Factors Affecting the Ground’s Carrying Capacity

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A key quality of the is the carrying capacity, i.e. how well the ground supports a machine in conditions. This factor is of the utmost importance because it strongly the possibility for driving a fully loaded . If the carrying is not taken into account the planning can go totally awry, causing vast additional costs, especially for the forwarding. Furthermore, the carrying capacity can vary during , e.g. due to changing weather conditions. For example, the may be hard as concrete initially at a site on till if harvesting start at the end of a dry summer, but following persisting autumn the ground at the site may be like liquid .
Consequently, the water content of the soil strongly affects the ground’s capacity and is a crucial to consider when assessing it. Other important factors are the soil type, , hydrological parameters (water ), ground frost and the thawing of frozen . In addition you must also try to assess how much the stumps and reinforce the ground and thus improve the carrying capacity.