Posted by Ken Macfarlane on February 03, 2010 at 11:46:35 from (156.34.142.102):
In Reply to: 2 wheel drive vs. 4wd posted by Kickinbull on February 03, 2010 at 10:36:19:
A perfectly ballasted 2wd will pull similar to a well ballasted 4wd. Only thing is a perfectly ballasted 2wd doesn't exist, and any weight on the fronts to help you steer means loss of drawbar hp.
The mfwd or 4wd is way less sensitive to changing soil and imperfect ballasting.
On a loader tractor its more to do with just having traction, not hp. With the changing weight in the bucket the ballasting goes all over the map leaving loader 2wd's nearly useless in mud unless you have thousands of pounds on the 3ph. A mfwd benefits from the weight but will do it like dry ground without the weight.
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