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EXPERIMENTAL TRACTOR  
 
 
   
  The tractor is shown on a hill with a 35% slope (steep but not devastating), but with a side slope of 25% (note that the wheels are at different heights).  
 

Valeta and I worked with the German wine-agricultural firm Clemens GmbH to design a tractor capable of dealing with the hills at Domaine Lois Louise. Because it is pulled up the hill by cables, it needs no motor, steering wheel or brake. Control is achieved by a joystick, just like a video game.

There is no other tractor in the world that has demonstrated the ability to handle both vertical slope and side slope in a close-spaced vineyard.

 
 
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