There’s just a month and a half left to prepare your harvest. This important period can become a nightmare if your machinery doesn’t perform or if you haven’t prepared your harvester correctly. It will have to work intensively during your harvestwhich represents an important part of your revenue and often the return on investment for your year’s work.
So, how can you harvest more quickly when...
If you could reduce the fuel consumption of your tractor each day, it would save you a substantial amount each month, and at the end of the year, an increase in your profit margin and operating results.
So why would you consider that adjusting the pressure of your tractor tyres is optional and not take those extra few minutes to save litres of fuel?
In the agricultural world, one out of three accidents involves agricultural machinery (rollovers, activities carried out underneath electrical wires, road accidents inter alia..). More specifically, each year, accidents involving vehicle overturning cause 20 to 30 deaths.
Tractor rollovers occur following a loss of contact between ground and tyre. The notion of ground/tyre contact differs...
The agricultural equipment sector is committed to seeking perpetual innovations to offer its clients equipment which complies with standards and offers comfort and safety.
Suspended front axle and cab, braking system with yaw control, electronic stability programmes are all part of the equipment and devices available to help limit vibrations and loss of ground/tyre contact.
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When they design a tyre, constructors anticipate a specific adapted working pressure to get the best performance from agricultural tyres. This pressure can vary over time depending on the temperature, the load and the tyre’s condition.
Do you really know how to establish the right slip ratio for your tractor? If the slip ratio is too low, the tractor cannot generate the right tractive force. On the other hand, if slippage is too high this will be very costly, since it increases your fuel consumption and wear to your tyres.
Sprayers, whether towed or self-propelled, drive repetitively and always in the same part of a field. This is why it is particularly important to choose the right tyres to reduce the impact of your machine’s wheels on your crops in the driving zones, limit loss of yield and increase your productivity.
Each agricultural tyre has specific characteristics (size, profile, brand, performance indexes…). This information, provided by the constructor, must be fully understood to be adapted to the farm machine (tractor, combine, forestry… tyres) and to its use.
Seasonal machinery often needs to be stored at some stage in the year and tyres are no exception. As winter is coming, here are a few rules which will help you to store store your agricultural tyres in the best conditions and prolong their lifespan.
