Journal of Agricultural Engineering
Open Access
  • Year: 2001
  • Volume: 38
  • Issue: 3

Development of Groundnut Digger Blade Suitable for a Small Tractor

  • Author:
  • VK Tiwari, KR Jethva
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 45 to 48

College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Gujarat Agricultural University, Junagadh - 362001, India.

Abstract

Efforts were made to develop a two-row groundnut digger blade driven by a small tractor. The blade was tested and compared with other existing traditional blades. The effective field capacity, field efficiency, harvesting efficiency and fuel consumption for the blade are 0.126 ha/h, 77.8%, 94% and 2.4 lit/ha, respectively.