Hi,
I don't get here too often these days (should say years...
).
When I got my
BX2200 I had the front tires foam filled. I did not weigh them, but walked into the shop with one in each hand, and there was no way I was going to carry them out to my van except one at a time when I picked them up.
At that time I filled the rears with windshield washer fluid using a little drill-powered pump. After about 4 years I got my first rear puncture (ag tires) a couple weeks ago. I decided that I would not deal with anymore punctures with liquid filled tires, and drained the WW fluid and took the rear tires to the shop and had them foam filled.
They had a sample of foam at the tire shop, that they called zero pressure foam, as it was formed in a cup and set up under no pressure. It had the consistency of something like a dense jello or angle food cake. Pretty dense naturally. But still soft and springy.
When they fill the tires at this shop they check the pressure rating and pressurize the foam to about 10 percent less than the tire.s rated pressure.
The tires have flex and seem sort of similar to the way they felt when liquid filled. Maybe a bit stiffer, but they do flex when I push them with my foot.
I paid $111 each per tire, plus sales tax on top of that for the foam filling.
I checked the weight of the rear tires on a bathroom scale and they came in at 181 lbs each.
Hope I don't get a puncture in the rear tires on my
B2910 which are liquid filled. My guess is the tires on that tractor would cost $300 to have foam filled, but that is only a guess...
All in all I am happy with the foam filled tires on the bx and should have done it in the beginning...but only feel that way since I got a puncture!
Just another data point for those interested...
