Checking air in loaded tires......Am I doing something wrong?

[Gary Fowler]

Are you implying that if valve stem is at 3 or 9 o'clock,tire jacked up AF can't be poured in valve stem on a deflated tire????? Not everyone lives in the frigid North that requires a 50% AF/50% H20 mixture. Slushy mixture is fine.

Even a deflated tire will not accept fluid unless the displaced air can come out. You can get some in then the tire has to burp. The easiest way I have heard other than using a pump is to hook a hose tightly on to the valve stem (the two piece type with the top section removed leaving about a 3/8" hole. Lower the jack so your tire gets slightly depressed and bleeds out the air, stick the other end in the anti-freeze bottle and then jack up the tractor. This will create a vacuum that will suck the anti-freeze into the tire. Repeat till you have all you need.

I don't use anything in my LS tires other than water. Rarely does it get cold enough to freeze the water and if it does, you wont find me out using the tractor so I just let it thaw out.

 

[Gary Fowler]

When lowering the tractor, be careful not to lower it too much and break the seal on the tire bead to rim.

 

[Oldpath05]

I was looking through the tire section in my manual about loading rear tire's, and I see the word (Caution)> do not load front tires< with no rhyme or reason or explanation on, WHY NOT, It seams to me that loaded front tires would help keep the front end down when pulling logs.

 

[murphy1244]

I was looking through the tire section in my manual about loading rear tire's, and I see the word (Caution)> do not load front tires< with no rhyme or reason or explanation on, WHY NOT, It seams to me that loaded front tires would help keep the front end down when pulling logs.

When using the Fel the tires would have no place to load. The weight would burst the seal.IMO

 

[number9L]

I put 6 or 7 gallon in my R1 fronts on L3800. Haven't had any problem yet with the FEL. I needed extra weight, my front wheels would lift with the bush hog on coming up my pond bank. Built a 100# front bumper but still needed a little more, so filled the fronts - well not full anyway. Think it ended up being about 1/2 way or a little better.

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