I converted a 60-year-old tractor to electric

It finally happened - I did an EV conversion of a tractor
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Music:
Toreador - Ron Meixsell
Timelapse - TheFatRat
Tyrant - Kevin MacLeod
Midnight City - Mikael Manvelyan

[@JSM-bb80u]

Came here from reddit. Cool.

[@cmsmolenaars]

Worth the 919 day wait

[@HorribleOldCrank]

Excellent.. I hope my S70 performs as well

[@LiamTronix]

Cool, what motor are you using?

[@JSM-bb80u]

4:07 There's a mistake there.
Most diesel engines are only 30-40% efficient compared to 95%+ efficiency from battery to motor.
Considering this tractor is an old one we can assume it has an efficiency of 30%.
There are 10,700 Wh of energy in a liter of diesel. Only 3210 Wh is used. All the other energy is wasted as heat.
11×3210 Wh ×1h = 35,310 Wh
So half the size of tesla model 3.

[@ethanmye-rs]

Cool project, Where are the battery modules pulled from?

[@LiamTronix]

Thanks! They're SPIM08HP cells from Battery Hookup. They were used to start backup generators.
batteryhookup.com/products/36v-48ah-1776wh-spim08hp-36v-power-module

[@PaulHigginbothamSr]

What ya'll need to do is mount a pto driven brush hog. Run it for one hour IN DEEP GRASS. Set the battery to run that full hour and that's that. Oh by the way, THAT IS NO LATHE.

[@LiamTronix]

If it's not a lathe, then what is it?

[@CDC444RC]

LiamTronix was like: Hey I'm making this cool electric tractor to pull a trailer for an hour each day. Let me engineer it to fulfill my need.
Then butt hurt Paul comes along: What about this other random application that is clearly outside your intended use case. 😂