The implementation of the clutch for fine movement is a genius idea. It makes so much sense on a piece of farming equipment as opposed to having an accelerator and trying to push down carefully. The only thing missing (From a safety perspective) is a dead man switch on the seat in case the driver falls off.
Electrical Engineer here: You are correct. The coal is located inside and can be accessed via that screw cap. Also, now that you broke the seal, all of the coal will have expired and must be replaced. Sorry for the bad news.
At first, I was like, "Oh, he's a mechanical engineer." Then I was like, "Oh, he's an electrical engineer." Then I was like, "Nah! he's some kind of advanced alien species."
@@kennenandersen I was looking at a video about that recently. Sorry that you guys have to put up with that. In the Caribbean, we don't have any of those huge computerized tractors. Most of the tractors we have here are the old English models.
Pro tip: When cutting bar stock on a bandsaw, ALWAYS cut across the widest face. 1. Less noise 2. The cut will be much straighter and have a smoother cut face.
@@cancelhandles when you cut downward on a long narrow piece the blade has a higher chance and likely tendency to twist and cut crooked. Also the cut is smoother as the chip formed is much longer across the cut per tooth as opposed to short cuts and the blade jumping and bouncing as the cut descends.
@john_barnett Very hard to pull off safely with a direct drive system like this; in industrial controls we'd just put a safety rated relay in series with the motor wires, and direct wire it back to an estop
Hey ! You can create a variable voltage between 0-5V just using the PWM output of the AtMega. I would also feel like it's more reliable than the I2C DAC you're using. Cheers ! Edit : You should also add a pull-down resistor at the ouput to ensure 0V when you are in undefined state, like before the AtTiny boots.
Cool tractor! Also, put small ceramic caps (100nF or even 10nF will do) on both speed inputs to the ground, so that wires acting like an antennas don't fry your MCU's input pins. It's a common thing on car ECUs
When you were looking for the coal, I was waiting for you to find a lump of coal in the bottom of the cabinet and yell "NOOOOOOO IT CAN'T BE TRUEEEEEEE!!!!" HAHA😂
The big coal and NG plants are way more thermally efficient than a small ICE, so although it is not ideal, there is still some benefit to having an EV over ICE, even if the ultimate source for the electricity is fossil fuel.
Pay zero attention to the people arguing that electric is "worse" than petroleum as I doubt that was the point. It seems to me that you wanted to revive this tractor to do something useful without the noise and smoke. It's a great project, so thank you for sharing it with us. I've used tractors for decades and it would be nice to have a BEV one for shorter tasks. They can't work for days at a time like their diesel counterparts, but they're great for many jobs.
@@mariusz3229 tractors are not for fun, is for work and in one hour, you can plow at lest two smaller fields or a single big one. But I doubt well build EV tractors only work for one hour, why because CAT came out with their EV excavators and they calim they can work for ~8 hours depending on the job.
@@Argoon1981 Then show how you plow a field of, for example, 20 ha until your toy is unloaded, and how the diesel, towing your toy along with the plow, will finish the plowing for it and tow it all to the house.
@@mariusz3229 ok we get it, you work for the oil companies and want to continue to keep us relying on the things we know are destroying earth. We’ll just do the stupid thing forever and never try anything else, seems like a the best idea in your opinion
Its weird that people instantly jump to "he must be a environmental crazy" just because eletric engines. The thing is fun as heck, produces a ton of power and are simpler than combustion. How not to like EV projects?
Given that you're in Ontario, you could use the awesome local grid power and would still not be using any coal to run your e-tractor. Ontario burned its last coal for power production in 2013. As to the concerns about embodied emissions in batteries and your solar panels, those are old, tired nirvana fallacy arguments against EVs. EVs are, according to numerous disinterested 3rd party lifecycle analyses, cleaner vehicles from cradle to grave than those they replace. When recharged on a grid like the one in Ontario, the payback of embodied emissions by an EV typically happens in less than a year of driving.
