For a very long time now, agricultural vehicles replaced farm animals. It does not necessarily mean that the farmer’s job became easier. Just as it was necessary to maintain the herd of animals, it is as much necessary to take care of the equipment. And for all those who wish to improve their output by reducing their expenses, it is not superfluous to consider chiptuning the engine in order to get a more competitive margin!
How to go about it?
Almost all modern vehicles are equipped with what we call an Engine Control Unit. We can imagine this control unit as a group of rules and parameters that control the functioning of your vehicle. In most cases, the functioning parameters are fixed by the manufacturer to respond to standard utilization scenarios.
However, for different reasons, you may need to increase the performance of your equipment. It may be a matter of facing unpleasant weather conditions or getting output from your engine right away or simply reducing the fuel oil consumption.
Turning to field professionals, you can access the control unit and enter desired modifications on it. You would, therefore, restart with a more powerful vehicle that is less dependent on resources and more durable.
What solid benefits would you obtain from a chiptuned engine?
It’s easy to imagine improving the performance of a tractor or a combine harvester. But what is it about? To illustrate, let’s take the case of energy consumption. Depending on the model, brand, and vehicle type, it is possible to reach a 10 to 35% improvement in efficiency.
For oil engines (without turbo), we can reach optimal conditions of 10 to 15% decrease in consumption. For oil turbo engines, we can reach about 30%. Finally, for diesel turbo engines, you could ideally reach 35% reduction in consumption.
For a tractor that consumes 13% less fuel oil, you could cover a hectare of land with only 5 liters. A great asset to increase output and above all, a win in competitiveness.