A two-wheel drive tractor's tractive performance and fuel consumption were evaluated. A tractor was instrumented and used as the data collection device. A data acquisition system was used with an on-board computer for data storage.Tractive performance experiments were conducted using a load unit. Tractive parameters were defined for six different soil surfaces. In a separate experiment and using the same tractor, fuel consumption was recorded during a tillage operation in a soft sand.The tractive efficiency of a tractor, while pulling implements in normal field conditions, was close to the maximum tractive efficiency attainable on the soils tested. A model to predict the fuel consumption of a tractor from the draft requirements and tractive conditions was developed and an application demonstrated.


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    Title :

    Tractive Performance and Fuel Consumption of a 2-Wheel Drive Tractor


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    1989 SAE International Off-Highway and Powerplant Congress and Exposition ; 1989



    Publication date :

    1989-09-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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