Ballast Foam filling tires????

[Knight]

The reason I foamed in the first place, was that I was putting a woods 7500 backhoe on a B2410. This backhoe was not recommended on the 2410 because of the front end weight of the tractor. The 2410 was 50lbs lighter than the 2710. The 2710 made the cut for the backhoe. I needed weight up front as well as in the back.
Since soft foam weighted more than calcium filled tires, minus the hassles when you have a nail, I did the soft foam.
These tires were great when I was doing clean up after replacing my roof.
I must have pulled 3 nails out of the tires.

Cons, I might be losing a little traction in mud because the tires are hard and not conforming to the terrain. But this traction loss is slight and chains can make up the traction loss in very mucking soil.

Now that I have foam, I will always do it on my tractors. Tractors are always running over things that can cause a flat, so it's worth piece of mind or should I say it's great to be mindless when driving over obstacles.

 

[7800DUDE]

I went from liquid filled R4s to soft fill turfs much better don't need weight box hardly put in 4 x 4 for snow cons have to cut off when worn out you can get recycled fill also for about 1.00 a lbs

 

[JOELENAHAN]

I don't know if you are interested in adding weight or protecting your tires from punctures, but in my case, I went the cheap route and put innertubes in my front tires. I was getting several small leaks from driving over sticks and other items on my r-4's. Since I put the tubes in (about $15 per front tire if I recall right) I haven't had any problems, knock on wood. If I do have problems in the future though, I would probably look into foam filled.

 

[GaryS]

I have liquid in the rears and recently foam filled the fronts. They are now much harder. I do not have to worry about nails and just wanted more weight. I now wish I had gone for liquid in the front.

 

[Knight]

I have liquid in the rears and recently foam filled the fronts. They are now much harder. I do not have to worry about nails and just wanted more weight. I now wish I had gone for liquid in the front.

Do the backs have inner tubes?
You don't have to worry about nails in the front's only.
Why don't you like foam in the fronts?