Posted by Leyland-270 on March 03, 2010 at 07:12:24 from (75.221.21.95):
In Reply to: Duals vs no duals posted by Dave from MN on March 03, 2010 at 06:17:58:
If you want to read up on it there are some tech manuals that will explain it perfectly. I could not find a web site at this time but I am sure there is one out there.
I have a John Deere and a Ford manual put out by the dealerships. Other than the brand of tractors in the photos the info matches. According to the books duals will cut compaction is half. As for traction, well there is where it gets confusing. It is based completely upon soil types and conditions. Believe it or not duals can double your traction or may decrease traction by 20%. I have tried to figure out a general rule of thumb but the best I could do is to tell you that duals may not help on sod bound soil depending upon implement. In most other cases there is no loss of traction. You will notice the most gain in loose fine (sandy) type soils. Weighting is just as important. If you are experiencing power hop, or loss of traction before power loss you are not weighted properly.
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