Farm machinery is an intensive and costly fleet of equipment that needs to be kept robust at all costs, across all seasons, to ensure you are not losing out on your returns from the work put into your agricultural & ranching practice. As Ray’s Tractors stresses, regular maintenance is the designated proactive approach to prolonging the operational life of your equipment.

Fine, you might argue that your tractors, trailers, clippers, or farming implements hardly see the light of day post-harvest, so what is there to maintain? You must be worried about the costs, but they will decrease if you decide on a maintenance plan to suit your crop cycle.

Here are ways to schedule maintenance types for your farm & ranch heavy equipment.

1. Routine Maintenance

This pertains to body-shop maintenance and allows you to organize your schedule to stick to repair dates. All necessary maintenance should be recorded and readily available to all personnel who are responsible for maintaining equipment. Equipment hours/age, service intervals, frequently utilized part numbers with an associated cost, and dates of service work should all be included in the documentation.

2. Off-Season Maintenance

This involves partial disassembly of farm machinery or equipment to inspect for damage & replacements. Pre-winter maintenance is the perfect time for this sort of run as it is not farming season and machines sit vacantly. After off-season maintenance, you can store away your equipment to hibernate till the spring with minimal depreciation losses.

3. Reactive Maintenance

Daily maintenance heavily relies on ensuring cleaning equipment after each use. Everything must be running correctly to avoid impediments in key cultivation processes. Seeding and harvesting are processes bound to strict timelines, and equally, so the equipment employed to carry out the demand to be ripe for operation on schedule. As such, daily maintenance plays a vital function in keeping your farm machines lasting longer. If your equipment is aged, then opt for this run.

4. Preventative Maintenance

This type of farming equipment maintenance is a bit more relaxed and is meant to keep your machines from breaking down mid-job. Oil changes, tire checks, rust treatments, etc., are all relevant. It also includes performing regular equipment inspections, cleaning, and essential lubrication, tidying your ranch grounds, and consultation of machinery manuals detailing what should be done and how regularly. This is the ideal maintenance setup if you have a fleet of farming equipment active all year round.

If you have any queries regarding the selection in our farming equipment dealership in Columbia, SC, please do not hesitate to ask Ray’s Tractors for assistance on products & user manuals. We also provide financing assistance & equipment repair & maintenance where needed and are proud stockers in Branson Tractors.

You can check our equipment catalog here and are welcome for a free consultation on equipment & parts.

Happy Fall Preparations!