@MrFeazel @MrFeazel I now work in industrial automation, and everyone wants super high tech stuff (which does not work half the time) while I remember planters and others from my youth all working very well and being easily fixable with little tool all working based on cams and gears. Low tech is often the right tech.
Renaissance man in the renaissance: I can paint, do trigonometry and speak several languages. Renaissance man in 2024: I used the sum total of human knowledge to make a funny tractor.
Yes, there are devices that essentially combine signals from electronic clutch pedals and throttle knobs, though they aren't always found as off-the-shelf consumer products. These are typically part of custom drive-by-wire systems or motor controller kits used in motorsport, industrial applications, or custom vehicle builds. Such devices are usually referred to as ECU interfaces or drive-by-wire controller units, and they allow precise integration and modulation of electronic signals from both the throttle and clutch. These systems can be used to create smooth transitions, coordinate throttle blipping for gear changes, or adjust power delivery based on driver input. In the automotive aftermarket, you might find standalone ECUs that have programmable features for combining inputs like throttle, clutch, and even brake pedal signals, primarily for tuning purposes. Another option could be PLC (Programmable Logic Controllers) or microcontroller-based solutions that let you combine and control these signals, useful for custom car projects or retrofits.
Electric farm equipment is so nice. And hats off for that electrical engineering and explaining it on detail, even if I didn't quite understand all the specifics completely with the lack of expertise on that subject. I don't quite need a tractor but I made my ATV electric and it helps me on so many tasks on the property. It's awesome. I bet your tractor is your new favorite tool.
Emissions for EVs that use electricity produced purely from coal are about the same as for ICE engined vehicles. When you add lower carbon generation sources EVs progressively have fewer emissions.
It does depend on the exact fossil fuel source in question. Brown coal is so dirty that an EV running on power produced solely by brown coal would emit more than a diesel. Which is a good argument for not using brown coal power plants, they suck!
@@nerd1000ify yeah good point. I was basing it on typical coal plant CO2 emissions. Many assume that big power plant emissions means big emissions per mile travelled.
Great video, I am fascinated with your range of skills. I2C DACs are dirt cheap and a perfectly fine solution for your problem. Just wanted to add that you could have used a PWM output of the ATtiny with a RC low pass filter to generate your 5V analog signal as well.
I said put the old hood back on because the rounded curved front on that is just nicer looking than a square box. but you do you, boo . You are doing a great job! I'm thinking about converting the old kubota I have.
Really like the content! If you want to know what fuse you should pick the process goes like this. First you check your amp requirement in this case 1A for the loads. Then you pick the wire gauge accordingly. That is a bit harder, because it's not only the amperage but also they way the cable is routed and length etc. A single conductor free hanging is air can carry more current than a conductor inside a narrow tube together with a lot of other conductors. There are tables where you can check the required gauge for your amp needs. And the pick a fuse accordingly to the the size of wire. You can also pick a fuse with a lower rating. In your case you should be fine =) Greetings form Germany.
I added a binary on/off e-clutch to my e-bike and it was surprisingly useful. Great for costing and just cutting the motor when I just wanted pedal power. Seriously thinking about adding it to my current build.
Protip; Everclear is stronger than rubbing alcohol and cheaper per volume. and its multipurpose! if you count drinking it as something you can do with it...
I bought a seat from the same manufacturer to use on an MF135 and just trimmed a bi off the back of the base to make it fit. The bolt pattern wasn't technically wrong for Massey Ferguson, it's just that the plate sticks out too far in the back and hits the top part of the three point hitch.
AWESOME. I love the ingenuis implementation of the "not-a-clutch-pedal" for intuitive high precision low speed driving. YOU should make a business out of this... Complete conversions including PV charging stations for universal tractors...
Little brain hurt on the electrical circuitry but enjoy learning so will come back to understand better. What a nice set up and tools and technology at your disposal. Little bit more than envious- I shall start dreaming. Thanks for your channel!!!
