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[Obsolete] The 'Beetle' Compact Tractor [0.7 temporary]

For now I've got the tractor working in 0.7, although it is missing the connection assembly and the trailer. Also it performs quite poorly in comparizon with Johnbeeere's one (with max speed just up to 5km/h), thus I plan a major redesign of it.

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Building any decent rail and/or shipping industry you end up needing a lot of timber for the construction and the fuel. Nothing simpler -- you just build a rail line to the middle of a large forest and start logging. Soon however the trees in the immediate vicinity are gone and logging requires more and more running back and forth. Expanding the tracks and hauling the logs to the station by handcart is not a solution -- the construction of tracks eats most of what is gained. So you need an offroad transport, a tractor. There are good and powerful constructions readily available on the market. However, how to bring a big machine moving at just a couple of mph to the remote woodland area without either tons of patience or disassembly and reassembly? Sach'aqa Industries is proud to offer a solution to this dilemma. Learning from the construction of famous Compact Steam Tractor by Johnbeere https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1565202690 we replaced the differential box with more compact one using more catch blocks technology, doubled the engines, further changing the gear ratio to double the movement speed and equipped it with more flexible forward drive mechanism. This way we were able to manufacture a tractor which is compact enough to be transported on a rail platform, while being powerful enough to haul a couple of tons of cargo and capable of reaching up to 5km/h speed (when without trailer). It is a convenient extension to the rail transport offering increased range when logging, foraging or mining the disperse resources.

To sweeten a deal we also offer a bonus: our tractor comes with an attached flatbed trailer configured for transportation of logs.

The initial setup is fast and easy:
1. Unpack the prefab (paste the blueprint) over a relatively level patch of the ground.
2. Connect the rope belts of transmission and the forward drive mechanism as on the illustrations.
3. Remove planks and two small catch blocks locking the transmission (both sides), drive mechanism and attaching the trailer. The components to be removed are marked by red x on the illustrations.

Operation tips:
* Whan connecting the trailer one can use a small winch over a lock.
* Use of the attached trailer is not obligatory, the tractor works with any trailer equipped with compatible attachment mechanism (which can be further customized depending on needs).
* As with real drive mechanism it is much easier to turn it when the tractor is moving.
* It is possible to transport the tractor over rail with the trailer attached, but it is much safer to disconnect them for the transport.

I owe a special thanks to Johnbeere for many explanations, useful tips and testing the prototype. Also many thanks to all the modders: Peaceman, Equinox, C3ntron, Stori3d, Wolfgar7474 and Ivan as their mods have made this construction possible.