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How big a Battery to run a tractor?
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<blockquote data-quote="dowcow" data-source="post: 7777788" data-attributes="member: 106876"><p>Electric would be perfect for a lot of tractors that only do an hour or two a day. Scraping out, feeding up, maybe a bit of loader work. The main problem is the mad rush or harvesting and cultivation/seeding. Front linkage and a demount-able battery system instead of ballast? And for carting jobs maybe quickly swap a battery when in the yard? Or if battery powered trucks are coming, and they are so much more efficient on the road than tractors with their running gear and tyres optimised for in-field ability, just make them use electric trucks if the road range of the tractors isn't sufficient. Tractors on the road for 90% of their day not having enough battery capacity is perhaps something we shouldn't attempt to fix. </p><p></p><p>I'm sure many people aren't doing cultivation jobs at their tractors rated horsepower max too, but are cruising along at 1200rpm and the reason they are using a big tractor is for the traction and torque and ability to do the job quietly at the lower RPM range with the lower fuel consumption than using a smaller sized engine revving harder.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dowcow, post: 7777788, member: 106876"] Electric would be perfect for a lot of tractors that only do an hour or two a day. Scraping out, feeding up, maybe a bit of loader work. The main problem is the mad rush or harvesting and cultivation/seeding. Front linkage and a demount-able battery system instead of ballast? And for carting jobs maybe quickly swap a battery when in the yard? Or if battery powered trucks are coming, and they are so much more efficient on the road than tractors with their running gear and tyres optimised for in-field ability, just make them use electric trucks if the road range of the tractors isn't sufficient. Tractors on the road for 90% of their day not having enough battery capacity is perhaps something we shouldn't attempt to fix. I'm sure many people aren't doing cultivation jobs at their tractors rated horsepower max too, but are cruising along at 1200rpm and the reason they are using a big tractor is for the traction and torque and ability to do the job quietly at the lower RPM range with the lower fuel consumption than using a smaller sized engine revving harder. [/QUOTE]
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