BurgerBaron@quokk.au to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 7 days agoAlberta-made low-tech tractor getting attention worldwidewww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareDeadEndLink@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down9·7 days ago“It’s like a tractor from 40 years ago” Sale price $130,000 Lol no. China is mass producing electric remote controlled tractors that go for 90k. We are so far behind…
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·7 days ago Sale price $130,000 Have you seen what the other brands sell equipment with similar capability for? Farming ain’t cheap. (And hasn’t been for a very long time)
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minus-squarefive_bucks@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoWhat does without mean (in the context of your comment)?
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minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·7 days ago China is mass producing electric remote controlled tractors that go for 90k. With questionable reliability, parts support and cannot be self-repaired. So spend $90K three times or spend $130K once.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 days agoAnd “remote controlled” could mean a lot of things. At a basement price point, we’re probably not talking automated farming, we’re talking an RC car.
minus-squareuhmbah@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·7 days agoThis low cost tractor from Alberta is specifically low-tech. An electric remote control tractor doesn’t quite compare. But I absolutely agree, we are so far behind…
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days ago we are so far behind… Because the Canadian government and Canadian business spend among the lowest %GDP in the world on R&D. Both sectors have a quick buck mentality of just digging stuff out of a hole.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·6 days agoAccounting for different labour costs, that’s much less impressive.
“It’s like a tractor from 40 years ago”
Sale price $130,000
Lol no.
China is mass producing electric remote controlled tractors that go for 90k.
We are so far behind…
Have you seen what the other brands sell equipment with similar capability for?
Farming ain’t cheap. (And hasn’t been for a very long time)
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What does without mean (in the context of your comment)?
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With questionable reliability, parts support and cannot be self-repaired. So spend $90K three times or spend $130K once.
And “remote controlled” could mean a lot of things. At a basement price point, we’re probably not talking automated farming, we’re talking an RC car.
This low cost tractor from Alberta is specifically low-tech.
An electric remote control tractor doesn’t quite compare.
But I absolutely agree, we are so far behind…
Because the Canadian government and Canadian business spend among the lowest %GDP in the world on R&D. Both sectors have a quick buck mentality of just digging stuff out of a hole.
Accounting for different labour costs, that’s much less impressive.