I absolutely love this project of yours. You know what you´re doing. About those engine covers - you should consider some kind of side panels with vents to shield the motor from water and/or elements, dust and dirt. It might prove useful in the long run.
I recommend adding a E-Stop which overrides your throttle controller and just grounds the input signal for the motor controller. Nothing wrong with your approach, but I wouldn't trust my life with a DAC ;)
I grew up on a farm and seeing your LED light placement gave me worries. Brush hogging or any work around fields will have tree branches that quickly peel those lights off. Old Ford N and Ferguson tractors with googly lights up front could hardly stay attached. Best solution is look up Allis Chalmers WD lighting (it's back by the operator station, short wire runs, protected, plus if you need to check the engine you can see stuff), later tractors the forward lights moved to the rear fenders. Hopefully another episode you can reattach all the hood sheet metal so the tractor appears original until closer inspection shows new..
This is so incredibly impressive. I want an electric tractor now. Add that one to the project list! (and learning electrical and mechanical engineering...)
Nice job! I can't wait to see more :) I have a few suggestions for you. Place the lights on top of the front tires in a way that they turn when the tires turn (if possible somehow). The second suggestion: Lower the battery (if possible) so that the center of gravity is lower :)
Awesome, the cover you made is cool and such, but I think the tractor would retain more of its original look if you could put back the old cover, as some suggested.
The funny thing is, even if you got your electricity from a coal power plant it would still produce less gaseous carbon than a petrol combustion engine. And good video, and even better tractor!
@@operator8014 Small ICE efficiency: 30% Central power plant efficiency: 40% Grid losses: 15% Charging losses: 10% system efficiency; (0.4)(0.85)(.9)x100%= 30.6%
Decal comes from the French Décalcomanie, the process of transferring designs from prepared paper on to glass or porcelain. Both start with the dee sound.
Great work! Electric is especially efficient in low RPM high torque situations such as..... Tractors!! You can run a typical tractor all day on 20kW pack!!
I'm not sure where you're located, but in Nova Scotia, the earth has a z axis component, so pressing the clutch does not in any way result in a tractor coming to a complete stop. It does disengage the motor, but this will sometimes cause you to speed up, depending on how much of a slope you're on. Awesome conversion, looking forward to you showing it off!
I wonder if there would be a marker for converting old tractor to electric. Most farmer I known have some old tractor they keep around (working, barely moving, or in a shed). I wonder how much one would pay to have a tracor converted with a kit. Absolutely not going to do it tho.
You can put the original panels back on AND still show off the goods. It looks very unfinished without a hood on it. Sweet project, though! I'll definitely be hopping in to check on the progress.
I always laugh at the people who say electric vehicles are coal powered. First, it is an implicit admission that coal is bad (otherwise, why is it a problem?) and secondly, these people usually don't know just how little coal most countries have in their mix. Of course they would then move the goal posts and remind you that the rest is mostly natural gas, which is also a fossil fuel. Yes, yes you are right, but there was a reason you went for coal. You went for coal because you acknowledge that that is very dirty, and therefore by your own admission, we're doing better when we use natural gas. Thanks, that's exactly the point :-)
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Even if coal was used to make the electricity it would still produce less pollution because it is more efficient than a diesel engine. Also one big power station is more efficient than thousands of small farty engines.
My right-wing buddy had no idea that Alberta had phased out coal this year. When he moved here 20 years ago: most of Alberta's power generation was coal.
Good job! I coverted a 1979 Jeep CJ5 to electric for use on my ranch and acreage. I love not having to pay for fuel (solar charged) and it can run all my electric tools and toys off of the Jeeps 110v inverter when i am far from a power grid. The next project is a trailer that has another battery for a range extender and has a solar canopy to charge as i go.
i would have installed the påedal as a REVERSE pedal so you can use it to stop and reverse like an rc car. Oh boy i been dreaming about doing this project my self but i'm still looking for a cheap one with a blown engine. i would keep the clutch intact as it's really usefull.
Not nearly as much though. An ICE motor will be rejecting 233% of it's power output as heat. And electric motor will be rejecting 11% of it's power output as heat.
