ROPE too TALL

[Boeing]

Thanks guys, there are some good ideas here. I did go back to past posts and some guys had done a custom hinge setup. I admired the 2X12 front end tilt, that was creative. I probably will remove it, go to a 'chine shop and have it shortened.
BTW, the tire press in the manual says 26 front and 25 rear....is that too much?
Thanks

 

[TripleR]

Thanks guys, there are some good ideas here. I did go back to past posts and some guys had done a custom hinge setup. I admired the 2X12 front end tilt, that was creative. I probably will remove it, go to a 'chine shop and have it shortened.
BTW, the tire press in the manual says 26 front and 25 rear....is that too much?
Thanks

I am not familiar with that tractor, but based on my experience those pressures do not seem out of line. In one of my manuals it gives different PSI in the front for FEL use than otherwise, so sometimes I will drop it down for mowing and smoother ride.

 

[RickB]

Thanks guys, there are some good ideas here. I did go back to past posts and some guys had done a custom hinge setup. I admired the 2X12 front end tilt, that was creative. I probably will remove it, go to a 'chine shop and have it shortened.
BTW, the tire press in the manual says 26 front and 25 rear....is that too much?
Thanks

Look at the contact patch of the rear tires to the ground. It is probably much less than the full width of the tread. If so, the tire is overinflated relative to the load it is carrying, regardless of what the OM says. The tires look like basketballs, ride like crap, and won't pull the hat off your head.

 

[RobertN]

That is how I do it. Most tire patch on the ground. Best traction, and ride.

Look at the contact patch of the rear tires to the ground. It is probably much less than the full width of the tread. If so, the tire is overinflated relative to the load it is carrying, regardless of what the OM says. The tires look like basketballs, ride like crap, and won't pull the hat off your head.

 

[Gary Fowler]

Front tires at 20-25 may be ok for FEL work, however I have never heard of any one running 25 PSI in a rear tire. Most people run about 10-12 PSI in rear tires. They need to show a slight bulge of the sidewalls so that all the tread is on the ground. You WILL notice lots of center wear on your tires fairly quickly if your run 25 PSI in them all the time. There was a pretty good reference on one of the post just last week or so on measuring the foot print of your tire by measuring the distance from your axle to the ground and axle to top of tire. I think it was recommended that the bottom distance be 85-90 % of the bottom distance. Or you could just put in about 12 PSI and forget it.

 

[Boeing]

Thanks guys for the help,
I'll look at the "roundness" of the tread and deflate accordingly....btw, when I bought the used tractor the rear had 8 pounds and I'm (guilty) the one who pumped it up to 25. Thanks again.:ashamed:

 

[Chilly807]

Thanks guys for the help,
I'll look at the "roundness" of the tread and deflate accordingly....btw, when I bought the used tractor the rear had 8 pounds and I'm (guilty) the one who pumped it up to 25. Thanks again.:ashamed:

I think mine calls for 16 pounds in the rears, and that looks not too bad as far as contact patch is concerned.

Sean