A 6-m self-propelled combine makes an average stop of 5 minutes everytime its 3-ton grain tank is to be unloaded. The yield of the 30-ha field is 60 tons. The operating speed is 6 kph. The time for turning on the headland at the ends of the 500-m field is 20 seconds.   Find: a. theoretical field capacity  b. actual field capacity  c. Field efficiency

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A 6-m self-propelled combine makes an average stop of 5 minutes everytime its 3-ton grain tank is to be unloaded. The yield of the 30-ha field is 60 tons. The operating speed is 6 kph. The time for turning on the headland at the ends of the 500-m field is 20 seconds.

 

Find:

a. theoretical field capacity 

b. actual field capacity 

c. Field efficiency 

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