Tires Ag tires & heavy loader work

Boondox · Mar 4, 2002

Yeah, my max is 28, though I've gone as high as 32 on occasion. And at full pressure with a heavy FEL I notice a slight bulging of the sidewall when going over ruts, etc, but nothing I'd call struggling.

There have been times, working in the forest with small stumps here and there, that I've wished for the beefiness of R4s, but you just can't beat the traction of aggies. Maybe instead I should wish for ags with additional plies.

Pete

Anonymous Poster · Mar 4, 2002

I have AG tires on my L3000 , I noticed one day while using the loader that my tire looked like it was going to come off the rim , I think if you are working it hard anything less than 22-24psi is asking for trouble. I keep mine at around 30 /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

rmcess · Mar 4, 2002

Charliebrn,
Thanks for the tip on the softfill./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
Rich...

Charliebrn · Mar 4, 2002

You're very welcome! I take it you are doing that? If so, front, rear or both?

JeffInDaUP · Mar 4, 2002

I had trouble with my front tires loosing their seal. I assumed they were loosing their seal because the air slowly leaked out and there was not enough pressure to keep the seal. What I did was use inner tubes on the front tires. It's worked great, there are no leaks, and I havn't had any trouble with the seals.

Is using tubes bad? I don't see any other posts about tubes.

Jeff...U.P. of Michigan.

Youare · Mar 4, 2002

A fellow a couple of miles up the road from me had one of the Grand L series Kubota's with a FEL. He bent a front rim on it while moving a load of hard pack, fine crushed stone.

He traded up to an M-series Kubota because of the type of work he was trying to do, and has had no more problems.

I have not had any problems with my L3000 with a full bucket of sand. The tires looked a little squat, they have at least 28 PSI in them. I am not accustomed to making sharp turns with a full bucket of material. My old Ford did not have power steering./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Randy

rmcess · Mar 5, 2002

Charliebrn, On the softfill
Not sure yet depends on the price.
Rich...

dlc · Mar 5, 2002

Could you put industrials on the front and ags on the rear? My thinking is that the large rear ag tires will have plenty of load capacity and provide the primary source of traction. The R4s up front will give the increased load capacity without sacrificing so much overall traction since they are a smaller part of the traction equation.

I pose this as a question because I don't know if this is a reasonable thing to do or not. It just popped to mind. Maybe the TBN luminaries can weigh in.

DLC

hayden · Mar 5, 2002

I can double check, but I think the circumference of the ags and R4s are different such that mixing will mess up the lead/lag when in 4WD. The ratio of the front and rear tires circumference has to match the front/rear drive gear ratio or on set of wheels will be trying to travel faster than the other and bad things happen.

RSeymour · Mar 6, 2002

Jeff,
I've seen numerous references to using tubes in front tires.
When I used to have a Jeep (CJ 5) and run in the sand dunes, we always used tubes so we could run at 3 to 5 lbs. of pressure and not loose our tires. By the way, my father-in-law has is summer home in the Channing area.