Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2012, 60(5), 255-264 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201260050255
The influence of the undercarriage and tire inflation rating on drawbar characteristics of tractors
- Ústav techniky a automobilové dopravy, Mendelova univerzita v Brně, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Česká republika
The aim of the measurement was to verify the drawbar characteristics of chosen tractors with different undercarriages. The tractors were of the same engine power as well as type of gearbox (PowerShift - gears full shifted while loaded). We were dealing with the wheeled tractor John Deere 8320 and crawler tractor John Deere 8320RT. The measurement was implemented in the land register of Vrbovec (Znojmo region) in an area where green peas were grown as the main product and winter wheat as the preceding crop. The measured and the counterproductive tractors were interconnected by the rope containing strain-gauge force sensors. The wheeled tractor was decelerated by the tractor crawler. The tractor crawler was decelerated by two wheeled tractors. The wheeled tractor's stress-strain properties were also measured applying two pressure rating alternatives. Variant A presented inflation pressure of 160 kPa on the front axle and of 140 kPa on the rear axle. Variant B applied inflation pressure of 120 kPa on the front axle and of 100 kPa on the rear axle. Measured and calculated findings reveal that the tractor crawler achieved higher drawbar power and lower specific tractive consumption and traction slip than the wheeled tractor with both variants of inflation. Comparing the stress-strain characteristics of the wheeled tractor with a different tire inflation illustrates that using variant B, higher drawbar power and lower specific tractive consumption and traction slip were measured.
Keywords: tractor, drawbar pull, drawbar power, traction slip, specific tractive consumption
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This paper was prepared with the support of the IGA project: Monitoring of the power parameters of the engine of the tractor, TP1/2011.
Received: April 30, 2012; Prepublished online: July 24, 2013; Published: July 30, 2013 Show citation
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