Why does farming equipment require such low horsepower compared to your average car?
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An important thing to also keep in mind is a vehicle engine is only called to produce maximum power for short intervals. While farm and industrial equipment may be asked to output rated power continuously for hours. This means for any given displacement you’d expect the farm and industrial engine to produce less power to increase service life and reliability.
An important thing to also keep in mind is a vehicle engine is only called to produce maximum power for short intervals. While farm and industrial equipment may be asked to output rated power continuously for hours. This means for any given displacement you’d expect the farm and industrial engine to produce less power to increase service life and reliability.
Don’t forget wind resistance, that’s a bitch.
Im sure i saw something a few years ago about a superlightweight aerodynamic frame allowing people to get up to highway speeds
Don’t forget wind resistance, that’s a bitch.
Im sure i saw something a few years ago about a superlightweight aerodynamic frame allowing people to get up to highway speeds
Id like to know what equipment you’re looking at, a John Deere S 980 has like a 900hp MTU engine. The new Nexat has an 1100 hp engine. Some silage choppers have 11-1200 hp engines. A typical 4wd modern tractor is 380-600 hp with 900-2000 lb-ft of torque.
Id like to know what equipment you’re looking at, a John Deere S 980 has like a 900hp MTU engine. The new Nexat has an 1100 hp engine. Some silage choppers have 11-1200 hp engines. A typical 4wd modern tractor is 380-600 hp with 900-2000 lb-ft of torque.
Horsepower is a function of torque and speed. Since farming equipment generally requires higher torque & lower speeds, horsepower won’t be high. I could go in more depth, but other people already covered it fairly well.
Horsepower is a function of torque and speed. Since farming equipment generally requires higher torque & lower speeds, horsepower won’t be high. I could go in more depth, but other people already covered it fairly well.
Ive been operating the new cat 982(loader) lately and those things have balls.. to get that much weight, loaded or not, moving so quickly, is impressive.
Ive been operating the new cat 982(loader) lately and those things have balls.. to get that much weight, loaded or not, moving so quickly, is impressive.
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