
http://www.vintageprojects.com/tractor-plans.html
http://www.green-trust.org/junkyardprojects/FreeTractorPlans.html
http://www.youtube.com/user/bentonkb/videos
Looks like The Mother Earth News had plans in 1978 and 1982 (around the end of the heyday of the back to the land movement):
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Do-It-Yourself/1978-09-01/Bill-Whitakers-Homemade-Tractor.aspx#axzz2P7a06i98
http://www.motherearthnews.com/do-it-yourself/do-it-yourself-mini-tractor-zmaz82jazgoe.aspx#axzz2P7a06i98
There are plenty on youtube, start with:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqKwmwnCcvM
And, of course, all patents effectively become open source when they expire. And as Scott points out sometimes de facto open source sooner.
Scott Justice
I just saw this two days ago in CAMARTECH Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation and Rural Technology, Arusha, Tanzania. Idea is great but cost is way too high-10000+ USD. Engine transmission differential all from UK. Also see http://fwsteam.blogspot.com/2010/08/tractor-for-africa.html
Liks
- See also Tinkabi Tractor
- Tractor for Africa