Terrar tires

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John Deere with terrar tires on the rear wheels during tractor pulling

At Terra tires is particularly wide tires , which also reduced tire pressure can be driven. This creates a particularly wide support on the ground, so that the specific ground pressure is lower. Terrar tires are used on agricultural machines, for example tractors , to reduce soil compaction .

Terrar tires show a higher level of wear when driving on the road, which is why they are not widely used in agriculture.

literature

  • Marco Lorenz: Status of soil compaction on arable land in Lower Saxony and an overview of the conditions in Germany (=  series of publications by the Institute for Agriculture and Environment . Volume 15 ). Ilu, Bonn 2008, ISBN 3-926898-29-1 , p. 57-70 .