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Why not haul a solar farm to power a Tractor. If agricultural tractors already carry implements 160 feet wide? Question- what solar panel size is towable?
- Largest seeders are 160 feet wide. [1]. 120' appears common.
- 80 feet appears common - [2]
- JD DB90 and DB120 are the largest drills - 36 and 48 rows, 90 and 120 feet, respectively. [3]
Towable Solar Panel
- Let's take 30 meter wide by 5 meter for the solar array, riding right above the implement. Power produced - 150 watts per square meter. Times 150. 22.5kW. Not a lot. But enough for autonomous operation at slow speed.
- Take Max of about 60 meters. Widen the 5 meter by 3 via telecoping out the same distance each way. Have 15m x 60m. The 22.5 kW becomes 135kW electric. That is sufficient. Lightweight fiber composite plastics could do the trick for support structures. Panels telescope in for wind protection.
Largest Steam Tractor
- Was 150 hp - [4]