Good content +sass = viewer retention 👍👍 you got my subscription. Question: would it be worth it to wire the pedal to trigger a regeneration circuit at the zero position? Not to charge the battery so much as to emulate engine braking and stop the traktor from rolling when adjusting implements i.e. preventing a roll of when there is no driver on board or if the pedal gives up the ghost
I would love to see you hook up with your Canadian compatriots the Edison Motors guys. I know this is "just" a DIY project but the skills you demonstrate here are at a very high level. Excellent excellent excellent. Can't wait for the next instalment!
maybe a pv roof would be nice, just for the looks, for everything serious like charging its to small ... maybe a radio? or a 5000W base maschine? the later makes farmer boys work faster if the BPM match
The implementation of the clutch for fine movement is a genius idea. It makes so much sense on a piece of farming equipment as opposed to having an accelerator and trying to push down carefully.
The only thing missing (From a safety perspective) is a dead man switch on the seat in case the driver falls off.
The lawn tractors / riding mawers have something like that, I haven't seen it on a normal tractor.
Which tractor from the 70s got a dead man switch in the seat? :)
@@stelleratorsuprise8185there are in some. They shut down the engine when the tractor is in gear or when the pto is turned on.
@RubenKelevra yup. Hope it hits a tree and not the house lol that's how you end up with a tractor in the living room
@@Loonies2TheTop I would love to have a tractor in my living room
Electrical Engineer here:
You are correct. The coal is located inside and can be accessed via that screw cap.
Also, now that you broke the seal, all of the coal will have expired and must be replaced. Sorry for the bad news.
Engineer here, too - I concur.
Love your nick name.
Electrical ingeniör here.
I concur. Coal must be replaced.
I recommend original German brown coal.
Actually the battery probably has a graphite anode.
The only way to prove the coal is there: short the battery terminals and let out the magic smoke as the coal combusts
I love thread. 😂
At first, I was like, "Oh, he's a mechanical engineer." Then I was like, "Oh, he's an electrical engineer." Then I was like, "Nah! he's some kind of advanced alien species."
All those things = Farmer (mad respect to farmers)
He's just trying, in the simplest way possible, to get around John Deere's bullshit.
Nah. He is a farm kid with a camera, grit and ideas. Love it!😅
@@kennenandersen I was looking at a video about that recently. Sorry that you guys have to put up with that. In the Caribbean, we don't have any of those huge computerized tractors. Most of the tractors we have here are the old English models.
Nah he's just Canadian, eh!?
Legit was expecting you to bolt a "gaming chair" onto it.
Gaming chairs, at least originally, were just sports car seats on an office chair bottom.
Pro tip: When cutting bar stock on a bandsaw, ALWAYS cut across the widest face. 1. Less noise
2. The cut will be much straighter and have a smoother cut face.
It also makes your blades last longer
Weż przestań, przecięż efekt wizualny na filmiku będzie gorszy,
@@dowgy177100x this.
Sorry, can you elaborate?
@@cancelhandles when you cut downward on a long narrow piece the blade has a higher chance and likely tendency to twist and cut crooked. Also the cut is smoother as the chip formed is much longer across the cut per tooth as opposed to short cuts and the blade jumping and bouncing as the cut descends.
Should add an E-Stop if you haven't already, that kills power to the system in the event of controls failure
No it should be a mechanical cutoff hooked to a big red lever
@john_barnett Very hard to pull off safely with a direct drive system like this; in industrial controls we'd just put a safety rated relay in series with the motor wires, and direct wire it back to an estop
Hey ! You can create a variable voltage between 0-5V just using the PWM output of the AtMega. I would also feel like it's more reliable than the I2C DAC you're using.
Cheers !
Edit : You should also add a pull-down resistor at the ouput to ensure 0V when you are in undefined state, like before the AtTiny boots.
