Rear tire fluid

[ebeveridge]

Ok stupid question sorry
I have a kubota bx2350 with front end loader
Was thinking about putting fluid in rear tires to make using it better.
My question if I do this will it make going up a steeper hill more dangerous

 

[sandyc]

I believe it will lower the center of gravity and make it a bit safer

 

[Sheldon Hamblin]

Not a stupid question.
I’ve been running CUTs on similar property for over 30 years.
I load rear tires, even on my JD lawn tractor. Holds the hill much better.

When driving up a steep hill with an empty bucket, you may want to back up the hill,

 

[ebeveridge]

Not a stupid question.
I致e been running CUTs on similar property for over 30 years.
I load rear tires, even on my JD lawn tractor. Holds the hill much better.

When driving up a steep hill with an empty bucket, you may want to back up the hill,

I remove the loader when I am just mowing the yard. If I do fluid should I just back up hills rather than pull up them?
Or would I be better just building a ballast box

 

[Deere Dude]

If you can mow the hills now without the loader, adding fluid will make it nicer to mow even with the loader. I would leave the loader arms on and remove the bucket if possible when mowing. Make sure you have 4WD locked in so you don't come shooting down the hill with no brakes.

 

[Elkhorn98]

I never hear anyone filling front tires, but wouldn't that also help?

 

[jeff9366]

I have a kubota bx2350 with front end loader
Was thinking about putting fluid in rear tires to make using it better.

I never hear anyone filling front tires, but wouldn't that also help?

The tires front and rear on a BX have so little internal volume that filling them with liquid does not make much difference.

Adding iron wheel weights to the rear wheels will be more effective.
MORE: kubota bx rear wheel weights - Google Search

Most effective of all is to carry Front End Loader (FEL) counterbalance on the Three Point Hitch. As TPH counterbalance extends beyond the rear axle, pound for pound counterbalance is more effective than rear wheel ballast at holding down rear end due to LEVERAGE of counterbalance.

MORE: Kubota BX counterweight counterbalance site:tractorbynet.com - Google Search

 

[Rebeldad1]

Doesnt filling the rear tires add weight to the footprint of the tires only?
shouldn't affect going up or down a hill, loader on or off. whatever hangs beyond the rear of the axle stays the same, tires full or empty.

If the weight over the front axle lifts the rear then the extra added tire weight would aid in counterbalancing. Same goes with adding axle weights.

 

[JD 4520]

If I can expand the original question, I have had my tractor for 15 years without the tires filled. I recently purchased new tires and the dealer talked me into filling them. After much debate, I agreed. Now that I am using filled tires for the first time, my experience so far after one month is that I am not sure I feel more confident, in fact I am feeling less confident. Any thoughts why I feel this way? I was assuming I would feel a significant difference and wonder why it took me so long to fill them.

 

[shovelmike]

When I bought my Mahindra with loader the salesman included filling the rear tires as part of the deal, so I don't have a before and after comparison. The filled tires provided sufficient stability even when moving wet crusher run gravel, but in order to keep excessive load off the expensive front drive axle, I went with a 3 point suitcase weight bracket which includes a hitch receiver, loaded with 42 pound weights, it's more useful than a ballast box. I can see the hitch ball from the seat, line up under, and raise the ball right into the receiver...then latch the receiver and away I go.
Don't fill the front tires, no purpose in that.