Tires Load rear tires?

dodge man · Apr 17, 2009

I have owned a BX2350 for a little less than a year now. I bought it to be used mainly as a mower. Like a lot of owners, I have found many uses for the FEL. Half of my 150 hours are FEL work. Should I load the rear tires? The only reason I haven't is I am worried about the extra weight tearing up my lawn more. Will loading the rear tires make that big a difference on the lawn? It seems like when I do damage the lawn it is mainly the fronts doing the damage any way.

My yard is fairly hilly and rough in places if that makes any difference. From what I have read, filling the rears helps with stability.

Charlton John · Apr 17, 2009

What type of tires do you have now? I have loaded rears on my 2620, the back tires on mine are quite bigger than yours (so more weight) and it does not damage my lawn at all. I dont mow w/ my tractor and have R-4's. As you mentioned most lawn damage comes from the front tires. I can tell you from a stability standpoint the loaded rears are a big plus w/ FEL work. My previous tractor didnt have loaded rears and I can deffinitly see the difference. You could also skip loading the rears and just use some rear ballast like a box blade or ballast box etc...) when using the FEL. If you do decide to load go w/ rimguard.

dodge man · Apr 17, 2009

I have turf tires. I have a homemade ballast box, but I don't like to mess with putting it on, plus I wouldn't mind a little more stability when mowing.

LD1 · Apr 17, 2009

If you have turf tires I don't think you'll have a problem. They're smaller tires i'm not sure what they'll hold, maybe 200lb each, which you're lawn probablly wouldn't notice cause turf tires are very wide and have a lot of floatation.

RobJ · Apr 17, 2009

I loaded mine with water, $15 tool from gemplers. I also put in tubes, no rust issue. I don't worry about freezing either.

Rob

harpoonalt · Apr 17, 2009

I have a 2350 with R4's loaded. I've never had a problem making ruts in the lawn. Everyones property is different but if it's not marking now,the extra weight isn't likely to make that much difference. You will like the stability and traction the weight adds. The positives far outweigh any negatives as far as loading your tires go.

fish6942 · Apr 17, 2009

Have you thought about wheel weights?

dodge man · Apr 17, 2009

I have thought about weights, but they cost more. It would be nice to be able to take them off though. I got an estimate for loading my tires, and it's about $95. Edit: I did see on Kubota's web site where wheel weights are only about $60 a pair. They are listed as plastic, so I assume you have to fill them up with sand or something.

harpoonalt · Apr 17, 2009

My dealer loads almost 95% of the tires on the tractors he sells. He'll talk you into at the sale and usually throw it in with the deal. It's the one thing that you do then forget about it. Weight boxes, wheel weights, etc. do work but unless you have a really soft lawn just add more complexity that you don't need. Wheel weights can be a pain as well as rear weight boxes. been there done that. Get your tires loaded and enjoy the low (actually no) maintenance upgrade for a long time. Let us know