Alberta startup sells no-tech tractors for half price

[fortysixyears]

https://wheelfront.com/this-alberta-startup-sells-no-tech-tractors-for-half-price/

Four hundred inquiries from American farmers poured in after a single interview. Not for a John Deere. Not for a Case IH. For a tractor built in Alberta with a remanufactured 1990s diesel engine and zero electronics.

Ursa Ag, a small Canadian manufacturer, is assembling tractors powered by 12-valve Cummins engines - the same mechanically injected workhorses that powered combines and pickup trucks decades ago - and selling them for roughly half the price of comparable machines from established brands. The 150-horsepower model starts at $129,900 CAD, about $95,000 USD. The range-topping 260-hp version runs $199,900 CAD, around $146,000.

Try finding a similarly powered John Deere for that money.

Owner Doug Wilson isn’t pretending this is cutting-edge technology. That’s the entire point. The 150-hp and 180-hp models use remanufactured 5.9-liter Cummins engines, while the 260-hp gets an 8.3-liter unit.

Ursa Ag

Back to Basics. Built to Last

ursa-ag.com

 

[Hirudinea]

https://wheelfront.com/this-alberta-startup-sells-no-tech-tractors-for-half-price/

Four hundred inquiries from American farmers poured in after a single interview. Not for a John Deere. Not for a Case IH. For a tractor built in Alberta with a remanufactured 1990s diesel engine and zero electronics.

Ursa Ag, a small Canadian manufacturer, is assembling tractors powered by 12-valve Cummins engines - the same mechanically injected workhorses that powered combines and pickup trucks decades ago - and selling them for roughly half the price of comparable machines from established brands. The 150-horsepower model starts at $129,900 CAD, about $95,000 USD. The range-topping 260-hp version runs $199,900 CAD, around $146,000.

Try finding a similarly powered John Deere for that money.

Owner Doug Wilson isn’t pretending this is cutting-edge technology. That’s the entire point. The 150-hp and 180-hp models use remanufactured 5.9-liter Cummins engines, while the 260-hp gets an 8.3-liter unit.

Ursa Ag

Back to Basics. Built to Last

ursa-ag.com

fortysixyears
Nice, that's entrepreneurship.

 

[KosherHiveKicker73]

This is brilliant. Now the same thing needs to be done for cars. No electronics, no government controlled remote kill switch, no tracking, no logging.

 

[TOPDAWG]

remember when you could drop an engine out of a car by taking out 4 blots? well more then that really but you could work on the fuckers yourself.

 

[TOPDAWG]

https://wheelfront.com/this-alberta-startup-sells-no-tech-tractors-for-half-price/

Four hundred inquiries from American farmers poured in after a single interview. Not for a John Deere. Not for a Case IH. For a tractor built in Alberta with a remanufactured 1990s diesel engine and zero electronics.

Ursa Ag, a small Canadian manufacturer, is assembling tractors powered by 12-valve Cummins engines - the same mechanically injected workhorses that powered combines and pickup trucks decades ago - and selling them for roughly half the price of comparable machines from established brands. The 150-horsepower model starts at $129,900 CAD, about $95,000 USD. The range-topping 260-hp version runs $199,900 CAD, around $146,000.

Try finding a similarly powered John Deere for that money.

Owner Doug Wilson isn’t pretending this is cutting-edge technology. That’s the entire point. The 150-hp and 180-hp models use remanufactured 5.9-liter Cummins engines, while the 260-hp gets an 8.3-liter unit.

Ursa Ag

Back to Basics. Built to Last

ursa-ag.com

fortysixyearsdamn they need to fix the text on that site. they old schooled that too looks like they just scanned it.

 

[fortysixyears]

I don't like the picures of the 260 and 150, looks like AI slop. Here is a dealer.

Bearco Machinery

bearcomachinery.ca

 

[Youngracer88]

Oh, these are modern looking big boys. When it said "no-tech", I was expecting a modern production of something similar to this:

 

[YQRanon]

The truck in my avatar, a 1998 Dodge 2500, has that exact engine. The last year of mechanical fuel injection and a reputation for longevity and reliability. I bought it at an auction almost one year ago, my first diesel ,and I love it. It's rusty as hell but, the drivetrain is bulletproof. I love the fact that there's none of the useless bullshit that modern vehicles have. I completely agree that the automotive manufacturers need to get away from useless tech and offer us something much more simple and affordable.