Posted by B-maniac on January 06, 2014 at 19:40:58 from (75.133.242.247):
In Reply to: Re: HP vs Cu. In. posted by MarkB_MI on January 06, 2014 at 17:42:24:
Which is exactly what farmers expected and answers his original question perfectly. Back when a 300 hp articulated tractor was considered tops, how many do you think they would have sold had they put a 3.8 Turbo Buick V-6 (300 hp @ 4-5000 rpm) as apposed to the one that had a 300 hp JD 6 cyl a triple the cubes running at 2000-2200 rpm ?? Nothing against the 3.8 turbo but it won't last long pulling a 25-30' field digger all day. It is true that for the sake of measurement only, 300 hp = 300hp. The engines are for completely different applications and do NOT interchange just because they have the same Hp.
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