Just occasionally, we wander off from the serious business
of farming and agricultural equipment when something rather unusual catches our
eye.
One such example occurred recently when, quite by chance, we
saw an article or rather brief note relating to a nuclear-powered tractor
developed a long time ago.
This immediately struck us as a mixture of incredible and
hilarious. We had mental images of farmers around Goulburn driving their
tractors in lead-lined anti-radiation suits. We couldn’t help smiling also at
the thought of our customers bringing equipment into us and our first action
being to run over them with a Geiger counter!
OK, this is largely a bit of fun but incredible as it
sounds, there were plans in the 1950s and 1960s to use nuclear-powered
tractors. One such photo of a prototype
is included here.
The idea, of course, is that such tractors run forever and
on an unlimited range basis, given they virtually never need fuelling. Of course, the practicality of this meant it
never happened and the potential health issues, even in a full shielding
scenario, are too horrific to contemplate.
For more details, please visit - https://www.whitestractors.com.au/blog/345-using-your-tractor-with-a-geiger-counter-in-your-hand.html