Posted by ericlb on November 06, 2012 at 04:13:58 from (75.107.64.57):
In Reply to: True Horse Power posted by Idaho spud on November 05, 2012 at 21:40:15:
the thing that separates tractors from toys is torque, not hp, hp without torque is not worth much that f-30 has a big heavy flywheel spinning away behind it and a much larger rotating assembly in its engine, this produces tourque which is a measure of its ability to keep spinning under a load, one fun thing thats always a hit, is to take a 23 hp ford N series tractor and brag about its power to the neighborhood saturday morning big box store lawn tractor guys, almost always there's one over educated one who doesn't understand torque and will brag that his super duper 26 or bigger lawn tractor has more power, here where you drop your money and hook them draw bar to draw bar, of course the little N will make the lawn job look ridiculous , torque and weight, wins every time, big trucks are the same deal, a big truck has say a 425 hp engine, now 425 hp isn't undoable in a diesel pickup these days, BUT torque rules the road, while the pickup may make 500+ ft lbs of torque souped up, the 425 hp in the big truck makes 1,800 ft lbs right off the showroom floor
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