New Belarus tractors - tire pressure?

Belarus-9000-series manual says:

rear tyres: 1.0-1.2 BAR = 14.5-17.4 PSI
front 2WD: 1.2-1.5 BAR = 17.4-21.75 PSI
front 4WD: 1.0-1.2 BAR = 14.5-17.4 PSI
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I find it REALLY hard to believe the Belarus dealer who just sold you a NEW BELARUS tractor won't help you out.

Further more I have a belarus tractor and the owners manual for it is pretty damn good compared to other makes of tractors I have. It explains how to do all normal service procedures and more. So I really find it hard to believe you can't find the Psi on the tractor, on the tire or in the manual!

• Conversions

--->Paul

One further point - do you get billed for your electricity in kiloWatt hours or still in British Thermal Units (or some other antiquated unit)? Just wondered. You may be more metricated than you thought.
Btw - you should not be decrying your largest and closest trading partner, who are sensibly fully metric (except for weight units).
Regards, RAB

The 'normal' system used in the USA is much easier for the average person to use 'in the field'. 12 is used a lot, because it is divisible by 1,2,3,4,&6 - while 10 is only divisible by 1,5,&10. Try building something - it is much easier to use 1/4 of something, than to use 3/10 of something.

And so on. Metric is for desk sitters. Not for people who actually do something.

--->Paul

Rod

Of course you're right. Metric and Imperial threads are different size. My thought was more in line with simply establishing size by eye, not the conversion, as such. Pitches are standard at 1, 1.5 2 mm etc. That's not difficult, only that a mulitude of closely spaced sizes often leaves me guessing, or running for the gauge. As I said before, I am well metricated. That was all that was taught in school in my time. It's not hard to understand, just that as Trevor mentioned, some of us are resistant to change. I spread fertilizer in pounds per acre. As for the conversion...it's 2.54acres per hectare, to be picky. As for NASA, I saw the reports at the time. "Excuse" seems to be the operative word there. As for volume, I tend to use liters, for that very reason. A gallon is never a gallon. You're also correct that the UK switched to metric long ago. Remember the shop keeper a few months back who was charged for selling banannas by the pound instead of the kilo? You must also be aware of the mother of all measures, James Watt's horse power....the work that a horse will do in one hour. Like I said before, I use both systems, often interchangeably, depending on what one is convenient at the time. Generally I use metric for calculations, and Imperial for most practical stuff. But that's just me, and i've never been accused of being normal.Take care.

Rod

To me it makes more sense to measure something in a real value - like the distance a team of oxen can go - than to measure in something meaningless - like what does a meter (or metre - not really standard.... ;) stand for, anyhow? What is it measuring? What can I relate it to?

Meaningless.

You want to divide some construction into 1/4's - and you can't, need to get decimals involved - 2.5 of something. A human brain can see 3/12's of something a lot better than 2.5/10th's of something.

Either system is just arbitrary standards of measure. Nothing wrong with the metric system. For pencil pushing, it's a lot easier as I said. In the real world, that's another can of worms. One is easier math, the other is easier to visualize & use intuitively.

No big deal.

--->Paul

Glad to see someone finally call it the proper name, IMPERIAL. It is not the "nromal" system or the "american system" It is Imperial.

I wonder if people understand the root of the Imperial system. It was created centuries ago using measurements from the king of the time. for instance a foot was as long as the kings foot. When the king would change the length of a foot would change. Why would anybody stand behind such a system.

The only reason people like it is because they refuse to change and learn a new system.

Rod

A US inch is a USA inch anywhere in the world where as a Meter in Japan is differend that a Meter in Germany. Try putting a fine thread Jap bolt into a fine thread German nut - dosen't work!

The good old US standatd is at least a uniform standard.

So what if the kids have to learn how to use fractions and non 10 base mathamatics - might improve math scores

Interesting points though...