Liquid in tires

[ljjhouser]

Add ballast - box blade or more. Forward down the hill, back up the hill. And liquid will also help 40-50%. And slow. Going up a hill forward invites real problems is steep and you bounce off a bump or rut. Take your time. Learn the road and what your tractor will tolerate. Best Wishes.

 

[SmallChange]

Tires should never be filled 100%.

No argument there, but: how could you do that anyway? You can't get the valve at the top of the bubble of air inside to let it out, can you?

 

[jeff9366]

When the tire lays flat on the ground it can be filled 100%.

When tractor tires are foamed, they are filled 100% with the tire laying on the ground.

 

[oosik]

I have 775# of Rimguard in each rear tire. This and my eight foot Rhino rear blade( 1000+#) keep me firmly planted on the ground. My rear tires are set at the widest setting. This helps with stability on slopes. Otherwise it's experience and common sense.

 

[Torvy]

I would approach the question this way...what reasons would you have to NOT add ballast to your tires? The only good reason I have heard is if you are working a nice lawn and want to reduce tread damage.

The added weight helps with stability, which leads to more safety, which, in my way of thinking, trumps any lawn work you might do. To be fair, I am among the least interested people here vis-a-vis lawns. Any other arguments I have heard boil down to mess or inconvenience. Again, they don't come close to added safety in importance.

We are in NE Texas, from what part of Texas do you hail?

 

[oosik]

I completely agree with Torvy. My 10,000 pound+ tractor stays far away from my lawns. I have a riding mower for the lawns. I don't have steep hills or impossible grades to traverse. BUT - I DO HAVE the occasional hidden hole for a tire to drop into. Stability and safety are primary concerns for me and my tractor.

As far as safety - I'm somewhat OCD. For a fact - it's a 45 minuet wait for help of any kind to reach me under the best of conditions. The "golden hour" is almost shot before I will receive any help.

 

[Citydude]

Just one added comment on filled tires. Keep a plug kit on the tractor. Ive used my kit twice to plug punctured rear tires.

 

[ROUSTABOUT]

All this discussion. I won't have a machine without water in the tires. I'm 56 miles from Texas. We run 6 tractors. We have one tractor that's probably 5000 lbs from the stealership. It weighs 13,600 lbs now. Weight makes the work happen. We have every machine putting the power to the ground.

 

[ROUSTABOUT]

I run with bulk washer fluid in all 4 tires in the winter. Haven't had any issues and its very cheap. I used to have a set of rear tires that were bought used that had calcium chloride in em and that was enough to convince me to never use that stuff. They nearly rotted through.

Yep, water and some type of no freeze around here too. Overall better by far in the long run. If you have a flat with beet juice, have to park it a few months and save up for fuel because the Joose be so high. I mean, you looking down on a cat's back with that. I can fill an Olympic swimming pool with what they spend on beet juice. I can beat that. At the end of ten years, dollar for dollar, against work done, water is the winner. Every house has water. Some old ladies have canned beets.

 

[ROUSTABOUT]

Just one added comment on filled tires. Keep a plug kit on the tractor. Ive used my kit twice to plug punctured rear tires.

I run tubes. If it don't have tubes, I put tubes in.