front wheel assist.

flying belgian · Apr 2, 2017

Post below got me thinking. Tractor pullers get the most pull by having their tractors weighted perfectly so as to have the front end barely come off the ground. Therefore it would be no advantage to have fwa. So how come we all get our field tractors with fwa.?

David Snipes · Apr 2, 2017

Hard to keep that front end in the air when pulling an implement.

Greg K · Apr 2, 2017

Pullers aren't trying to turn and are always on flat ground. I'm sure there are other reasons too.

Brendon-KS · Apr 2, 2017

Soil compaction is lessened if the weight of the tractor is more evenly distributed over all the wheels instead of being concentrated on one axle. If all those wheels are also all pulling you have the best of both - maximum traction with the least possible compaction. The wear-and-tear on the drivetrain is also lessened by dividing up the pulling duties between both axles.

Janicholson · Apr 2, 2017

Tractor pulling rules prevent the use of 4X4. Thus the emphasis on rear bias. Pullers make use of as much weight from the tracsfer machine as they can rob. In the field we have efficiency as a prime rule. Included are control, traction with coupling efficiency, automatic traction control devices, and increased foot print. Jim

2underage · Apr 2, 2017

Have not done much land plowing have you! Happy farming.

rustred · Apr 2, 2017

and to add... the engine would never last worked to death like that. the wk40 mccormick was a good example of a truck engine worked to death in that manor.

Ken Macfarlane · Apr 2, 2017

Perfectly balanced 2wd takes forever to get set up, go slightly slow or fast or soil slightly wetter or firmer or whatever you loose that balance perfection. Mfwd just keeps going.

newhollandnut · Apr 2, 2017

Tractor pullers don't go up down and across hills. Wheel speed is insanely higher and not pulling the same load 100% of the time

glennster · Apr 2, 2017

with fwa the ground doesnt slab out when doing heavy tillage like a 2wd tractor.

Traditional Farmer · Apr 2, 2017

Good tractor pull tractors make lousy field tractors and good field tractors make lousy tractor pull tractors.

showcrop · Apr 2, 2017

Draft from the implement gives the rears traction, and front weights and engine give the fronts traction, If tractor pullers could have FWA they certainly all would. But then we would all be even again after spending a lot more so we would go back to two wheel.

stonerock · Apr 2, 2017

put 6-18 behind a 4430, try bto keep the front down

RodinNS · Apr 3, 2017

Two huge reasons.... ground conditions on a pull track are relatively static... ie. they don't change much over the length of the track. That never happens in real world field conditions.
Two... Balance/weight distribution in the real world is always dynamic. You can't set a tractor's weight distribution perfectly for every situation. It changes all the time, in the field due to torque requirements, drawbar loading and the weight of carried implements.
So MFWD just makes more sense to smooth out some of the inefficiencies.

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