This article aims to experimentally determine how the tractor's weight distribution changes during loading by drawbar pull, and how the tractor's weight affects its drawbar pull properties. Drive wheel ballasting has a significant effect on the drawbar pull and wheel slip of the tractor -travelling gear losses. To achieve these objectives, we conducted experimental measurements on the tractor Case IH Magnum 370 CVX. The results show that higher drawbar pull is achieved in tractors with a higher weight. The measured increase of drawbar pull was 15,8 kN between maximal and minimal weight (∆ 2320 kg). All variants show an equal percentage increase in the weight on the rear axle of the tractor (+ 6 %). Increasing the tractor's weight affected the drawbar pull as well as the wheel slip. As the tractor's weight increases, there is a smaller increase in wheel slip as the drawbar pull increases. The results confirmed that tractor ballasting is important in order to achieve optimum drawbar pull properties, but it is necessary to keep in mind that the higher the weight of the machine or equipment, the larger the effect on the soil.

The contribution, based on the experimental measurement, analyses the issue of a specific pad loading pressure in relation to radial wheel load and tire inflation. Tile inflation in terms of allowed radial load, which we wish to be high as far as possible in terms of the power transmission from the wheels to the ground is important for the field tensile works, on the other hand, the pressure in the tire is closely related to the contact area and ground loading pressure. The obtained results show the following: Michelin Multibib 650/65 R38 tire, inflated to a pressure of 80 kPa has a sufficient reserve in radial load. As the measurement results show, ground loading pressure at the highest load of 36.55 kN, which was used during the measurement, is under the value of 100 kPa, which would mean on loamy soil at a humidity of 17 % that the limit of the ground pressure on the ground has not been exceeded.

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The aim of the article is to find out the impact of the increase in the force in the upper link of a three‑point hitch on the performance parameters of the tractor set Claas Arion and the carried plough Pöttinger equipped with a traction roller and the cultivator Väderstad. During aggregation of the tractor with the plough with an average increase in the force in the upper link of a three‑point hitch by 25 kN, a decrease of slippage in average by 8.25 %, a decrease in fuel consumption by 1.875 ml/m3 and an increase in effective performance by 0.225 m3/s were achieved. During aggregation of the same tractor with the carried cultivator with an increase in the force by 40 kN, an average decrease in slippage by 2.64 %, a decrease in effective fuel consumption by 2 l/ha and an increase in effective performance by 0.6 ha/h were achieved. The changes in the observed parameters were demonstrably influenced by the change in the force in the upper link, which was more significantly shown during the aggregation of the tractor with the plough equipped with a traction booster.

The objective of this article is to verify the influence of the use of the traction cylinder of the semi‑mounted plough on the performance parameters of the ploughing set., Claas Axion 850 set, equipped with Hexashift mechanical stepped gearbox, fully geared under the load of Pöttinger semi-mounted plough was used for the purposes of the measurement. Assessed parameters included force in the upper rod, slip, effective performance of the set and fuel consumption. The results of the measurement clearly indicate the positive influence of the traction booster on the performance and energetic parameters of the ploughing set. By increasing the force in the upper rod, the torque is transferred to the land-wheel which partially relieves the furrow wheel and transfers the weight pertaining to this wheel to the land-wheel. This has decreased the slip (between 0 – 15 MPa: 7.5 % for plant-bed wheel and 2 % for furrow wheel) and increased the performance of the set (hectare efficiency was increased by 3.7 %) while reducing consumption and eliminating the undesirable compaction. The difference of effective consumption was between the pressure 0 and 15 MPa 0,6 l/ha which corresponds to a decrease of 2.6 % and 2.89 ml/m3, equal to a decrease of 3.9 %. Except for some exceptions, the changes of the monitored parameters were not statistically significant. This was caused especially due to the conditions of the measurement and also due to the chosen aggregation. The measured values fluctuated due to soil non-homogeneity, which was subsequently reflected in the size of the confidence intervals and due to the fact that the tractor was under-dimensioned for the given conditions and the plough construction, the influence of the traction booster has not been proven to such an extent.