glennmac
Veteran Member
It's been a while since we talked about foam filling for ballast. There is a new process from Arnco called SuperFlex, which supposedly retains the ride characteristics of air. Here is a site that describes it briefly:
http://www.tocebrothers.com/flatproof.asp
I need some ballast in front of my 2910 so I can brush hog without my loader. The tractor is too light in front without ballast. My cutter weighs about 700 lbs., the Freedom Hitches add about 125, and the Freedom Hitches also push the implement (and hence the center of gravity) about 6" further back from the tractor.
The tire company says that SuperFlex will add about 75 lbs. per tire for my 23x8.50x14 front tires, for $105 per tire. This would also, of course, give permanent protection against flats. I think I can get a better price at another place, but I would probably be willing to pay $210 for this, unless there is something bad about this process that I'm not being told.
Does anyone have any experience, good or bad, with this gelfoam process?
I also asked about my 12.4x16 rear tires. Would add 270 lbs. per tire at a cost of $295 per tire. That's a lot of weight but also a lot of money. I currently have my rears filled with calcium chloride up to the top of the rim, but I really don't know how much weight this has added. Does anyone have data on this?
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by glennmac on 07/31/01 04:32 PM (server time).</FONT></P>
http://www.tocebrothers.com/flatproof.asp
I need some ballast in front of my 2910 so I can brush hog without my loader. The tractor is too light in front without ballast. My cutter weighs about 700 lbs., the Freedom Hitches add about 125, and the Freedom Hitches also push the implement (and hence the center of gravity) about 6" further back from the tractor.
The tire company says that SuperFlex will add about 75 lbs. per tire for my 23x8.50x14 front tires, for $105 per tire. This would also, of course, give permanent protection against flats. I think I can get a better price at another place, but I would probably be willing to pay $210 for this, unless there is something bad about this process that I'm not being told.
Does anyone have any experience, good or bad, with this gelfoam process?
I also asked about my 12.4x16 rear tires. Would add 270 lbs. per tire at a cost of $295 per tire. That's a lot of weight but also a lot of money. I currently have my rears filled with calcium chloride up to the top of the rim, but I really don't know how much weight this has added. Does anyone have data on this?
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by glennmac on 07/31/01 04:32 PM (server time).</FONT></P>