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Belts Vs Tires, Belts Vs Belts, Tires Vs Tires, Leonard L. Bashford, Michael F. Kocher
Belts Vs Tires, Belts Vs Belts, Tires Vs Tires, Leonard L. Bashford, Michael F. Kocher
Department of Biological Systems Engineering: Papers and Publications
Tractive performance comparisons among two different width rubber belt tracks, 46 cm (18 in.) and 81 cm (32 in.) wide, and two different size rear tires, 710/70R38 and 18.4R46, were made on two different surface conditions. The belts were tested on a Caterpillar 55 tractor equipped with the Mobil-trac™ system and the tires on a John Deere 8400 mechanical front-wheel-drive (MFWD) tractor. The performance tests were completed on two surfaces, one being a non-tilled wheat stubble field and the second, the wheat stubble field tilled approximately 23 cm (9 in.) deep with a Noble blade sweep. Performance comparisons using tractive …