Often called “farm tractors,” tractors in this size range include utility and row crop tractors with more ground clearance, horsepower, advanced transmission choices, and support for advanced farming technologies than their smaller counterparts.
Read More (About 100- To 174-Horsepower Tractors)Tractors in this category are all-around machines able to tackle a wide range of jobs on midsized to large dairy, row crop, livestock, mixed, and other agricultural operations. Often called “farm tractors,” these models include utility and row crop tractors providing more ground clearance, engine and PTO power, advanced transmission choices, comfort-minded cab features, and support for advanced farming technologies and solutions than their smaller counterparts. In addition to economy, premium, and other available configurations, you’ll find advanced steering solutions, 360-degree operator visibility, quick implement attaching/detaching, GPS-based precision ag technologies, automated functions, remote machine and data management solutions, and more available for these tractors.
Equipped with a loader, backhoe, rotary mower, snowplow, pallet forks, post hole digger, scraper blade, seeder, or any one of numerous other supported implements and attachments, 100- to 174-horsepower tractors excel at anything from spreading manure to cultivating to hauling rocks and dirt. New Holland T6 Series models are a good example of the category’s offerings with their Auto, Dynamic, and Electro Command transmission options, Tier 4-compliant engines, and Horizon Cabs. Besides all-around visibility, the latter includes air conditioning and heating with dual-zone technology, automatic temperature control, Comfort Ride cab suspension seating, and communication/entertainment features.
The T6 Series also helps illustrate the numerous performance-enhancing technologies these tractors implement via the Sidewinder II Armrest and multi-function CommandGrip and IntelliView IV touchscreen display for viewing and controlling various tractor data and functions. Representative of the automated solutions this category offers is such New Holland Precision Land Management (PLM) technologies as IntelliSteer, IntelliTurn, IntelliRate, and IntelliBale. PLM Connect, meanwhile, is an example the remote fleet-monitoring and data-management tractors in this size range provide.
While classifications differ from manufacturer to manufacturer, common tractor categories include lawn and garden, subcompact, compact, utility, farm, and row crop. Tractors on TractorHouse.com are organized into four horsepower classes besides the 100- to 174-hp range:
Less than 40 horsepower. Designed for acreages, small farms, and big gardens, these tractors include lawn and garden, subcompact, and smaller-frame compact models used for mowing, hauling, light grading, tilling, and basic garden or farm work.
40 to 99 horsepower. Featuring compact, midsized, and utility tractors used on small and midsized agriculture operations, these tractors are often equipped with a front loader for hauling rocks, feed, and other materials.
175 to 299 horsepower. Offering multiple transmission options, precision farming technologies, larger fuels tanks, fuel-efficient engines, wider tires, multi-control armrests, and ultra-comfortable enclosed cabs, these tractors can handle nearly any job or implement.
300 or greater horsepower. Also known as “row crop tractors,” these tractors are the most expensive and most powerful, feature-packed, and versatile of all. With models like the 692-hp Case IH Steiger Quadtrac and 682-hp New Holland T9.700 at the high end, these tractors are designed for large-scale commercial farm, hay, dairy, livestock, and similar operations.
You'll also find a link to a huge selection of new and used Orchard & Vineyard Tractors on the TractorHouse.com homepage, which will take you our sister site, SpecialtyCropEQ.com. Orchard and vineyard tractors are typically narrow-width models with other optimizations such as low centers of gravity for stable operation on slopes and protection from branches and vines.
TractorHouse.com has a huge selection of new and used tractors for sale every day in the 100- to 174-horsepower category, including models from leading manufacturers such as Case IH, International, John Deere, Kubota, Massey Ferguson, and New Holland.
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