This has been bugging me a bit so I just know there is a simple answer.
How is it that tractors with 20 or 30 horsepower can do so much lifting, pulling etc, while a typical four door sedan often has 200+ horsepower and seems so useless and wimpy in comparison. Obviously the car is designed more for speed and acceleration, but is it really just the gearing and some hydraulics that transform something with 1/10 the horsepower into such a useful machine?
How is it that tractors with 20 or 30 horsepower can do so much lifting, pulling etc, while a typical four door sedan often has 200+ horsepower and seems so useless and wimpy in comparison. Obviously the car is designed more for speed and acceleration, but is it really just the gearing and some hydraulics that transform something with 1/10 the horsepower into such a useful machine?