Loaded Tires and Tire Pressure

[Texasmark]

I loaded my Industrial rears on the 2400 up even with the top of the inner diameter of the tire. I then tested it for a soft ride and settled on 4-5 psig. Small bulge in sidewall but sidewalls are inherently stiff anyway. There is really too much tire for the weight of me and the tractor without a 3 pt implement. But what are your choices: Turf that has no traction, Ag which have a rough ride due to the tread, but softer sidewall and plenty of traction if you are plowing or industrial with too stiff a sidewall and enough traction to get by on most non plowing jobs.

I removed the seat springs and installed a pair of motorcycle air inflated seat spring substitutes and run them at 5-7 psig. Talk about a smooth ride........heaven. In the event I hook up to a 3 pt implement I will increase air pressure accordingly, but otherwise they stay where they are. Larger tractors carry around 18 or less. Usually plenty for the implements used. On them I either have an air seat or suspension seat with the shock absorber disconnected.....you'd be amazed at just how soft of a ride you can get from a suspension seat by doing that one thing. Really don't have to worry about spine wrenching jolts unless you drive too fast and then you can put your legs in the "shock ready" mode and mitigate it with them.

 

[PHPaul]

Thanks everyone!

 

[Texasmark]

I loaded my Industrial rears on the 2400 up even with the top of the inner diameter of the tire. I then tested it for a soft ride and settled on 4-5 psig. Small bulge in sidewall but sidewalls are inherently stiff anyway. There is really too much tire for the weight of me and the tractor without a 3 pt implement. But what are your choices: Turf that has no traction, Ag which have a rough ride due to the tread, but softer sidewall and plenty of traction if you are plowing or industrial with too stiff a sidewall and enough traction to get by on most non plowing jobs.
I removed the seat springs and installed a pair of motorcycle air inflated seat spring substitutes and run them at 5-7 psig. Talk about a smooth ride........heaven. In the event I hook up to a 3 pt implement I will increase air pressure accordingly, but otherwise they stay where they are. Larger tractors carry around 18 or less. Usually plenty for the implements used. On them I either have an air seat or suspension seat with the shock absorber disconnected.....you'd be amazed at just how soft of a ride you can get from a suspension seat by doing that one thing. Really don't have to worry about spine wrenching jolts unless you drive too fast and then you can put your legs in the "shock ready" mode and mitigate it with them.

Update. Problem with previously mentioned fixes was the dynamic seat travel distance. On what I had, 2" was the limit.....not enough for smooth ride and bottoming out prevention. So today my air seat system (minus the seat which I already have) arrived and tomorrow it gets installed. It has a 4" travel and that should be the end of it.