lellololes t1_ja7htt2 wrote
Reply to comment by Steveesq in ELI5: Why does farming equipment require such low horsepower compared to your average car? by thetravelingsong
You can take an engine that makes 50lbft of torque and make it output astonishing amounts of power at the wheels.
All it takes is gearing.
A lot of people don't realize this. If your car with 300lbft of torque at 2000RPM is geared so that it can go 20 miles per hour at that speed, it's going to output the same power to the wheels as an engine that makes 50lbft of torque that is geared to go ~3.3mph at that speed.
It just won't go nearly as fast.
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