16 September 2015, 09:50
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The New ‘Mahindra 245 Orchard,’ tractor comes with a 2 cylinder, 24 HP powerful engine with 3.5ft (42 inches) outer to outer narrow rear track width
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Power steering and a superior wheel traction has been provided for improved farming operations
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Downdraft silencer, oil immersed brakes, a comfortable driver seat, and superior hydraulics, provide an ideal combination for agriculture, inter culture and haulage applications
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Modern & attractive styling, tight turning radius and comfortable seating makes the tractor an ideal farmers’ buy
Mahindra and Mahindra, India’s leading tractor manufacturer and part of the USD 16.9 billion Mahindra Group today, unveiled its latest offering the new‘Mahindra 245 Orchard’ tractor with narrow track width targeting the rapidly growing inter culture and orchard farming segment in the country.
Built with a power packed 24 HP, 2 cylinder water cooled engine; the new ‘Mahindra 245 Orchard’ tractor with 3.5ft (42 inches) narrow rear track width generates a strong 1800 rpm, with a maximum output (PTO) of 540, thus making it ideal for agriculture, inter culture, orchard, and haulage applications.
With limited options available in the market for tractors suitable for orchard farming, the new Mahindra 245 Orchard tractor has been designed and made suitable for this kind of farming by incorporating minute detailing required for orchard and interculture operations. The new tractor comes equipped with a down draft silencer, high capacity hydraulics, good power to use in orchard specific applications like a sprayer, a narrow track width to get into vineyards, oil immersed brakes, and a tunnel cooling system that prevents the engine from heatingThe superior driving comfort, which will be one of key differentiator for this tractor is a result of an enhanced seat suspension system and superior wheel traction derived from the power steering with separate steering tanks.
Furthermore the tractor has been developed to deliver multiple applications such as spraying, rotavator, cultivation, ploughing, and sowing in orchards and farms.
Speaking at the launch, Ravindra Shahane, Vice President – Marketing, said, “At Mahindra, it is our constant endeavour to design and develop products that help farm mechanisation. With new 245 Orchard tractor, Mahindra is offering a narrow track tractor in 24 HP for the first time. The ‘Mahindra 245 Orchard’ tractor is an ideal product for orchard and vineyard farming that has been in search for a suitable product since a long time. We are very confident that even as a niche product, our newly launched offering will prove to be a boon for orchard & vineyard farmers.”
The New Mahindra 245 Orchard tractor is focused at the growing horticulture, vineyard and orchards farming market in states such as Maharashtra, Karnataka & Jammu & Kashmir as it fulfills the requirement for a compact product which accomplishes specific farming functions such as cultivation, sowing, ridging along-with spraying, inter-culture, haulage along-with applications in orchards.
Source: Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd