Abstract
The relative merits of pneumatic tyres and conventional steel tracks used on agricultural tractors are studied and a case made for the potential of rubber tracks to combine the advantages of both. Two experiments are reported where the tractive performance of rubber tracks was compared with that of tractor drive tyres. The first was a comparison between a friction drive rubber track of simple construction mounted in a test vehicle, and a conventional radial tractor drive tyre. The track produced about 25% more pull than the wheel. The second experiment was a comparison between a small dumper truck running on rubber tracks and a conventional tractor of similar weight. This showed that adequately supported rubber tracks could produce performance characteristics similar to those of steel tracks. The truck produced twice the pull of the wheeled tractor at similar tractive efficiencies and caused much less rutting on a soft soil.
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