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Reply to comment by [deleted] in ELI5: Why does farming equipment require such low horsepower compared to your average car? by thetravelingsong
Thank you I hope you have a great day
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Reply to comment by KaareKanin in ELI5: Why does farming equipment require such low horsepower compared to your average car? by thetravelingsong
u/Dr_Sigmund_Fried is correct and you sort of are too. Cars don't NEED all the horsepower they have, they do need some to get up ramps (think freeway) and such but they could go with a lot less. As far as the original question Dr.SigmundFried is right about the torque to horsepower ratio in farm equipment. and u/mmmmmmBacon12345 nails it with their response and u/PckMan explains the difference in what those two measurements of force actually are. hope you learned something new today, please check for yourself though it's good practice. Learning something new is always a cool thing to do.
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Poor Hubble, just out there trying its best with the new hotness JWST getting all the attention. We still love you Hubble
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Reply to comment by KaareKanin in ELI5: Why does farming equipment require such low horsepower compared to your average car? by thetravelingsong
Yes and speed translation comes down to the difference between the original answer of what's more important for each piece of equipment,. Horsepower or torque? For farm equipment it's torque, for cars horsepower. If it's heavy and you need torque for moving heavy loads slowly but with power. taking a hatchback up a hill and onto the freeway horsepower, there have been some awesome answers so far in the responses that nailed it. This was a great question to ask and I hope a lot of others got their answers as well!