Ballast Anyone have suitcase weights on a DK?

[IslandTractor]

I'm overseas with a slow connection and cannot get the goodyear manual to open. If you load this page: http://www.goodyear.ca/tires/farm/pdf/GoodyearFarmHandbook.pdf and look for the tire loading chart somewhere around page 57 you can look up the 75% volume figure for 23x8.5-12/4 R4s which are the front tires on the CK20. That volume in gallons is what you need in addition to what fluid you would use to figure out the real weight per tire. The valve filling device is a little gizmo you can pick up at Tractor supply for about ten bucks.

The only warning about loading front tires is to be careful to not use 4wd on hard surfaces such as asphalt as in theory at least it would strain the differential as the tires will have a harder time slipping as you turn. I haven't seen that anyone has actually done any damage but that is what gets posted as a caution frequently.