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STATUS OF BULLOCK CARTS AND COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF CART AVAILABLE IN CHHATTISGARH PLAINS

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Title STATUS OF BULLOCK CARTS AND COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF CART AVAILABLE IN CHHATTISGARH PLAINS
 
Creator Patre, Nikhil Kumar
 
Contributor Quassim, M.
Victor, V.M.
Pali, A.K.
Banafer, K.N.S.
Mishra, B.P.
 
Subject BULLOCK CARTS,CHHATTISGARH
Farm Machinery, Power Engineering
 
Description Bullock cart is the backbone of transportation and travelling in the rural area. Despite various kinds of transportation sources the use of bullock carts is not decreased in the rural area. Whose main reason is its low transportation cost, its reach to impassable areas and its availability on time. In Chhattisgarh, the use of bullock carts is wide and traditionally. There are few changes in the bullock cart with the passage of time, such as the use of iron wheel and frame, but these changes are without any technical considerations. Because of this reason villagers are not utilizing the cart at its full efficiency.
In order to reduce these problems, a study on the features and design of bullock carts was undertaken in Chhattisgarh plains region. For this study, 24 villages from 8 districts of Chhattisgarh plains are surveyed. In the survey, the measurement of bullock cart and its annual use pattern by the farmers was recorded.
From the survey it was found that four types, which are iron frame with iron wheels type (IFIW), wooden frame with iron wheels type (WFIW), iron frame with wooden wheels type (IFWW) and wooden frame with wooden wheels type (WFWW) bullock carts are used by the farmers in the region. The dimensions of these carts were, average length 4.29 m, width 1.49 m and height 0.85 m, position of axle from front and rear side was 2.87 m and 1.40 m respectively, the average height of yoke from ground to yoke was 1.06 m, average horizontal distance between yoke and axle was 2.45 m, average ground clearance 0.48 m, diameter of axle 0.048 cm, average diameter of wheel 1.17 m and average length of yoke was 1.81 m. On an average bullock cart was used 75 days annually for one-hectare land holding by the farmers.
The testing of the four types of bullock carts, which are used by the farmers, was carried out. The bullock carts were tested for five payloads which are, tare weight, 500, 700, 900 and 1100 kg, the draught (kg), speed (km/h), power requirement (kW) and wheel slippage (%) were evaluated. Among all types of cart, The lowest draught (17.56 kg at tare weight and 35.22 kg at 1100 kg) and power requirement (0.27 kW at tare weight and 0.39 kW at 1100 kg) were found in IFIW type cart whereas the highest draught (22.45 kg at tare weight and 45.64 kg at 1100kg) and power requirement (0.32 kW at tare weight and 0.50 kW at 1100 kg) was found in WFWW type cart,. The highest speed (4.10 km/h at tare weight and 2.99 km/h at 1100 kg) was found in IFIW type cart and lowest speed (3.67 km/h at tare weight and 2.76 km/h at 1100 kg) was found in WFWW type cart. The lowest slippage (2.30% at tare weight and 0.88% at 1100 kg) was found in IFIW type cart and highest wheel slippage (3.36% at tare weight and 1.63% at 1100 kg) found in WFWW type cart, among all types of cart.
After the study, modifications in the bullock cart were suggested to improve its efficiency such as to increase the carrying capacity of the bullock carts up to 1500 kg payload. The bearing provision were suggested between wheel and axle assembly to minimize the friction, improvement in yoke to reduce the injuries in neck of bullocks, rubber lining on the wheels of cart to minimize the damage of road and to reduce the overall manufacturing cost of the cart.
 
Date 2016-12-16T10:43:32Z
2016-12-16T10:43:32Z
2016
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier 84 p.
http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/90464
 
Language en
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur