FIELD STUDY PERFORMANCE OF TRACTION OF MASSEY FERGUSON TRACTOR

Himoud, Majed S.

doi:10.21608/mjae.2015.98036

FIELD STUDY PERFORMANCE OF TRACTION OF MASSEY FERGUSON TRACTOR

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Majed S. Himoud

Dept. of Ag. Machines and Equipment, Coll. of Ag., Univ. of Basrah, Iraq.

10.21608/mjae.2015.98036

Abstract

This research used (MF 285S) tractor for studying and evaluating its agricultural performance. The research used ploughing depthes of (20,15,10) cm to load its engine for forward speeds of (1.8,2.23,3.88,4.68km/h ) in clay, sand and loam clay soils with moisture content of 20%. The study showed that the value of highest tractive efficiency was (79%), the wheel slippage (9%) and the tractive coefficient was (44%). The slip increased with increased tractive power for all engine speeds. Slip increased in 12% 15%. 22% and 26 % in increasing of tractive power from 10 to 20 kN for forward speeds (1.8, 2.23, 3.88, 4.68 km/h) respectively. The results also showed that range of optimum tractive was at power forward speeds (1.8, 2.23, 3.88 and 4.68 km/h) respectively.

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