Abstract
The repair costs of 2WD tractors were investigated in order to provide important information, which lacks in the scope of agricultural mechanization in Tanzania. Previously repair cost functions established for tractors in developed countries were used for both theoretical and practical purposes. The findings of this study have revealed that repair costs of tractors vary substantially from one make to another. The prediction functions developed in this study indicated that the magnitudes of repair costs in Tanzania are higher than the repair costs established in Europe and North America. The reason for this could be either due to high cost of imported spare parts or due to high frequency of failure resulting from the use of untrained tractor operators or probably the repair and maintenance manuals provided by manufacturers are not appropriate to some of the operating conditions.
Recommended Citation
Mpanduji, S. (2002). Comparison of Repair Costs of Two Wheel Drive Tractors under Tanzania Conditions. Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology (TJET), 25(1), 16-23. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.52339/tjet.v25i1.311
Publisher Name
University of Dar es Salaam
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