The present work was leading in the sowing assays track at the Laboratório de Máquinas e Mecanização Agrícola (LAMMA), UNESP/Jaboticabal-SP, Brazil, where it was studied the press wheel action under loads in soil deformation with two moisture contents. The treatments consisted in the combination of two moisture contents, and six loads, totalizing twelve treatments with three repetitions. The following parameters were analyzed: soil mechanical resistance to penetration and the analysis of the soil deformation caused by the press wheel in static and dynamic testing. The press wheel used was of aluminum, with 6.4 kg mass, 40 cm diameter and 10 cm width. The load used was of 63; 161; 259; 357; 455 e 553 N, gotten by the connection of ballasts on the press wheel. The tested soil moisture was 15.4%, and 9.2%. The results allow concluding that the soil moisture has great influence on the soil deformation and compacting. The increase of the loads on the press wheel is directly proportional to soil deformation and compacting, and the bigger the soil moisture is, more susceptible is the soil to the compacting and deformation.
soil bin; sowing; soil mechanical resistance to penetration