Cool tractor! Also, put small ceramic caps (100nF or even 10nF will do) on both speed inputs to the ground, so that wires acting like an antennas don't fry your MCU's input pins. It's a common thing on car ECUs
Thanks for the tip!
I would suggest TVS diodes instead of capacitors on the signal inputs, they react faster.
When you were looking for the coal, I was waiting for you to find a lump of coal in the bottom of the cabinet and yell "NOOOOOOO IT CAN'T BE TRUEEEEEEE!!!!" HAHA😂
The big coal and NG plants are way more thermally efficient than a small ICE, so although it is not ideal, there is still some benefit to having an EV over ICE, even if the ultimate source for the electricity is fossil fuel.
@@Real_Baxsie Also: my jurisdiction just finished phasing out coal this year!
(Mostly replaced by Natural gas, so still not ideal.)
Pay zero attention to the people arguing that electric is "worse" than petroleum as I doubt that was the point. It seems to me that you wanted to revive this tractor to do something useful without the noise and smoke. It's a great project, so thank you for sharing it with us.
I've used tractors for decades and it would be nice to have a BEV one for shorter tasks. They can't work for days at a time like their diesel counterparts, but they're great for many jobs.
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@@mariusz3229 tractors are not for fun, is for work and in one hour, you can plow at lest two smaller fields or a single big one.
But I doubt well build EV tractors only work for one hour, why because CAT came out with their EV excavators and they calim they can work for ~8 hours depending on the job.
@@Argoon1981 Then show how you plow a field of, for example, 20 ha until your toy is unloaded, and how the diesel, towing your toy along with the plow, will finish the plowing for it and tow it all to the house.
@@mariusz3229 ok we get it, you work for the oil companies and want to continue to keep us relying on the things we know are destroying earth. We’ll just do the stupid thing forever and never try anything else, seems like a the best idea in your opinion
Its weird that people instantly jump to "he must be a environmental crazy" just because eletric engines. The thing is fun as heck, produces a ton of power and are simpler than combustion. How not to like EV projects?
Given that you're in Ontario, you could use the awesome local grid power and would still not be using any coal to run your e-tractor. Ontario burned its last coal for power production in 2013. As to the concerns about embodied emissions in batteries and your solar panels, those are old, tired nirvana fallacy arguments against EVs. EVs are, according to numerous disinterested 3rd party lifecycle analyses, cleaner vehicles from cradle to grave than those they replace. When recharged on a grid like the one in Ontario, the payback of embodied emissions by an EV typically happens in less than a year of driving.
"But for farm equipement, Anything goes!"
Wow, anyone how lived or worked on a farm can relate to that one!
I'm a farm boy who ended up in agricultural design, can confirm, it's a very liberal area, which is why I reckon we have such creative machines!
@MrFeazel @MrFeazel
I now work in industrial automation, and everyone wants super high tech stuff (which does not work half the time) while I remember planters and others from my youth all working very well and being easily fixable with little tool all working based on cams and gears.
Low tech is often the right tech.
Your clutch setup is much the same as the decelerator on a dozer, bloody good work!
Renaissance man in the renaissance: I can paint, do trigonometry and speak several languages.
Renaissance man in 2024: I used the sum total of human knowledge to make a funny tractor.
Renaissance man in the renaissance: I believe a man in the sky made everything
Renaissance man in 2024: I can make anything
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yes, there are devices that essentially combine signals from electronic clutch pedals and throttle knobs, though they aren't always found as off-the-shelf consumer products. These are typically part of custom drive-by-wire systems or motor controller kits used in motorsport, industrial applications, or custom vehicle builds.
Such devices are usually referred to as ECU interfaces or drive-by-wire controller units, and they allow precise integration and modulation of electronic signals from both the throttle and clutch. These systems can be used to create smooth transitions, coordinate throttle blipping for gear changes, or adjust power delivery based on driver input.
In the automotive aftermarket, you might find standalone ECUs that have programmable features for combining inputs like throttle, clutch, and even brake pedal signals, primarily for tuning purposes. Another option could be PLC (Programmable Logic Controllers) or microcontroller-based solutions that let you combine and control these signals, useful for custom car projects or retrofits.
it still looks naked with out the oem bonnet panels . but wow great video
Safety cage around your seat is still missing . Apart from that you are amazing. BRAVO!
The future is in good hands with people like you.
most vinyl wrap is made with PVC, laser cutting PVC produces hydrogen chloride, stay safe!
"Ockham's Laser" 😆 Totally dragging Ockham into the 21st century
Well, neglecting to ass "Thorpe" or "Trope" to "Lycan" on the rear panel of the coal box is the true crime here.
Very cool thinking and implementing - purchasable chips have become much more interesting than the 7400 quad nand gates that I got to use in 1978
Electric farm equipment is so nice. And hats off for that electrical engineering and explaining it on detail, even if I didn't quite understand all the specifics completely with the lack of expertise on that subject. I don't quite need a tractor but I made my ATV electric and it helps me on so many tasks on the property. It's awesome. I bet your tractor is your new favorite tool.
Emissions for EVs that use electricity produced purely from coal are about the same as for ICE engined vehicles.
When you add lower carbon generation sources EVs progressively have fewer emissions.
It does depend on the exact fossil fuel source in question. Brown coal is so dirty that an EV running on power produced solely by brown coal would emit more than a diesel. Which is a good argument for not using brown coal power plants, they suck!
@@nerd1000ify
yeah good point.
I was basing it on typical coal plant CO2 emissions. Many assume that big power plant emissions means big emissions per mile travelled.
Great video, I am fascinated with your range of skills.
I2C DACs are dirt cheap and a perfectly fine solution for your problem. Just wanted to add that you could have used a PWM output of the ATtiny with a RC low pass filter to generate your 5V analog signal as well.
I said put the old hood back on because the rounded curved front on that is just nicer looking than a square box. but you do you, boo . You are doing a great job! I'm thinking about converting the old kubota I have.
Really like the content! If you want to know what fuse you should pick the process goes like this. First you check your amp requirement in this case 1A for the loads. Then you pick the wire gauge accordingly. That is a bit harder, because it's not only the amperage but also they way the cable is routed and length etc. A single conductor free hanging is air can carry more current than a conductor inside a narrow tube together with a lot of other conductors. There are tables where you can check the required gauge for your amp needs. And the pick a fuse accordingly to the the size of wire. You can also pick a fuse with a lower rating. In your case you should be fine =) Greetings form Germany.
I added a binary on/off e-clutch to my e-bike and it was surprisingly useful. Great for costing and just cutting the motor when I just wanted pedal power. Seriously thinking about adding it to my current build.
Protip; Everclear is stronger than rubbing alcohol and cheaper per volume. and its multipurpose! if you count drinking it as something you can do with it...
I bought a seat from the same manufacturer to use on an MF135 and just trimmed a bi off the back of the base to make it fit. The bolt pattern wasn't technically wrong for Massey Ferguson, it's just that the plate sticks out too far in the back and hits the top part of the three point hitch.
Awesome. A funny young Renaissance man/polymath on a farm. Just what this planet needs. Look forward to your next videos.
AWESOME.
I love the ingenuis implementation of the "not-a-clutch-pedal" for intuitive high precision low speed driving.
YOU should make a business out of this...
Complete conversions including PV charging stations for universal tractors...
SuperfastMatt would be proud.... It just needs a certified "good enough" sticker
I love the "powered by coal" part 😀
Little brain hurt on the electrical circuitry but enjoy learning so will come back to understand better. What a nice set up and tools and technology at your disposal. Little bit more than envious- I shall start dreaming. Thanks for your channel!!!
I absolutely love this project of yours. You know what you´re doing. About those engine covers - you should consider some kind of side panels with vents to shield the motor from water and/or elements, dust and dirt. It might prove useful in the long run.
Very impressive work on the pedal function! Glad you didnt dumb that part of the video down too much.
Babe, wake up! Liam dropped a new video!
