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steel vs rubber

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hardscrabble

07-15-2005 18:27:07




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Was watching an antique tractor pull on RFD TV the other evening, and I noticed everything was on rubber. Has anyone ever pulled on steel wheels & lugs, or isn't it possible, or practical? How does slippage compare between steel and rubber? Just wondering.




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JPatton

07-15-2005 19:56:14




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 Re: steel vs rubber in reply to hardscrabble, 07-15-2005 18:27:07  
hardscrabble - We have an "A" and a "G" John Deere on factory steel. It is kind of hard to tell for sure, but it seems to me the rubber will out pull the steel. The reason I say it is hard to say is because on the days we pull steel, they always pull us at the end of the night. The rubber tire guys don"t want to pull after the steel wheels tear up the track. So the track has always seen a hundred hooks or so before we pull. The other thing is that the steel very rarely slips as it goes down the track. This is bad for distance because as the load increases, the RPM slows down if the governor cannot overcome the load and then you run out of power. That is the same as rubber except that due to the slippage on ruber, it is possible to maintain your RPM longer. The other thing is that since so few pulls anymore have steel wheel classes, we have not spent any money on these tractors to keep them competitive. In fact, the only modifications are aluminum pistons. Everything else is as stock as it came from Mother Deere.

Sometimes the track will be loose enough that it will spin out first. But...when it starts to slip, it spins out right there.

Hope this helps. J

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