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Field Study With Full Size Combine Harvesters<br />

Figure 62 b) shows the DBD for the experiment on the shallow tilled sandy loam measured<br />

with the Troxler. All runs were significantly higher than the control and there were again<br />

neither significant differences amongst the controls, nor the runs themselves. In absolute<br />

numbers the high inflation pressure tyre experiment caused a 0.004 g/cm 3 higher DBD than<br />

the track experiment. This marginal difference was surprising and as the results of the<br />

Troxler on clay compared to all the previous parameters showed must be caused by the<br />

insensitivity of the method.<br />

The tyre at normal inflation pressure had the smallest DBD after the run. Appart from the<br />

clay data shown in the previous paragraph this was the only time ever, that a tracked ma-<br />

chine caused in tendency more soil compaction than a wheeled machine at normal inflation<br />

pressure. This does not agree with all other measured soil physical parameters.<br />

The measurements taken in the subsoiled sandy loam showed a significant increase from<br />

the control to the measurement taken after the pass of the machinery. There was no signifi-<br />

cant difference between the controls as can be seen in Figure 62 c). It includes the 95 % CI<br />

for the control and the run measurements. The absolute values for the run measurements<br />

showed the same tendency as the fishhook method with the lowest density for the track<br />

experiment followed by the tyre at normal inflation pressure followed by the high inflation<br />

pressure tyre. However, none of these differences were significant.<br />

4.2 Discussion and Conclusion on Field Study<br />

The benefit of the rubber tracked machine in comparison to the wheeled machine was<br />

shown in field on sandy loam and clay soils with respect to reduced rut depth, soil dis-<br />

placement, and penetrometer resistance. This confirmed the findings from the soil bin labo-<br />

ratory and field study from Ansorge (2005, a) and Chapter 3. The average increase in soil<br />

density in the field on both soil types was similar to the one found in the soil bin laboratory<br />

study, but reaching only to a more shallow depth.<br />

The penetrometer resistances did only show differences on the most pronounced case, the<br />

subsoiled sandy loam. On all other occasions the soil was too wet. Interestingly the pene-<br />

trometer resistance on the sandy loam exhibited a similar pattern after the pass of a<br />

wheeled machine on both subsoiled and shallow tilled sandy loam. The tracked machine<br />

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

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