Ballast Bolt on rear wheel weights

[radioman]

I have lost a lot of fluid over the years due to flats, so I went with the weights, there was only a $5 difference. I also reasoned I could take the weights off if needed, of course in the two plus years I have owned it they have never been off.

good point here. liquid ballast is not for everyone, esp in flat inducing areas.

I only had one flat in my rears and that is when I noticed my rimguard was leaking through the tire stem. It was the oddest way of a leak. it was between the rubber of stem cover and the metal screw on part. It was like it was defective tire stem. luckly I had my BH on and just lifted rears off ground and replaced the stem. For cost of stem replacement, I felt there was no need to bother with kubota warranty. this just shows that with liquid ballast, you can be easily prone to "lose money" . However for amount of fluid lost and I kept valvee hole upwards, amount lost was negliable.

It's good to know that there are options for rear weights and my preferance is filled rears. If I keep getting rear flats, I would have switched to tire cast weights or ballast box, although I would hate the additional length in back of my tractor.

 

[TripleR]

good point here. liquid ballast is not for everyone, esp in flat inducing areas.

I only had one flat in my rears and that is when I noticed my rimguard was leaking through the tire stem. It was the oddest way of a leak. it was between the rubber of stem cover and the metal screw on part. It was like it was defective tire stem. luckly I had my BH on and just lifted rears off ground and replaced the stem. For cost of stem replacement, I felt there was no need to bother with kubota warranty. this just shows that with liquid ballast, you can be easily prone to "lose money" . However for amount of fluid lost and I kept valvee hole upwards, amount lost was negligible.

It's good to know that there are options for rear weights and my preference is filled rears. If I keep getting rear flats, I would have switched to tire cast weights or ballast box, although I would hate the additional length in back of my tractor.

Yeah, what works best for one tractor or situation won't for another. I bought my L5030 used and it has WWF in Industrial tires. If I get a flat, I may put weights on and may not. We even run some of our tractors without weights or fill as they are used almost exclusively for bush hogging and always on flat ground. They won't pull worth a darn, but don't need to.

 

[HJT]

I think I will just go with the bolt on iron weights if I can find them around here. Have to see what a couple Kubota dealers in the area have to offer. Thanks guys. HJT