Tractor pushes parked cars out of the way
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TooMany2cvs said:
Chinny reckon...
Apart from anything else, do you have the first idea why tractor tyres are so big? For very low ground pressure. They exert less pressure on the ground than the pushchair's wheels. Now, why do you think that might be? Could it be so that they can drive across soil without churning it or compacting it? Why do you think that might be a useful thing for agricultural machinery...?
Must be the world's s
ttest bit of path gravelling, too.
I've not heard anyone say "chinny reckon" since I was at primary school. Grow up.Apart from anything else, do you have the first idea why tractor tyres are so big? For very low ground pressure. They exert less pressure on the ground than the pushchair's wheels. Now, why do you think that might be? Could it be so that they can drive across soil without churning it or compacting it? Why do you think that might be a useful thing for agricultural machinery...?
Must be the world's s
ttest bit of path gravelling, too.Seeing as I live there and have walked the path, yes the details I gave are correct. The council gravelled the entire mile or so path, the farmer decided to screw up 100m or so of it to get into his field.
Quite possibly it was s
tty gravelling, thats councils for you, do the bare minimum you can get away with.Edited by anonymous-user on Saturday 25th November 11:17
JimSuperSix said:
He said "went through and damaged" , I said drove through and crashed. Same thing.
JSS is actually Paul Chowdhry AICMFP. 
- https://youtu.be/9Cnr7TBEiqA?t=337Efbe said:
Pooh said:
Efbe said:
Mind you, moving from West Yorkshire to Perthshire next week and I hear it's worse
Where in Perthshire are you moving to? I live in Perthshire and do around 25k miles per year mostly on A and B roads and have very few problems other than the amount of mud that sometimes covers the minor roads. My family is from Perth, so not a completely random move. Not exactly sure how well a broad Yorkshire accent will fit in though!
Crackie said:
Jimmy, it would have been a lot simpler if you had said, earlier in the thread, that you are very pi55ed off with farmers in general. It would explained why you were posting gibberish.
Only with tEdited by Crackie on Saturday 25th November 12:38
ts, just in this case it happens to be a farmer.Nanook said:
TooMany2cvs said:
Chinny reckon...
Apart from anything else, do you have the first idea why tractor tyres are so big? For very low ground pressure. They exert less pressure on the ground than the pushchair's wheels. Now, why do you think that might be? Could it be so that they can drive across soil without churning it or compacting it? Why do you think that might be a useful thing for agricultural machinery...?
Must be the world's sttest bit of path gravelling, too.
As someone that lived on a farm for years, I can tell you that it doesn't take much to turn a gravel path into a swamp, if you're gonna drive a tractor up and down it daily.Apart from anything else, do you have the first idea why tractor tyres are so big? For very low ground pressure. They exert less pressure on the ground than the pushchair's wheels. Now, why do you think that might be? Could it be so that they can drive across soil without churning it or compacting it? Why do you think that might be a useful thing for agricultural machinery...?
Must be the world's s
ttest bit of path gravelling, too.And yes, tractors have large tyres to keep the applied pressure down. But they're also fecking heavy compared to a pushchair. The tyres are also designed to provide traction, at the expense of sympathy for the surface. So if it's wet, they don't drive across soil without churning it or compacting it. I'm beginning to wonder if you've ever seen a tractor or a field before.
Nanook said:
As someone that lived on a farm for years, I can tell you that it doesn't take much to turn a gravel path into a swamp, if you're gonna drive a tractor up and down it daily.
And yes, tractors have large tyres to keep the applied pressure down. But they're also fecking heavy compared to a pushchair. The tyres are also designed to provide traction, at the expense of sympathy for the surface. So if it's wet, they don't drive across soil without churning it or compacting it. I'm beginning to wonder if you've ever seen a tractor or a field before.
Tractor tyres are designed to be as gentle on the soil as possible And yes, tractors have large tyres to keep the applied pressure down. But they're also fecking heavy compared to a pushchair. The tyres are also designed to provide traction, at the expense of sympathy for the surface. So if it's wet, they don't drive across soil without churning it or compacting it. I'm beginning to wonder if you've ever seen a tractor or a field before.
