2 drums of washer fluid in my 3510

[Nightrain1]

All I can say is why did I wait 3 years to do it. It is like a different tractor.
When I first got the tractor, it was a learning process to get a full bucket of dirt and if you did, you better keep it right along ground level while moving, even with the bush hog hanging off the back. I still keep the load close to the ground now for obvious reasons but it is much more stable. I can mow banks that I wouldn't dare mow before also.
The kicker for me was one day when moving a full bucket of dirt down my gravel driveway, I stopped momentarily. When I tried to take off again on level graveled ground, I barely could move because the rearend was so light, it just spun the tires until I turned on the forward assist. Now loaded, I can get a bucket full pretty easily and never having to turn on the front assist is great,especially since it's still there if I need it. I am now wondering just how much ground I could tear up with a toothbar.
I know the drawbacks if I puncture a tire but this little 3510 will always have loaded rears as long as I own it.

[MtnViewRanch]

Originally Posted by Nightrain1

All I can say is why did I wait 3 years to do it. It is like a different tractor.
When I first got the tractor, it was a learning process to get a full bucket of dirt and if you did, you better keep it right along ground level while moving, even with the bush hog hanging off the back. I still keep the load close to the ground now for obvious reasons but it is much more stable. I can mow banks that I wouldn't dare mow before also.
The kicker for me was one day when moving a full bucket of dirt down my gravel driveway, I stopped momentarily. When I tried to take off again on level graveled ground, I barely could move because the rearend was so light, it just spun the tires until I turned on the forward assist. Now loaded, I can get a bucket full pretty easily and never having to turn on the front assist is great,especially since it's still there if I need it. I am now wondering just how much ground I could tear up with a toothbar.
I know the drawbacks if I puncture a tire but this little 3510 will always have loaded rears as long as I own it.

All I can say is that I'm sorry. There are many of us that have loaded tires and try to explain to people how much difference that there is with and without, but then you have the guys that are against everything heavy and talk people into other types of ballasting. What is a guy to do? I have cast iron weights and rear implements and about anything else that you can think of, and hands down, fluid in the tires was the largest improvement in how the tractor handles.

Did you consider filling the fronts also? All four tires are filled on both my 7520 and 3215, it's the only way to go for me.

[Nightrain1]

I did not do the fronts. I felt with the weight of the engine and loader, there was enough weight on those front tires already. To be honest, I have never felt a need to have more weight on them, the opposite was what I have found. Those little front tires can really sink in the mud with a bucket full. Now the backs, they should come loaded from the factory imho.

[Secret Squirrel]

If you've never had sufficient weight on those rear tires, I can understand your reaction. I use a monster ballast box and couldn't get by without it. But I've had too many punctures over the years to ever warm up to liquid-filled tires.

Rusty

[Nightrain1]

One other nice thing is wheel bearing loads. You hang weight off the back, the axle bearings are supporting it back through the frame. Loaded wheels are supported by the rims on the top half while the bottom half is not supported anywhere on the tractor other then directly to the ground.
It is a valid point about punctures and the ability to take weight off could be a plus for some I guess if your yard mowing maybe?

[LBrown59]

Originally Posted by Secret Squirrel

If you've never had sufficient weight on those rear tires, I can understand your reaction. I use a monster ballast box and couldn't get by without it. But I've had too many punctures over the years to ever warm up to liquid-filled tires.

Rusty

Big reason i wouldn't fill tires.

[Nightrain1]

I said earlier the fluid filled tires made the tractor a whole different animal but I wasn't expecting this. My 6 ft scraper blade just got tweeked watched it as it happened. I was in low gear backing up around the pond when the blade dug into the ground and bent like a pretzel. I seen it happening and got on the clutch pretty quick and moving so slowly, it kept me from destroying the blade. Lesson learned, I know you have to be careful to not hit a tree root or something solid but this was just ole clay soil. The box blade will see any light dirt work, the scraper blade is now just for snow, if that ever happens again.

[Cacinok]

did you load the tires yourself? what did it cost to do so? i have a 3510 and luckily a very heavy box blade that keeps everything on the ground except when i'm on a hill w/ a heavy load in the FEL.

[shakin]

what was the brand of the box blade was a standard duty or a hd one?

[Nightrain1]

Dealer filled, 100 bucks a drum of washer fluid, 1 per rear tire. I would check out the hook up at TSC and try it myself next time.
As far as the scraper blade, it was standard duty