While it’s true that some big jobs require big power, not all of them do. Plenty can be managed with modest equipment and a heaping spoonful of patience. You’ll find evidence of that at farms all over the world, where simple-seeming machinery does the work of 10 men or more. Just check out these flatbed trucks that run off single-cylinder diesel engines.
I’ve written about these small-but-mighty power plants before. Depending on your social media algorithms or your world travels, you might’ve seen how popular they are outside the United States. There are a million and one videos of ag workers across Asia using the engines—often sourced from Yanmar and Kubota—to power wagons and irrigation pumps, among other contraptions.
Now, these humble horseless carriages are nothing new. Folks in countries like Thailand and Laos have been using them for decades in various forms. Still, they continue to be refined, as Somvang Kubota builds them with new Etan 4U truck bodies and Kubota ZT-series engines.
The little engines that feature their own headlight are water-cooled and feature direct injection. Somvang …
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Author: Caleb Jacobs