Willy Nilly said:
Nanook said:
As someone that lived on a farm for years, I can tell you that it doesn't take much to turn a gravel path into a swamp, if you're gonna drive a tractor up and down it daily.
And yes, tractors have large tyres to keep the applied pressure down. But they're also fecking heavy compared to a pushchair. The tyres are also designed to provide traction, at the expense of sympathy for the surface. So if it's wet, they don't drive across soil without churning it or compacting it. I'm beginning to wonder if you've ever seen a tractor or a field before.
Tractor tyres are designed to be as gentle on the soil as possible And yes, tractors have large tyres to keep the applied pressure down. But they're also fecking heavy compared to a pushchair. The tyres are also designed to provide traction, at the expense of sympathy for the surface. So if it's wet, they don't drive across soil without churning it or compacting it. I'm beginning to wonder if you've ever seen a tractor or a field before.
Tractors go through fields all the time, even when wet they generally very very little damage. Otherwise how would they be able to harvest a field without destroying it!
Take a bicycle through the same field and they will churn it up.
Efbe said:
Willy Nilly said:
Nanook said:
As someone that lived on a farm for years, I can tell you that it doesn't take much to turn a gravel path into a swamp, if you're gonna drive a tractor up and down it daily.
And yes, tractors have large tyres to keep the applied pressure down. But they're also fecking heavy compared to a pushchair. The tyres are also designed to provide traction, at the expense of sympathy for the surface. So if it's wet, they don't drive across soil without churning it or compacting it. I'm beginning to wonder if you've ever seen a tractor or a field before.
Tractor tyres are designed to be as gentle on the soil as possible And yes, tractors have large tyres to keep the applied pressure down. But they're also fecking heavy compared to a pushchair. The tyres are also designed to provide traction, at the expense of sympathy for the surface. So if it's wet, they don't drive across soil without churning it or compacting it. I'm beginning to wonder if you've ever seen a tractor or a field before.
Tractors go through fields all the time, even when wet they generally very very little damage. Otherwise how would they be able to harvest a field without destroying it!
Take a bicycle through the same field and they will churn it up.
Efbe said:
Willy Nilly said:
Nanook said:
As someone that lived on a farm for years, I can tell you that it doesn't take much to turn a gravel path into a swamp, if you're gonna drive a tractor up and down it daily.
And yes, tractors have large tyres to keep the applied pressure down. But they're also fecking heavy compared to a pushchair. The tyres are also designed to provide traction, at the expense of sympathy for the surface. So if it's wet, they don't drive across soil without churning it or compacting it. I'm beginning to wonder if you've ever seen a tractor or a field before.
Tractor tyres are designed to be as gentle on the soil as possible And yes, tractors have large tyres to keep the applied pressure down. But they're also fecking heavy compared to a pushchair. The tyres are also designed to provide traction, at the expense of sympathy for the surface. So if it's wet, they don't drive across soil without churning it or compacting it. I'm beginning to wonder if you've ever seen a tractor or a field before.
Tractors go through fields all the time, even when wet they generally very very little damage. Otherwise how would they be able to harvest a field without destroying it!
Take a bicycle through the same field and they will churn it up.
Wiccan of Darkness said:
And there we have it.
Never mind Godwins law, "Wiccy's Law" states that in any internet argument, the relative size of the points argued over diminish exponentially until the spelling, punctuation and grammar is seized upon by one poster, against another.
I think you'll find corollary is the word you are looking for Never mind Godwins law, "Wiccy's Law" states that in any internet argument, the relative size of the points argued over diminish exponentially until the spelling, punctuation and grammar is seized upon by one poster, against another.
Ed/L152 said:
Keyboard warriors and armchair farmers aplenty here!
Following on from the above photo, most fields are no-go areas at this time of year for exactly this reason. Tractor tyres are not at all gentle on the soil - even the massive low pressure tyres cause damaging soil compaction.
