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Field Study With Full Size Combine Harvesters<br />

(2005, a) discussed the importance of taking control and final readings of penetrometer<br />

resistance from the same spot due to soil differences, but this did not apply on these field<br />

sites as it could be shown that the controls for different treatments were identical.<br />

In general penetrometer resistance readings were not very sensitive in picking up differ-<br />

ences between the treatments due to the high moisture content of 21 % for the sandy loam<br />

field and 36 % of the clay field.<br />

4.1.2.1 Penetrometer Resistance on Clay<br />

On the clay site there were no differences between the treatments and even not between the<br />

treatments and the control.<br />

The controls for all treatments are shown in Figure 53 and do not exhibit any difference.<br />

The average of all controls vs. the average of each treatment is shown in Figure 54. From<br />

the LSD plotted it could be seen that there were no statistically significant differences, al-<br />

though a denser soil was indicated as far as 200 - 300 mm depth for the control vs. treat-<br />

ment groups as both the track and the tyre were consistently higher than the control. The<br />

treatment with the high inflation pressure always interfered with the control line. This<br />

could be due to both less replications taken for the high inflation pressure treatment and the<br />

high initial variation within the data expressed in the large LSD.<br />

Depth (mm)<br />

0<br />

50<br />

100<br />

150<br />

200<br />

250<br />

300<br />

350<br />

400<br />

450<br />

500<br />

Penetrometer Resistance (MPa)<br />

0 1 2 3 4 5<br />

Control Tyre<br />

Control Track<br />

Control High<br />

LSD<br />

Figure 53: Penetrometer resistance for the controls on the clay side<br />

Ph.D. Thesis Dirk Ansorge (2007)<br />

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