Yeah, having worked on farms as a kid and even driven the occasional tractor during plowing and planting season, that 36 bottom plow was pretty hard to grasp.
I noticed in the comments that someone joked about it not being crippled by the manufacturer (like John Deere) to prevent the owner/user from working on it. -D > On Nov 3, 2020, at 5:03 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > You could see the balls spinning on the governor on top, that was cool. I > liked how they had all those people working the plows. I want some striped > overhauls like that girl was wearing > > -_FT > > On 11/3/20 2:10 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: >>> And a steam engine has maximum torque at zero RPM. With more info >>> (steam pressure, piston size, number of cylinders) it could be >>> calculated what the zero RPM torque would be. >> Well, it's a one-lunger, and they said they're running 180PSI somewhere in >> the >> videos. Looks to be a foot or so in diameter... >> >> There's also the axle (drawbar) torque. I don't know what the 'balls-out' >> RPM >> of the engine is, but they said ground speed is 2.5mph. (In low gear, which >> is >> for plowing.) >> >> -- Jim >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > -- > --FT > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
