Laboratory: 1

Structural Details and Chassis Parameters

of a Tractor
Group A
Abhishek S U 18AG61R13
Patil Bhushan Hilal 18AG61R14
Deepesh Jain 18AG61R15
Harsh Nagar 18AG61R16
Asheesh Sachan 18AG61R19

M.Tech (Farm Machinery and Power)

Department of Agricultural and Food 1

Engineering,IIT Kharagpur
Details of Tractor

Tractor Make – John Deere

Tractor Model – 5055E

Turning Circle Radius : Outer – 6.6 m

Inner – 3.6m

Tyre Size : Front - 9.5 × 24

Rear - 16.9 × 28
Type of transmission system : Collarshift constant mesh
Number of Gears : 12 ( 9F + 3R )
Trackwidth : Rear – 1.4 m
Front – 1.58 m
Wheelbase : 2.1 m
Overall Length : 3.58 m
Overall Width : 1.83 m
Overall Height : 2.29 m
Ground Clearance : 0.45 m
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Type of clutch : Dual Clutch
Type of brake : Hydraulic disc brake
Fig 1 – Dimensions of Tractor( John Deere 5055E) (Designed in Solidworks)

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Details of Tractor

Tractor Make – New Holland

Tractor Model – 3630

Turning Circle Radius : Outer – 6.6 m

Inner – 3.6m

Tyre Size : Front - 6 × 16

Rear - 16.9 × 28
Type of transmission system : Collarshift constant mesh
Number of Gears : 10 ( 8F + 2R )
Trackwidth : Rear – 1.42 m
Front – 1.37 m
Wheelbase : 2 m
Overall Length : 3.3 m
Overall Width : 1.92 m
Overall Height : 2.38 m
Ground Clearance : 0.52 m
4
Type of clutch : Mechanical Clutch
Type of brake : Mechanical brake
 Sign conventions: X-axis (Positive towards tractor’s nose) - Longitudinal axis
Y-axis (Positive towards operator’s right while driving) - Lateral axis
Z-axis (Positive towards upside) – Perpendicular to tractor’s plane

Table 1 – Co-ordinates of different control of tractor with reference to Seat Index Point (SIP)

Sr. Control X co- Y co- Z co- X co- Y co- Z co-

No. Name ordinate ordinate ordinate ordinate ordinate ordinate

Normal Position Extended Position

1
Steering Wheel 38 0 19 75 0 39
2
Hand Throttle 61 23 24 75 23 31
3
Clutch 70 -23 -34 89 -23 -38
4
Brake 73 29 -37 80 29 -42
5
Accelerator 71 24 -46 74 24 -49
6
DC lever -9 31 -2 12 31 -13 5
7
PC lever -4 35 -4 12 35 -9
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Sr. No. Control Name X co-ordinate Y co-ordinate Z co-ordinate

8 Main Gear Shift

Lever 41 41 -13
9 H/L Gear Shift
Lever 28 -26 -10
10
2wd/4wd Lever 8 -32 -13.5
11
Hydraulic Lever 15 28 -3.5
12
PTO clutch -15 -36 -28
13
Differential lock 31 21 -45
14
Horn 65 23 15
15
Dynamo 65 17.5 15
16
Parking Switch 65 -1 15
17 65 15
Indicator -7.5
6
18
Switch 69 8 -7.5
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Fig 2 – Side View of Tractor’s control Layout(Designed in

S-Steering Wheel
HT-Hand Throttle
C-Clutch
B-Brake
A-Accelerator
DC-DC lever
PC-PC lever
G-Main Gear Shift
Lever
H/L-H/L Gear Shift
Lever
D-2wd/4wd Lever
H-Hydraulic Lever
P-PTO clutch
DL-Differential
lock

Fig 3 – Top View of Tractor’s control Layout (Designed in Solidworks)

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