Brought my new M7060 home today , need some advise

[Little General]

I will check the tire placement this weekend. I grew up dealing with filled tires and draining them and fixing a tube and then refilling them...mine are all air. I did let the pressure down to 12 psi, they were at 25 and I scooped up a full bucket of dirt and the front bulged pretty good ,so I left the pressure alone in the front. I removed the FEL, took all of 2 min. I mowed a couple acres in the rain this afternoon and had to go slow in the thick stuff as not to miss grass. Im using a Landpride 84" finish mower in 5th gear low range. In case you guys didnt read the buying section, I had been waiting on a L6060 I ordered in May and bought this M7060 with the FEL for the same price as a L6060 with no FEL.

 

[ovrszd]

The front tires will require more psi than the rear. With no FEL work they'll probably like 25 psi. Maybe others with the same tractor/tires will chime in with their favorite pressure.

I think if you widen the rears you'll like it a lot better. Improves ride dramatically. Your finish mower width will dictate what you can do.

 

[Little General]

Richard, it seems my rears are dished out but the rims are on the inside of the dish part. I will widen them out soon and before I add liquid. My finish mower is about 6" wider than the rear tires now.

 

[ovrszd]

Each change should give you about 4".

The cast center is not reversible. The rim tabs are offset so they are reversible. The rim tabs can be mounted outside or inside of the centers. These variations give you the choices you have.

 

[oosik]

I have Rim Guard in my rear tires. 1500# of beet juice. I also have an 1100# Rhino 950 rear blade on the 3-point. There is an 820# Land Pride SGC 1560 grapple on the FEL. My M6040 tips the ADM grain scales, in town, at 10,100 pounds.

The first two years I uses the "standard" procedure to check pressure in the rear tires. 12 'O clock high - puff of air into the valve stem to blow any goop back into the tire - check pressure. I run them at right around 14psi.

I found a much easier method. Drive the tractor out onto the sand/gravel surface of my driveway. Check to see that the bars make full contact all the way across the tread. Look at the imprint on the driveway. Full contact all the way across = 14psi. I haven't used a tire pressure gauge on the rear tires in over seven years.

Because I do load the grapple/FEL with heavy loads the front tires are run at max - 30psi.

 

[Little General]

OK , I got my tires filled today and it drives much more "planted" to the ground. I tried to widen the rear wheels, but I was by myself and they were stuck together so I canned that idea. Most of my land is flat. When I am mowing and want to gear down or up, using the clutch and shifting seems to make the tractor jump at pto speed, I tried just knocking the shuttle to n and changing gears and then back to f, any reason I can't do it that way? her the pic I promised

 

[ovrszd]

I think hou missed something. They wouldn't be stuck together. Soon as you remove the bolts the rim will try to separate from the center. Now that they are filled this will be a dangerous job. I don't think you should try it.

 

[oosik]

WHOA - your tires are now filled with some fluid??? Each tire/rim combo will weigh 1000 pounds or more. This is NOT a DIY project. Not unless you have the necessary equipment and experience. Let the dealer do this. I think you might be very lucky that you didn't get hurt, trying it yourself.

Also - how do you change gears - READ YOUR OPERATOR'S MANUAL.

 

[mjw357]

It seems when I turning in the field on any size incline, the rear end gets a little squirrelly.

Any chance you are in 4WD or have the rear diff locked?

 

[Little General]

The liquid solved most of not all of the squirrely actions and I grew up dealing with tractor tires full of water and using a fork lift to man handle them around. My rear tires and in the second to furthermost outward and since I live on mainly flat ground and have been driving tractors for 50 years I think I will be fine. Now i still have to figure this shuttle transmission shifting thing out.