chrisclark
Member
My wife and I are on the cusp of purchasing a new tractor. The dealer offers a package of 5 implements, including a 3-point-hitch post hole digger. My wife's father advised us that a 3-point-hitch post hole digger doesn't work well in the dry, hard clay soil of southeastern Wyoming and that renting or borrowing a skid steer would work much better. I understand this is because a 3-point-hitch doesn't apply any down force.
So the dealer has offered to swap the post hole digger for filling the rear tires with Rim Guard ballast and said that the cost to fill the tires with Rim Guard is approximately the cost of a post hole digger, but didn't give actual numbers. The tractors we're considering are the LS XR4040HC and LS XR4046HC which have 12-16.5 front and 17.5-24 rear R4 tires (according to the dealer's web site). According to the Rim Guard documentation, the rear tires get 55 gal. each. Since post hole diggers seem to go for about $800, that makes the Rim Guard cost almost $8/gal. Is this in line with the current going rate for Rim Guard?
Thanks,
Chris
So the dealer has offered to swap the post hole digger for filling the rear tires with Rim Guard ballast and said that the cost to fill the tires with Rim Guard is approximately the cost of a post hole digger, but didn't give actual numbers. The tractors we're considering are the LS XR4040HC and LS XR4046HC which have 12-16.5 front and 17.5-24 rear R4 tires (according to the dealer's web site). According to the Rim Guard documentation, the rear tires get 55 gal. each. Since post hole diggers seem to go for about $800, that makes the Rim Guard cost almost $8/gal. Is this in line with the current going rate for Rim Guard?
Thanks,
Chris