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Field Study With Full Size Combine Harvesters<br />

soil for the investigation can be seen between 300 – 350 mm, the bottom of a tine tip and<br />

the unloosened “heap” in between, respectively.<br />

Depth (mm)<br />

0<br />

100<br />

200<br />

300<br />

400<br />

500<br />

600<br />

700<br />

Penetrometer Resistance (MPa)<br />

0 0,5 1 1,5 2 2,5 3<br />

Control Tyre<br />

Control Track<br />

Control High<br />

Figure 57: Penetrometer resistance for the controls on the sandy loam side which has<br />

been subsoiled<br />

Due to the very loose surface the only significant differences in penetrometer resistance<br />

among any treatments could be detected when looking at Figure 58. All treatments were<br />

significantly different from the control. The track treatment was significantly different<br />

from the tyre treatment between 100 – 300 mm depth. Due to fewer replications in the high<br />

inflation pressure treatment, this curve showed a lot of variation.<br />

Depth (mm)<br />

0<br />

100<br />

200<br />

300<br />

400<br />

500<br />

600<br />

700<br />

Penetrometer Resistance (MPa)<br />

0 0,5 1 1,5 2 2,5 3 3,5 4<br />

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

LSD<br />

Control<br />

Run Tyre<br />

Run Track<br />

Run High<br />

Figure 58: Penetrometer resistance for sandy loam subsoiled control and the pass of a<br />

wheeled, tracked and a wheeled machine with high inflation pressure<br />

LSD<br />

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