![]() Fixed bonnet paint being chrome (is now red again) Moved fuel filler cap to a more realistic spot ![]() Updated fixtures and wheels to their new look in automation Updated with the most recent version of automation ![]() The "car" itself has a top speed of 112 km/h but first gear is restricted to 30 km/h. I used bumbers (lots of them) to make something representing an LGF sign on the rear. It's the best shot I could do to create one using Automation and having to exploit it a bit. I recomend researching about it if you want to know more. You can combat this by putting an electric speed limiter on but you'll probably have to know someone at the MOT centre to get it passed. You're now allowed to have rear suspension but you're now restricted to 30 km/h meaning your top speed is not allowed to be over 30 km/h, hurting fuel economy. It's a safer but more restrictive version of an EPA-Traktor. They have been replaced now by something called an A-Traktor. You aren't allowed to build EPA-Trakors anymore but you're allowed to drive them. Also you're not allowed to have any sort of rear suspension and you need a LGF (Långsamt Gående Fordon) sign on the rear. The cabin space must not be large, only allowing 2-4 passangers depending on front seating. You are not allowed to go faster than 30 km/h but the "car" is allowed to have a higher top speed than 30 km/h. An LGF-sign at the back of the Epa-tractor was introduced in August 1980 on a voluntary basis, but as of January 1, 1982, became a requirement for the EPA-tractor.It's a vehicle most common in Scandinavian countries (mostly Sweden) that allows 16 year olds to drive a car-like vehicle using just an AM license. On July 1, 1970, requirements for cab or jetty for the EPA-tractor were introduced. The maximum permissible speed of road travel was, according to the EPA-tractor run from 1940, 20 km/h, which was increased in the 1950s to 30 km/h. The EPA-tractor must also be equipped with a towing device. Another requirement was that the distance between the wheel axles (wheelbase) had to be no more than 225 cm. That is, the driving wheels were allowed to make a maximum of 1 turn when the engine crankshaft made 10 turns when the highest gear is engaged. An EPA-tractor has no limit on the number of gears, but a maximum gear ratio of 10: 1 between the engine and the wheel. Another requirement was that there should not be any suspension on the rear wheels, which had to be mounted rigidly in the frame. Requirements for Conversion to EPA-Tractor:Ī basic requirement of the EPA-tractor movement (1940: 440) was that the EPA-tractor should have a load-bearing frame and not a self-supporting body. After protests and the collection of about 6,800 signatures, the Government changed its opinion in 1978 and decided that the EPA-tractors that already existed could remain Those in traffic were granted an exemption to be used in traffic for three years until March 1978, but the dispensation for the use was extended in 1976 by the Minister of Communications to apply until March 1980. The then-seated government decided that on March 31, 1975, the EPA-tractors would be banned and the EPA-tractor rules replaced by the A-tractor regulations because they considered the EPA-tractors to be a traffic hazard and an accident hazard. This was not used to the extent that the Road Safety Agency had intended since the young people quickly learned that the A-tractors had harder rules for the gear ratio and the top speed than the EPA tractor, and therefore could not run faster than 30km/h. ![]() In 1963, they introduced the possibility of being able to rebuild and register the car/truck as an A-tractor. During the 60s and 70s, the number of EPA-tractors increased rapidly again, so that both the government and the traffic safety agency got their eyes on them. The EPA-tractors then began to be used by young people, like the age of 16, who discovered that using the EPA Tractor Act, they were able to drive before the age of 18. In the 1950s, the EPA-tractors began to die out, new real tractors had fallen in price and were more accessible, and when the three-point lift was introduced to the real tractors, such as Ferguson TE20, Fordson Höglund, and Volvo's T-series, it became more or minor death bumps for the EPA-tractors. July 1, 1952, the registration duty for the EPA-tractors was introduced. There it was described how an EPA-tractor could be designed and performed in accordance with current regulations. In 1939, the Swedish state appointed an investigation, which on May 31, 1940, resulted in the EPA-tractor movement (1940: 440) on "the assignment of certain automobiles to the vehicle type of motor vehicle". The EPA-tractors began to be built at the end of the 20th century and became commonplace in the 30s, and were just over 5,000 shortly before the Second World War.
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