I recommend adding a E-Stop which overrides your throttle controller and just grounds the input signal for the motor controller. Nothing wrong with your approach, but I wouldn't trust my life with a DAC ;)
attach a clamp to the unsupported with a big rubber something or a deadblow hammer to absorb vibrations.
I grew up on a farm and seeing your LED light placement gave me worries. Brush hogging or any work around fields will have tree branches that quickly peel those lights off. Old Ford N and Ferguson tractors with googly lights up front could hardly stay attached. Best solution is look up Allis Chalmers WD lighting (it's back by the operator station, short wire runs, protected, plus if you need to check the engine you can see stuff), later tractors the forward lights moved to the rear fenders. Hopefully another episode you can reattach all the hood sheet metal so the tractor appears original until closer inspection shows new..
This is some next level film production
Smart solution you also have mechanical clutches that aren't directly connected to the engine
Wow, very impressive - and entertaining commentary. What a hacker!
I like your style. Keep at it, man - you’re bound to become a UA-cam star.
This is so incredibly impressive. I want an electric tractor now. Add that one to the project list! (and learning electrical and mechanical engineering...)
You could stick some heavy ass batteries to the front of the tractor as counter weights when you're lifting something heavy at the rear
Given that Liam appears to have a brain the size of a planet I'm guessing he will spot that one!
For sure throw the old rusty tins on, nostalgia overpowers the purpose eh!
Good job! Great quality build. Looks very capable of doing work! Keep up the good work
Nice job! I can't wait to see more :)
I have a few suggestions for you. Place the lights on top of the front tires in a way that they turn when the tires turn (if possible somehow). The second suggestion: Lower the battery (if possible) so that the center of gravity is lower :)
Awesome, the cover you made is cool and such, but I think the tractor would retain more of its original look if you could put back the old cover, as some suggested.
The funny thing is, even if you got your electricity from a coal power plant it would still produce less gaseous carbon than a petrol combustion engine.
And good video, and even better tractor!
After transmission losses, that's nearly guaranteed to not be true.
@ How so? Can you expand on that? I don’t understand what you are trying to get at.
@@operator8014 Small ICE efficiency: 30%
Central power plant efficiency: 40%
Grid losses: 15%
Charging losses: 10%
system efficiency; (0.4)(0.85)(.9)x100%= 30.6%
Possibly best editing on UA-cam
Awesome build!
Possibility to make a self sufficient farm
It's not just a thumb, there's a whole severed hand there.
Bulldozers have a similar petal, Its called a de-accelerator.
So glad I found your channel
Awesome! Great followup to part 1! Can hardly wait for part 3!
Love the humour ❤😂
A hood made of solar panels would be legit.
Looks like he already has a much larger ground mounted solar array and storage batteries.
Should just make a cool hood and roof with solar panels so the tractor can charge itself anywhere!
beautiful soldering work, and all the things!!!
Decal comes from the French Décalcomanie, the process of transferring designs from prepared paper on to glass or porcelain. Both start with the dee sound.
Great work! Electric is especially efficient in low RPM high torque situations such as..... Tractors!! You can run a typical tractor all day on 20kW pack!!
You mean 20kWh?
@@plonkster I meant 1200 kWm, 😂😂 Or 68240 BTUs... Because motors are measured in joules/s and batteries are not.
I'm not sure where you're located, but in Nova Scotia, the earth has a z axis component, so pressing the clutch does not in any way result in a tractor coming to a complete stop. It does disengage the motor, but this will sometimes cause you to speed up, depending on how much of a slope you're on. Awesome conversion, looking forward to you showing it off!
Very nice. Like the clutch idea.
nice project. see you next time
these videos are so cool. I'm inspired to do it myself if I could make the time.
yes sir
this is peak
I wonder if there would be a marker for converting old tractor to electric.
Most farmer I known have some old tractor they keep around (working, barely moving, or in a shed).
I wonder how much one would pay to have a tracor converted with a kit.
Absolutely not going to do it tho.
