Tires Loaded tires

[kodiac]

I will likely be purchasing a Kioti DK35 within the next few days. The dealer advises "loading" the tires (I guess this is water and antifreeze), especially with a FEL. He said he would do this at no additional cost. is this a good idea? Are there any negatives to having this done? Is it reversible? Could it cause the inside of the rims to rust?

Thanks Dave

 

[DK35vince]

Yes, have the tires loaded it makes a huge differance.
Much more stable when doing loader work,and with the weight of the loader 2 wheel drive is nearly useless without loaded tires.
Calcium will cause the rims to rust.Windsheild washer fluid,antifreeze would be fine.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Dave
i would load the tires especially with a FEL. DK 35 i thought would come with inner tubes and if this is the case the rims want rust with water. I have a Dk 50 FEL and i run front and back tires with water straight from the tap (faucet). However here in Australia we do not have frozen winters.
vin

 

[RedDog]

Definitely get the rears loaded.

Daedong,
Why do you have the fronts loaded?



RedDog, DK65 with loaded Industrial tires (rear only loaded)

 

[Anonymous Poster]

RedDog
i load the fronts to get more traction 0n the hilly terain in my orchard. I often lift the loader to max height to enable tight turns at the end of each row of trees. With the fel there is no place to put suit case weights and the loaded front tires work great particularly when pulling 1500lt air blast sprayer up these very steep hills.
vin

 

[RedDog]

Ok. Is your FEL quick attach/detach?

RedDog

 

[Anonymous Poster]

RedDog
It is Quick detatch but i have never bothered because i think it would still take 10 min to get off and the same to put back Lazy i suppose, typical Aussie.

 

[northcreek2624]

Dave an alternative might be a counter weight or ballast(see photo).
I built it for under $100 but,I still might load the tires when I use the 3pt. more.
For now I'm doing mostly loader work so if I get a flat it's an easy fix,relatively speaking.
Does anyone know just how many pounds I could expect to get with the 24x14.9 rears loaded?.........Mike

 

[ByuBill]

If you filled a 24-14.9 tire 75% full with water you would be adding 47 gallons which equals 392#. Different solutions vary a little in weight. So you would be adding somewhere in the neighborhood of 750# - 800# to the rear of your tractor.

 

[markie61]

I spoke to a couple dealers about loading tires vs. counter weights/ballast. They believed that 1) the extra weight is a very good idea, especially with a loader, and 2) that filled tires or wheel weights were a better idea compared to adding frame weight. Their contention was that the constant weight on the frame would cause axle bearings and other suspension parts to wear faster than they would if the weight was not on the axles (i.e., in the wheel or tire).
Whaddaya think? Make sense?
Mark