chrisjbell
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- Joined
- Jul 17, 2000
- Messages
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- Tractor
- Kubota B7300; JD LX233
<font color="blue"> this exotic fluid: pure water.
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Yup, that is my choice, too. I'm lucky enough to live where it doesn't freeze, so I have tubes in my tires (got enough thorn related flats that I had to) and they are filled about halfway with water.
One of the nice things about doing it this way is that when I do get a flat I can just drain the tire where ever it seems best and then don't have to worry about lugging around a sort of flat, loaded tire.
Works for me, though. I can't add external weights without doing some kind of welding, which I'm not prepared to do to a tractor that is working well for me. Unfortunately, to add the Kubota weights to the front would require me to remove the FEL (not enough clearance /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif). So loading the tires is a pretty good choice (I don't do rowcropping just now, and use my lawn tractor to mow my lawn).
My fronts are almost "slicks", and when I replace them I'll have them filled with foam. Bit pricier, but would eliminate flats /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif, and is heavier than water, I think.
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Yup, that is my choice, too. I'm lucky enough to live where it doesn't freeze, so I have tubes in my tires (got enough thorn related flats that I had to) and they are filled about halfway with water.
One of the nice things about doing it this way is that when I do get a flat I can just drain the tire where ever it seems best and then don't have to worry about lugging around a sort of flat, loaded tire.
Works for me, though. I can't add external weights without doing some kind of welding, which I'm not prepared to do to a tractor that is working well for me. Unfortunately, to add the Kubota weights to the front would require me to remove the FEL (not enough clearance /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif). So loading the tires is a pretty good choice (I don't do rowcropping just now, and use my lawn tractor to mow my lawn).
My fronts are almost "slicks", and when I replace them I'll have them filled with foam. Bit pricier, but would eliminate flats /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif, and is heavier than water, I think.