hayden
Veteran Member
The front tires on my L5740 are pretty worn out, and more of a problem is that they are under rated for the loader capacity. These are R1 tires, 9.5x16 6 ply rated for 1390 lbs each. Rounding up, that's 2800 lbs for the axle. The tractor & loader weigh about 5200 lbs excluding the rear wheel loading and weights. If half of that is on the front wheels, that's already a 2600 lbs load. Then add the rated bucket load of about 1900 lbs, and the front tires are grossly over loaded. When I scoop up a load of stone, the front tires are nearly flat.
It took me more than a year to get them, but I recently replaced the front tires with BKT 8 ply tires that have a load rating of 1710 lbs each. That's another 600 lbs of capacity. I think they are still under sized, but it's a big improvement, and I couldn't find any alternate R1 tire that was bigger and that would also have the right rolling circumference to not mess up the 4WD.
It took me more than a year to get them, but I recently replaced the front tires with BKT 8 ply tires that have a load rating of 1710 lbs each. That's another 600 lbs of capacity. I think they are still under sized, but it's a big improvement, and I couldn't find any alternate R1 tire that was bigger and that would also have the right rolling circumference to not mess up the 4WD.