This is exactly the level of snark I look for.
I prefer the look of the old tin but you do you. if you put those lights just a bit further out you could have made them turn with the steering!
Please tell us more about the actual farming work. Maybe I'll get motivated to build my own :)
You can put the original panels back on AND still show off the goods. It looks very unfinished without a hood on it.
Sweet project, though! I'll definitely be hopping in to check on the progress.
Electrical non-engineer here: that cap connects to a CANBUS port. Coal Activated Neural BUS
Drag angry eye jeeps, drag them!
Glad I found your channel, this is great!
Hi, there should be more, doing like you! Fossil energy must be yesterday soon! Greetings
I always laugh at the people who say electric vehicles are coal powered. First, it is an implicit admission that coal is bad (otherwise, why is it a problem?) and secondly, these people usually don't know just how little coal most countries have in their mix.
Of course they would then move the goal posts and remind you that the rest is mostly natural gas, which is also a fossil fuel. Yes, yes you are right, but there was a reason you went for coal. You went for coal because you acknowledge that that is very dirty, and therefore by your own admission, we're doing better when we use natural gas. Thanks, that's exactly the point :-)
Even if coal was used to make the electricity it would still produce less pollution because it is more efficient than a diesel engine. Also one big power station is more efficient than thousands of small farty engines.
My right-wing buddy had no idea that Alberta had phased out coal this year.
When he moved here 20 years ago: most of Alberta's power generation was coal.
Love the coal bit😊❤
Good job! I coverted a 1979 Jeep CJ5 to electric for use on my ranch and acreage. I love not having to pay for fuel (solar charged) and it can run all my electric tools and toys off of the Jeeps 110v inverter when i am far from a power grid. The next project is a trailer that has another battery for a range extender and has a solar canopy to charge as i go.
Hope it never gets cold or wet.
I think DEE-CAL - learning to read with my 7yo has learnt me a lot about English grammar 😂
brilliant work
You are going to miss the even neck sunburn one gets looking to the left/right of the hood.
With that thumbnail, a small part of me wanted that code to be Lisp or something
Nice job!
Cool tractor.
Such a cool project 😄Also I know it's so stupid but I love the dubstep title transitions 😆
Great to see that Santa Claus didn't bring any coal to power the tractor - LOL! Looks like a fun tractor.
Not a bad idea to put a blob of glue over that IC as I've seen these vibrate out from the holder over time with minimal vibration.
in my opionion a direct competitor to the new Fendt e100 V Vario which is going to be sold for 200,000 € over here in Germany :D
i would have installed the påedal as a REVERSE pedal so you can use it to stop and reverse like an rc car.
Oh boy i been dreaming about doing this project my self but i'm still looking for a cheap one with a blown engine. i would keep the clutch intact as it's really usefull.
2:17 missed opportunity to stich a clip from Dumb & Dumber
The grill can still be used for the radiators since electric cars still need cooling.
Not nearly as much though.
An ICE motor will be rejecting 233% of it's power output as heat.
And electric motor will be rejecting 11% of it's power output as heat.
looking real good!
Fun Canadian history Princess Auto was founded before Harbor Freight
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Question: would it be worth it to wire the pedal to trigger a regeneration circuit at the zero position? Not to charge the battery so much as to emulate engine braking and stop the traktor from rolling when adjusting implements i.e. preventing a roll of when there is no driver on board or if the pedal gives up the ghost
I don't have siblings that I can steal the toohtbrush from 🙃 I love this project
More batteries! Make the counterweights batteries!!!
I would love to see you hook up with your Canadian compatriots the Edison Motors guys. I know this is "just" a DIY project but the skills you demonstrate here are at a very high level. Excellent excellent excellent. Can't wait for the next instalment!
Put the original panelling back!!!!!
Please !!!!!!!!!!
maybe a pv roof would be nice, just for the looks, for everything serious like charging its to small ... maybe a radio? or a 5000W base maschine? the later makes farmer boys work faster if the BPM match