How much will filling the tires help my DK45SE HST?

[IslandTractor]

Originally Posted by edameyer

I am having a difficult time trying to get good information on using calcium. Some say tubes required. Others say not required because there is not enough oxygen in the tire to support corrosion which makes some sense to me.

I also think the "not enough oxygen" point is critical. There is a huge experience using calcium chloride and a lot of this rotting the wheels talk is a bit exaggerated. On the other hand, if there are leaks or you take the tire off without immediately rinsing the wheel then oxygen is involved and trouble follows.

I finally dismissed the idea of using CaCl simply because it was going to be such a hassle to do it myself while WWF would be pretty simple. I don't have any trouble understanding why real farmers stick with CaCl though.

[Oleozz]

Originally Posted by Harold_J

When you say you need more weight in the back of the IH for tillage is this because the calcium chloride has already been removed, or will the wheel weights actually be heavier than the calcium chloride so you won't require both?

I don't want any calcium in the radial tires so will be removing it and then hope to buy a pair of used rear wheel weights.

[mark.r]

For my needs having rears filled will be sufficient. I think for mowing fields, moving bales and working around the horse farm filling the fronts is overkill and actually detrimental to my property.

[ShilohAcresSupporter]

Thanks gang, for the quick and thorough replies. I've been reading this forum for a few months now, hence the choice for Kioti. Certainly from reading here and talking to the dealer, we knew that ballast of some sort is needed. The surprise was how badly. The old Ford 600 we also use did pretty well without filled tires and just a small blade on the back, so I was hoping the much bigger Kioti would be reasonably useful without anything. Anyway, the dealer and I decided we would try it out first, since I'm only a mile or so from the Co-op. Normally we will have a blade or box scraper on the 3-pt, except for a few tight places we need to get around in, so I wanted to see if I could save the money for another implement; should have known that wouldn't be the case.

Took the tractor down and had the tires filled the next morning, after I read the first of the responses. All is well now. The Kioti does well with just filled tires, though with a heaping full bucket an implement on the rear would be better still. So far, only about 4 hours of working with it, but it's great.

I'll try to post a picture or two, and get a profile built, but I fight my daughter for online time at home. She's got a rather large horse rescue going and is always updating her website....

thanks again, I'll have other questions to post, no doubt.