A Comparative Analysis of Iron and Pneumatic Tires in Conventional Seed Drill Operations

The research was conducted in Dwgwndany Gawra, Daratoo, Bardarash, Duhok, Iraqi Kurdistan Regional from December 5th to 10th, 2022. The experiment aimed to investigate the effects of different types of tires of a conventional disc seed drill, depth of seeding, and tractor forward speed on the amount of fuel consumption and time requirement. Factorial Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) was carried out. A 1989-121 2WD Anter tractor was used for carrying out the purposes The study was carried out in a clay soil texture with a 15.27% soil moisture content and dry bulk density of 1.40 (gram/ cubic cm). Pneumatic and ironic tires were considered types of tires, while 2 and 4 cm were considered depth and 7 and 10 km/h as forward speed. The outcomes of the study indicated that lower and higher amounts of fuel were consumed with pneumatic tires at a depth of 2 cm at the speed of 7 km/h and ironic tires at a depth of 4 cm at the speed of 10 km/h respectively. The tractor with ironic tires at a depth of 4 cm at a speed of 10 km/h increased fuel consumption by approximately 25 %. In terms of time requirement minimal time was required in the depth of 2 cm at both levels of forward speed and types of tires the difference was approximately under 5%.