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<blockquote data-quote="DrWazzock" data-source="post: 7864839" data-attributes="member: 2119"><p>Agree about they vicious circle of power and weight. </p><p>The fundamental unavoidable problem is that steel doesn’t get stronger, so as things get bigger you need disproportionately more of it just to hold together the machines “self weight”.</p><p>I have winced at the greater compaction impact of every machine we have upsized compared to its predecessor. Going from 12m to 24m tramlines was alright in terms of output but it’s rare to have a year dry enough here when the tramlines aren’t a mess in places despite low pressure tyres etc, all of which consume considerable resource etc.</p><p>I’m not convinced by scale myself on many different levels. I’m quite happy with 200 acres but it would help if some of the regulatory busy bodies cut us some slack in terms of admin overhead.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DrWazzock, post: 7864839, member: 2119"] Agree about they vicious circle of power and weight. The fundamental unavoidable problem is that steel doesn’t get stronger, so as things get bigger you need disproportionately more of it just to hold together the machines “self weight”. I have winced at the greater compaction impact of every machine we have upsized compared to its predecessor. Going from 12m to 24m tramlines was alright in terms of output but it’s rare to have a year dry enough here when the tramlines aren’t a mess in places despite low pressure tyres etc, all of which consume considerable resource etc. I’m not convinced by scale myself on many different levels. I’m quite happy with 200 acres but it would help if some of the regulatory busy bodies cut us some slack in terms of admin overhead. [/QUOTE]
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