MrBilly
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Anyone working on a plugin tractor, or at least a hybrid? When oil hits $200/barrel we will really be over a barrel.
Billy
Billy
dun":1y4kr80j said:Have to be an awfuly long extension cord!
MrBilly":1zsv1f6d said:Anyone working on a plugin tractor, or at least a hybrid? When oil hits $200/barrel we will really be over a barrel.
Billy
MikeC":2ry6sip1 said:There are batteries inside of the "Fast Attack" nuclear submarines that will run those ships for hours and even days at slow speeds. Don't know about the "Boomers" but relatively sure they have the same set up.
Talking about 1,000's or tens of 1,000's horsepower............................
dun":xe6jk9sb said:MikeC":xe6jk9sb said:There are batteries inside of the "Fast Attack" nuclear submarines that will run those ships for hours and even days at slow speeds. Don't know about the "Boomers" but relatively sure they have the same set up.
Talking about 1,000's or tens of 1,000's horsepower............................
The 2 biggest problems with batterys that size is one the physical size and the other is weight.
You could probably run a tractor off of nuclear too, but hauling that huge water cooling system would sure be cumbersome.
MikeC":3doseshu said:dun":3doseshu said:MikeC":3doseshu said:There are batteries inside of the "Fast Attack" nuclear submarines that will run those ships for hours and even days at slow speeds. Don't know about the "Boomers" but relatively sure they have the same set up.
Talking about 1,000's or tens of 1,000's horsepower............................
The 2 biggest problems with batterys that size is one the physical size and the other is weight.
You could probably run a tractor off of nuclear too, but hauling that huge water cooling system would sure be cumbersome.
My point was that batteries can be used to develop lots of horsepower for long periods of time.
But no one has gone there yet because diesel fuel has been historically a cheaper alternative.
The first tractors were steam driven, weren't they?