Tracto-Lock: A possible solution to quick and safe tractor implement attachment?

One of the most laborious, uncomfortable and potentially dangerous jobs in farming is hitching up implements. Jane Carley looks at a new development that could help.

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The Tracto-Lock is being developed by French inventor Romain Ribo to make the connection of mounted implements safer and more efficient.
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The Tracto-Lock is being developed by French inventor Romain Ribo to make the connection of mounted implements safer and more efficient.

Tracto-Lock Functions, settings and operations for farm machinery have become increasingly automated and the tractor driver can now carry out almost all of the process of fitting an implement to the...

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