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08-28-2006 17:07:57




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I noticed if you put on 200lbs of weight to a tractor, 100lbs to each rear tire i get noticable pulling diffrence. Take them off i get less performance. 200+my weight 200 is 400 lbs of extra weight to my tractor. Take me off it and the weights and put my buddy who is darn close to 400 lbs on the tractor and the tractor pulls no better then if me and the weights were off it. Is human weight on the seat not getting the weight to the wheels?

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buickanddeere

08-28-2006 18:36:17




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 Re: Human weight on tractor in reply to explain this one, 08-28-2006 17:07:57  
The "seat of the pants dyno" is noted for being subjective and of dubious accuracy. And I have no idea how to calibrate one either. If I want to really add traction to the tractor. I just get the Mother-inlaw to drive.



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old

08-28-2006 18:13:14




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 Re: Human weight on tractor in reply to explain this one, 08-28-2006 17:07:57  
A lot depends on the tractor, where the seat is, and how high/low the weight is. Wheel weights work well but fluid works even better. Also if you move the weight forward it can either help or hurt depending on the tractor. It all a balance and it has to be done just right to get the max pull. To far back, forward, to high or to low it matters. Also depends on how/what your pulling and it what your pulling pulls down on the draw bar or if it pulls up on the draw bar

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wdtom

08-28-2006 17:53:33




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 Re: Human weight on tractor in reply to explain this one, 08-28-2006 17:07:57  
Yes, weight is weight. However it matters where you put it. If your seat is cantilevered out behind the tractor and you put your butt on it it weighs the rear axle more than if you are sitting infront of the axle. Think levers here and leverage. Infront of the axle and the front axle shares the weight to some extent, behind the rear axle and you are unweighing the front axle. If you were crazy far behind the rear axle you could lift the front of the tractor with your butt. "Give me a long enough lever and I will move the world."

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Ron 1456

08-28-2006 17:32:33




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 Re: Human weight on tractor in reply to explain this one, 08-28-2006 17:07:57  
Weight is weight no matter if it is animal, vegetable, or mineral. The difference in traction that you notice is probably from other circumstances. Under laboratory conditions (which would be impossible in everyday use) differences could be measured but even under these conditions exact replications are extremly hard to produce. That being said every surface is different. The same surface is different on successive passes. The perception of slippage when seated on the tractor is different than when you are watching someone else. Just chalk it up to the fact that the tractor performs better when you run it with weights than when your fat friend runs it without.

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Matt Kane

08-28-2006 17:25:05




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 Re: Human weight on tractor in reply to explain this one, 08-28-2006 17:07:57  
LOL!



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Allan In NE

08-28-2006 17:11:22




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 Re: Human weight on tractor in reply to explain this one, 08-28-2006 17:07:57  
I saw a toad trying to mate with a tator one time. Whooops! Did I say that? :>)

Allan



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Sid

08-28-2006 18:11:57




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 Re: Human weight on tractor in reply to Allan In NE, 08-28-2006 17:11:22  
Did he hop away with a grin on his face?



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Rich Va

08-28-2006 18:08:56




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 Re: Human weight on tractor in reply to Allan In NE, 08-28-2006 17:11:22  
Must a been one of them there blind toads.



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in-too-deep

08-28-2006 17:58:05




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 Re: Human weight on tractor in reply to Allan In NE, 08-28-2006 17:11:22  
K, I don't get it.



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Sid

08-28-2006 18:16:07




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 Re: Human weight on tractor in reply to in-too-deep, 08-28-2006 17:58:05  
I don't think the toad did either.



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