Course: SLF 155 Small Farm Maintenance and Operations

Unit 2 Assignment

Large Equipment Report (25 points)

Choose a piece of large equipment that you have personally used, someone you know has used and/or that you currently have at your home. Try to choose one for which you have the user manual. If you can’t locate a user manual for your piece of equipment you may have to do some additional research to help you complete this assignment.

Once you have chosen a piece of equipment, answer the questions listed below, and submit it to the Dropbox folder found on the course home page.

1. What piece of equipment did you choose? Present the name and include a short description.

2. What type project have you used the equipment for in the past?

3. How will this piece of equipment help your future small farming operation?

4. Give an example of trouble shooting for your piece of equipment listed in your user manual and describe a situation in which you or someone you know had to do some maintenance on the equipment.  Describe the problem that occurred and how it was fixed.