Technology

How the AFT-e1 works

Every system on the machine, and what each one means when you are stood behind it.

The Aftrak hot-swap battery: a black LiFePO₄ pack with carrying handles and Anderson connectors

Hot-swap battery

5.2 kWh LiFePO₄, changed in under a minute

A second pack turns a five-hour day into a ten-hour day with no downtime
One hour to recharge at 1 C, from mains or from a solar module
Charging and the electric PTO share one Anderson connector
No fuel to buy, carry, store or have stolen

An operator working the Aftrak tractor across a field under a dark sky, soil turning behind the machine

Electric drivetrain

8 kW, three forward gears and two reverse

Full torque from rest, which matters when a tool bites
A settable throttle, so the same job runs at the same speed each pass
No warm-up, no fuel, no oil changes and no exhaust in a polytunnel
Quiet enough to work near livestock, housing and the public

The Aftrak tractor with the cutter bar fitted, standing on the gravel yard at Austwick, an operator at the handlebars and a shipping container behind

PTO

Drives all sixteen attachments

One machine covers tillage, ridging, mowing, harvesting and haulage
Attachments change in the field, with hand tools
Implements can be bought locally rather than only from us
One spares list covers the whole range

ePTO

Anderson connector for pumps and threshers

Runs a pump or a thresher without a separate generator
Uses the charging connector, so no extra hardware
Makes the tractor a power source on sites with no mains
Static work with no fuel and no fumes

An operator working the Aftrak tractor across a slope of red soil, deep ridges formed behind it

Lockable differential

Turn tightly, or pull straight through soft ground

Turns tightly in tunnels, walled gardens and between beds
Locked, it keeps pulling when one wheel drops into a furrow or a wet patch
Set by hand, without tools, while working

The AFT-e1 handlebar with its red throttle lever and gear lever, freshly worked soil behind

Rotating handlebars

Front- and rear-loaded tooling on one machine

Front- and rear-loaded tooling on one machine
The operator stays behind the work, not beside it
Adjustable height suits different operators
Folds down to fit a van or a pickup bed

Operator controls and gear selection

Clear user display

Throttle, charge and named fault codes

A charge figure that stays honest while working
Named fault codes instead of a single warning light
Diagnosis by phone before a site visit
The record a warranty claim needs

One man at the Aftrak tractor’s handlebars with the cutter bar fitted, another watching, both standing in long uncut grass with the nursery polytunnels in the background

Traction & wheels

5.00 × 10" chevron tyres on a narrow track

Fits between beds and established vine rows
Low ground pressure on prepared soil
Tyres are a standard spare, not a special order

Tractor tracking & diagnostics

Fleet map, battery telemetry, remote firmware

See which machines are working and which are standing idle
Battery health and cycle count per unit, not averaged across a fleet
Request diagnostics and download logs without a site visit
Firmware versions managed machine by machine

The Aftrak fleet dashboard: a list of tractors down one side, one unit plotted on a satellite map, and charts of energy used, pack voltage and current

The fleet at aftrak.farm: every unit on the map, with pack voltage, current and energy used for the one selected.

Two men standing beside the completed ground-mounted solar array, panels running away behind them

Modular solar

1.3 kW a module, and it scales linearly.

One module generates around 7.5 kWh a day and charges the tractor
Modules build into a system: more of them power homes and a community
No skilled labour to install, and nothing to dig in

Solar & energy →

Every specification on this page is also in the brochure, with the per-product datasheets.

Brochures & datasheets