Anyone regret filling your tires?

[k0ua]

To answer your question...
No...
I've never owned a tractor without loaded tires...

I have. I have owned two without and 4 with. I loaded the tires on one of the two myself. It made a big positive difference.

 

[PeterK]

Never had other treads but I've had the same turfs that came on my BX for 1000 hours so far. No punctures that I couldn't push a plug in (2 plugs total). Mostly mowing, show blowing, bush hog, bucket work, tilling, hauling, limited backhoe work but tires are off the ground for that usually.

not loaded, rear wheel weights for snow, no chains required

 

[Rebeldad1]

Havnt seen this mentioned...
If you add 1000 pounds of wheel weights or add iron to the rear hitch. It gives you more stability but
also ADDS 1000 pounds more weight on the tractor structure and bearings all the time.
If you add 1000 pounds of liquid to the tires and you just cover the wheels the added weight mostly goes to the ground not the tractor bearings.

I run R4s and Washer fluid in the tires. It really adds safety and stability. I live on the side of a mountain and have a lot of hilly property. I also push snow with the R4s and really like them. Of course I always have chains on it as well. Cant ever see a time to be on a tractor in the snow without chains. I also run the diamond style chain.

 

[Texasmark]

R1, for wet stuff

I think they are for Rice farmers. The sales brochures for my 6530 were made with Rice tires. Pull up one and you can see the difference. The tractor I bought had conventional Titan R1s and rims, installed here in the USA. Big difference and unless you need such, my indication is that you don't want them for rough ride and tearing up the ground where you don't want it.

 

[Fallon]

I think they are for Rice farmers. The sales brochures for my 6530 were made with Rice tires. Pull up one and you can see the difference. The tractor I bought had conventional Titan R1s and rims, installed here in the USA. Big difference and unless you need such, my indication is that you don't want them for rough ride and tearing up the ground where you don't want it.

R2 are Rice & Cane tires. Most a Japan thing, maybe Asian in general. Relatively uncommon here in the US as we dont have many rice paddies over here. More traction in mud than R1s or any others, but they are a really rough ride & tear things up.

Firestone CHAMPION SPADE GRIP R2 Tires | Tires-easy.com

 

[LouNY]

R2 are Rice & Cane tires. Most a Japan thing, maybe Asian in general. Relatively uncommon here in the US as we dont have many rice paddies over here. More traction in mud than R1s or any others, but they are a really rough ride & tear things up.

Firestone CHAMPION SPADE GRIP R2 Tires | Tires-easy.com

That's about like someone saying Nevada is all flat sandy desert,
we know thats not correct,

Quite a bit of rice is grown in the US
Where Is Rice Grown? | Think Rice

 

[rbtjr]

We have owned five tractors: MF240, Kubota M5400, MF231 (owned part of the time we owned the M5400), Kubota L3800 and Kubota MX5800. All had filled rear tires. The first three had R1 tires and the last two had/have R4 tires. When we got the MF231, we wanted to use it for some applications in which the combination of the R1 tires and the tractor's weight, especially in the rear tires, caused more damage to the ground than we wanted--even with a light tractor. Traction wasn't an issue, so I removed the liquid from the MF231's rear tires. Boy, what a difference that made, for the worse IMO. That MF231 had a fairly narrow stance. Even on slightly unlevel ground, with the rear tires unweighted, it felt very unstable. It might have felt better if I had had more tractor experience at that time (probably 15 years ago). Still, that experience convinced me that I would never want a tractor without the rear tires being filled.

 

[Utopia Texas]

R2 are Rice & Cane tires. Most a Japan thing, maybe Asian in general. Relatively uncommon here in the US as we dont have many rice paddies over here. More traction in mud than R1s or any others, but they are a really rough ride & tear things up.

Firestone CHAMPION SPADE GRIP R2 Tires | Tires-easy.com

LOL, There is a 4,000 acre rice “paddy” family farmed 2 miles from my house west of Houston.

 

[Fallon]

Paddy field - Wikipedia

200 million tons a year from China, 10.7 from Japan, 9 for the US. Pretty small output compared to other country size & population. So ya, I'll stick by we dont have many over here compared to Asia.

 

[mikester]

If you use calcium you will one day regret corroded tire valve stem leaks and rusty steel wheels.