Front Tire Snafu

[Bird]

I also had to have a tire replaced after only 34 hrs on my new tractor. The sidewall had a defect that started leaking this winter. 6 weeks after he said "I'll get you a new tire" (and 6 phone calls to check to see if it came in) I went down and had it replaced. Only AFTER they replaced the tire, and asked me how much air I wanted in it, did I notice the ply rating was different. You guessed it - the new one was a 4 Ply. The manager basically lied to me and told me that this was the only tire they could order. He assured me that it would not have any effect on the tractor. When I explained that the 6 Ply has a max tire pressure of 50 psi, and the 4 Ply they gave me is only rated to 35 psi max, he told me to run them both at 35 psi. Is this an issue I should be concerned about?

Should you be concerned? I dont' know. I will not claim to be a tire expert, although I have been in the business a bit in years past, but there's no way I'd allow that on my tractor.

 

[radioman]

different plys on front ?! HMMMMM, when using the FEL, I would be gosh durn concerned when turning with FEL up higher then the ground, fully loaded with wet clay or something simalar. I would suspect the tractor could be at least unstable this way. The only way I wouldn't care less what plys are on the tractor if i was only doing mowing, but between you and me- I don't think this is why you bought the BX.

disclaimer- just like what bird said, I am not a tire expert.

 

[LBrown59]

I know it usually isn't necessary, but I'm just finicky enough that I only replace tires in pairs on the same axle, even for our car and pickup. I can't even remember a time that I only bought one tire.

It's rare I buy more than 1 tire at a time.
Never had an issue from doing it that way.

 

[Bird]

It's rare I buy more than 1 tire at a time.
Never had an issur from doing it that way.

And you probably won't as long as nothing unusual happens. Sudden hard braking, especially before the days of anti-lock brakes, could cause a vehicle to turn unexpectedly one direction or the other. Of course I drove a number of high speed pursuits in a police sedan and I sure wanted all the wheels to have the same traction ability. But even in your personal vehicle, you never know when an emergency situation can occur.

 

[J_J]

If your tractor is not 4 wheel drive, I would not worry about it. Just air it up so that the axle is level. If it is 4 wheel drive make sure the circumference is the same, and both tires will turn at the same rpm on the same axle.

I just re-read all the post, and he has already solved his problem. O well.