Tractor Power

[olatiwa]

how do you calculate the tractor power required for 100 hactors of land?

 

[aczlan]

Tractor size is generally determined by implement size. The bigger the implement, the bigger the tractor and the more ground you can work at a time.

Aaron Z

 

[Utopia Texas]

Do you mean the size of a tractor in Horse Power that would be usually used for that amount of acreage or the amount of fuel in gasoline or diesel to cultivate that amount of land?

 

[Egon]

how do you calculate the tractor power required for 100 hactors of land?

Best figure out what you go a do first.

 

[olatiwa]

plough, plant and disc harrowing

 

[olatiwa]

amount of horse power

 

[Brad_Blazer]

100 hectares is 247 acres. Pretty big area.
1st, figure out the task e.g. no-till grain drill.
2nd how many hours are available to perform the task?
3rd, calculate hectares/hr required. If you want to plant 100 hecatres in 16 hours, you need to plant at a rate of 100/16= 6.25 hectares per hour (ha/hr).
4th, look up some available implements and how fast they can be used. 1 hectare = 10,000 sq. meters. An implement 1m wide traveling 1km/hr will cover 1000 sq. meters per hour or 0.1ha/hr.
If the implement is 6m wide and traveling at 10km/hr it will cover 0.1x6x10 = 6.0 ha/hr. Pretty close to the example target. It will complete the task in 100/6 = 16hr:40min.
Finally, contact the implement manufacturer and ask about recommended horsepower. You can repeat for various predicted tasks and figure out which one requires the most power.

 

[john_bud]

And don't forget the soil type can affect requirements too. Light fluffy soil runs faster than heavy clay.

 

[ENC]

For just a wild guess I would think you are needing somewhere in the neighborhood of 75 horsepower. Some may say this is too low or too high but it is a starting point.