The combine in the above picture, aside from being a pile of crap, probably weighs 25t or more with a full bin. If you look in front of it is a parked center pivot, which almost certainly will have needed water through it to move it. Also if that picture was taken this fall harvest, there has been a lot of rain in the US (where it was taken), so the field would have been wet before they moved the pivot. Following on from the above photo, most fields are no-go areas at this time of year for exactly this reason. Tractor tyres are not at all gentle on the soil - even the massive low pressure tyres cause damaging soil compaction.
I will reiterate, that agricultural tyres are designed to be as gentle as possible on the land over which they are traveling. Obviously they have limits, but there as been huge improvements in tyre technology. I think the tyres on the combine, certainly the ones Claas use (which they had a hand in designing) are called Cyclical Load tyres, because they are designed to be overloaded for a short period of time for example when the bin is full and bulge out even more.
Willy Nilly said:
The combine in the above picture, aside from being a pile of crap, probably weighs 25t or more with a full bin. If you look in front of it is a parked center pivot, which almost certainly will have needed water through it to move it. Also if that picture was taken this fall harvest, there has been a lot of rain in the US (where it was taken), so the field would have been wet before they moved the pivot.
I will reiterate, that agricultural tyres are designed to be as gentle as possible on the land over which they are traveling. Obviously they have limits, but there as been huge improvements in tyre technology. I think the tyres on the combine, certainly the ones Claas use (which they had a hand in designing) are called Cyclical Load tyres, because they are designed to be overloaded for a short period of time for example when the bin is full and bulge out even more.
I don't often agree with Willy, but I often have to tramp through fields to get to Telephone Masts. My car would have no chance. Farmers tractors in and out no bother, with very little rutting.I will reiterate, that agricultural tyres are designed to be as gentle as possible on the land over which they are traveling. Obviously they have limits, but there as been huge improvements in tyre technology. I think the tyres on the combine, certainly the ones Claas use (which they had a hand in designing) are called Cyclical Load tyres, because they are designed to be overloaded for a short period of time for example when the bin is full and bulge out even more.
surveyor said:
Willy Nilly said:
The combine in the above picture, aside from being a pile of crap, probably weighs 25t or more with a full bin. If you look in front of it is a parked center pivot, which almost certainly will have needed water through it to move it. Also if that picture was taken this fall harvest, there has been a lot of rain in the US (where it was taken), so the field would have been wet before they moved the pivot.
I will reiterate, that agricultural tyres are designed to be as gentle as possible on the land over which they are traveling. Obviously they have limits, but there as been huge improvements in tyre technology. I think the tyres on the combine, certainly the ones Claas use (which they had a hand in designing) are called Cyclical Load tyres, because they are designed to be overloaded for a short period of time for example when the bin is full and bulge out even more.
I don't often agree with Willy, but I often have to tramp through fields to get to Telephone Masts. My car would have no chance. Farmers tractors in and out no bother, with very little rutting.I will reiterate, that agricultural tyres are designed to be as gentle as possible on the land over which they are traveling. Obviously they have limits, but there as been huge improvements in tyre technology. I think the tyres on the combine, certainly the ones Claas use (which they had a hand in designing) are called Cyclical Load tyres, because they are designed to be overloaded for a short period of time for example when the bin is full and bulge out even more.
http://l7.alamy.com/zooms/ca6aaf72465a4eb7a17f4ba7...
Once you get a tractor on wet or soft ground they turn it into a mud-bath very quickly. The tractors cope fine of course, the tyres are designed to work on that sort of surface and still give traction, but they make a huge mess doing so.
JimSuperSix said:
Around here the entry area to every field (and many of the grass verges) look like this at this time of year:
http://l7.alamy.com/zooms/ca6aaf72465a4eb7a17f4ba7...
Once you get a tractor on wet or soft ground they turn it into a mud-bath very quickly. The tractors cope fine of course, the tyres are designed to work on that sort of surface and still give traction, but they make a huge mess doing so.
That isn't particularly bad when you consider the axle weight. Not sure how we have got to tractor tyres from a blocked road. http://l7.alamy.com/zooms/ca6aaf72465a4eb7a17f4ba7...
Once you get a tractor on wet or soft ground they turn it into a mud-bath very quickly. The tractors cope fine of course, the tyres are designed to work on that sort of surface and still give traction, but they make a huge mess doing so.
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