Newer tractors are
RACINE, Wis. - For
several decades the entire
farm tractor-industry has
been moving in a well
defined product pattern.
What has evolved from the
- tractors are - at ig new jrsepower
weight ratios. Some farmers are using the extra horsepower to pull larger im
plements, but research at the J I Case Company suggests they ought to look at
the production gains they can -realize" by putting that horsepower to work in a
Rapid Farming System.
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and unballasted weight.
Since the early 1960’s
average ratio of ballasted
tractor weight to PTO/hp
has decreased from 160
pounds per PTO/hp to an
average of 115 pounds.
Simply stated, this concept
of higher horsepower-to
tractor weight means
today’s farmer can increase
Omaha Standard
speedier pullers
TRACTOR WEIGHT TO HORSEPOWER
TWO WHEEL DRIVE
Industry Average Of All Makes
160
140
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his production by using what
some people have termed
The Rapid Farming System.
If a fanner purchases a
tractor with 25 per cent more
horsepower than the one he
is using, he can cover 20 per
cent more ground using the
ground working tool he
already owns.
For example a 100 hp
tractor pulling a 20 foot disk
harrow at 4 miles-per-hour
effectively cover eight acres
per hour. A 125 horsepower
tractor pulling the same 20
foot disk harrow at 5 mph
will effectively cover 10
acres per hour.
The alternative to going
faster using the same im
plement is to use the extra
horsepower to pull a new,
wider implement. But it is a
mistake to assume that, in
all cases, 25 per cent more
horsepower will necessarily
allow the fanner to increase
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the implement size by the
same amount. Here’s why:
Drawbar horsepower is a
function of speed as well as
drawbar pounds pull.
Therefore, you can transmit
more drawbar horsepower
at higher speeds. The
Drawbar Performance
Chart, Figure No. 2, shows
that the maximum drawbar
horsepower is always
achieved at the higher rate
of travel speed (usually in
the 5 mph to 6 mph range)
and never at the highest
drawbar pounds pull.
Another plus factor for
using the Rapid Farming
System is that reliability of
tractor can be
increased as i., operator
farm faster.
In a test conducted by the
J I Case Company
Engineering Department it
was determined; “there is
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