Tryctor

Target SDGs

Market Suggested Retail Price

$3,880.00

Target Users (Target Impact Group)

Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

Distributors / Implementing Organizations

Bespoke Design Concepts is the operating distributor.

Competitive Landscape

Direct competitors include Motivo HARVEST Electric Tractor and AgRover.

Countries

Nigeria

Manufacturing/Building Method

The product is manufactured in Kwara State, Nigeria, with the manufacturer offering custom colours, stencilling and a variety of custom made parts depending on requirements. The component parts are sourced, produced, fabricated and locally assembled.

Intellectural Property Type

Trademark

User Provision Model

This product is provided directly from the manufacturer. They also target farming cooperatives that normally have better buying power than single farmers.

Distributions to Date Status

7 prototypes have been distributed.

Design Specifications

The Tryctor is a 3-wheel mini tractor, suitable for farming with tyres for rough terrain and a 30-horsepower engine that can be used as a generator. Supplied with a disc plough, harrow and trailer, it performs similarly to a conventional tractor but to a smaller scale. It has a high strength steel chassis, fuel tank with a 15 litre capacity and an efficiency of 6 litres/hectare.

Technical Support

Support is provided by the manufacturer.

Replacement Components

In country repair and replacement available.

Lifecycle

The manufacturer offers a 2-year warranty.

Manufacturer Specified Performance Parameters

The manufacturer aims to provide accessible, multipurpose and affordable mini tractors for the development of Nigeria’s agricultural sector.

Vetted Performance Status

The product has been the result of years of continuous research and development efforts between NCAM (National Centre for Agricultural Mechanization) and Bespoke Design Concepts Limited who developed a series of prototypes before confirming the final design. The tests considered cost and performance in various farming activities.

Safety

Driver's negligence represents one of the main hazards during product operation

Complementary Technical Systems

Threshers and plows can be added, along with other tools traditionally attached to tractors and farming utility vehicles.

Academic Research and References

Compliance with regulations

The product is currently being prototyped. Internal standards have not been cited.

Evaluation methods

The product has undergone years of continuous research and development efforts, testing considered cost and performance in various farming activities.

Other Information

Video of Tryctor demonstration at NCAM.

As of 2020, the Nigerian government is piloting the solution among farmers.

Product can be purchased here