Sunnyside,
Did you look at the Titan manual you quoted? Page 37 of the PDF "Optimum Tractor Tire Performance" says "Liquid ballast should be avoided since it has a stiffening effect that degrades ride and generally reduces ability to control power hop" and it goes on to tell you how to properly balance the tractor via the procedure I outline above. The manual later tells you how to do liquid fill if you insist.
Similarly, look at this Clemson university abstract from the Michelin manual:
http://www.clemson.edu/cafls/safes/...rojects/brannon_setzler_michelin_ag_tires.pdf
It says plainly on page 1 that liquid ballast is not the optimum recommendation. The Firestone ag manual is no longer available online but my copy said the same thing, and in the online abstract it discusses removing liquid ballast to solve problem like tire hop.
If you just do a search on my posts you'll see many more references to the above. It's clear that although the tire manufacturers may tell you how to do liquid ballast, their first recommendation is that you NOT do liquid ballasting but rather follow the Goodyear procedure outlined above to get better traction and balance than you can get with liquid fill.
This is what my Deere dealer told me when I enquired about filling the tires. He told me you don't need to and explained the above. I later looked up all these references because what he said went against the conventional wisdom I had read on TBN.
Did you look at the Titan manual you quoted? Page 37 of the PDF "Optimum Tractor Tire Performance" says "Liquid ballast should be avoided since it has a stiffening effect that degrades ride and generally reduces ability to control power hop" and it goes on to tell you how to properly balance the tractor via the procedure I outline above. The manual later tells you how to do liquid fill if you insist.
Similarly, look at this Clemson university abstract from the Michelin manual:
http://www.clemson.edu/cafls/safes/...rojects/brannon_setzler_michelin_ag_tires.pdf
It says plainly on page 1 that liquid ballast is not the optimum recommendation. The Firestone ag manual is no longer available online but my copy said the same thing, and in the online abstract it discusses removing liquid ballast to solve problem like tire hop.
If you just do a search on my posts you'll see many more references to the above. It's clear that although the tire manufacturers may tell you how to do liquid ballast, their first recommendation is that you NOT do liquid ballasting but rather follow the Goodyear procedure outlined above to get better traction and balance than you can get with liquid fill.
This is what my Deere dealer told me when I enquired about filling the tires. He told me you don't need to and explained the above. I later looked up all these references because what he said went against the conventional wisdom I had read on TBN.
