ctpres
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I use my tractor some on sandy yard and am not real excited about filling tires and leaving tire tracks/ruts. I like idea ofremovable weight on rear. Is there any reason filled tires are better?
I don't want weight I can't easily remove.ctpres said:I use my tractor some on sandy yard and am not real excited about filling tires and leaving tire tracks/ruts. I like idea ofremovable weight on rear. Is there any reason filled tires are better?
art said:The trend on ag tires is for solid weight not filling tires as it's been found that the liquid doesn't allow the tire to flex causing a loss of traction over comparable solid weights. This also causes premature tire wear from slippage.
Some insist on loading the tires for the weight when using their tractors predominitly for loader work. It is far more benificial to add the weight onto the three point so it would use the rear axle as a pivot point to reduce the load on the front axle. This way the steering components as well as the drive will last longer.
It seems that approximately 1/3rd less of cast weights can be used to accomplish the same as the liquid filled tires.
lhfarm said:When I purchased my tractor, I specified filled tires. My old tractor had filled ag tires. The salesman, an older gentleman, insisted that I go with wheel weights. He went so far as to give me the weights for what I would have paid for fuild. He believed the long-term problems - mostly rim rot - just weren't worth any advantages filled tires might have. I've not regreted that decision.
Here is a great tip on handling the weights for easy installation or removal TC-40D Adding tractor weights
Farmwithjunk said:Why would you think 1/3 less weight (of cast wheel weights) would accomplish same as fluid? Less weight carried on the 3-point hitch would accomplish the same as weight carried on the axle in regards to loader work.
Be it cast or fluid, weight is weight. No matter what form, carried on the axle, cast or fluid would provide the SAME amount of ballast. Cast ballast carried on the hitch would limit use of the hitch for implements.