Loaded Tire Pay off?

[Phred]

Well all tractors are suppose to be rated to a side to side angle of 20 degress. Now if I load the tires this will clearly reduce the center of gravity of the machine. Therefore, the side to side angle that the machine is capable of will clearly increase.

Anyone quantify exactly how much improvement is actually gained?

Also it seems to me that if you wish to gain maximum reduction in the center of mass it might make since to evaluate how full the tires should actually be. After all the goal is to add weight low to the ground.

All these factors likely are unique for each tractor model since each design have a different center of mass.

Fred

 

[rf33]

Hi Phred,
I would be willing to bet that nobody will tell you at exactly what point your tractor (or theirs for that matter) will roll. Certainly no manufacturer will touch that one. It would stand to reason that adding liquid to the tires should serve to help lower the center of gravity though. I know that I routinely have my tractor between 20 and 25 degrees with my tires loaded, but somewhere just north of the 25 degree mark, my fear factor takes ahold and I just can't bring myself to go any further. Just yesterday I was mowing my dam, and it was pretty wet clay around 30 degrees and WOW does it sure get interesting... As someone's (I do not remember who right at the moment) signature says... Keep the greasy side down./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[Phred]

Hi ron,

I know what you mean. The lawyers make the enviroment such that any company would be foolish to put in writting a limit. This would just be a lawsuit waiting to happen.

I was just thinking that maybe some of these people that do indepedent evaluations might have looked at the issue.

After all why is the powertrac PT-1850 with the dual tires rated to 45 degrees.....very low center of mass.

Fred

 

[Boondox]

Ditto to what rf33 said. Clementine routinely mows at 20 to 25 degrees with no problem. I've had her at angles greater than 25 degrees in the forest while retrieving firewood, but the pucker factor gets quite severe.

L3010HST loaded with wheels set at their widest

Pete