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Posted by MF Poor on March 07, 2007 at 11:09:37 from (66.64.181.106):
In Reply to: Horsepower Question posted by Ben Shipley on March 07, 2007 at 06:44:32:
For people who are obsessed with statistics and numbers, or those who seem to think quoting a bigger number gives their tractor more power, you'll get a lot of "engine HP" talk. Most SERIOUS end users are only interested in one thing. WHAT WILL IT DO in the field? For several generations, PTO HP numbers have been the standard by which tractors are judged. Drawbar HP is somewhat difficult to translate, but has some meaning. In the end, it doesn't matter if you have a billion ENGINE hp, the only real significant hp number will be measured where the work is done. On the PTO or on the drawbar.
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