Ballast Rear wheel weights for 4600?

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John,
You see,here is where I have the problem.....when I talked to the JD engineer he said the machine was at the correct weight w/the hoe on,but he would suggest filling the rears w/out it,so my dilema is this,I harley rake 60% of the time,and use the hoe 40%,at least this was the way w/the L35,but I think that since the 110 is more machine and sooooo much smoother that may change,when using the rake its just not heavy enough,it was BARELEY for the L35 and the 110 has quite a larger loader capacity,I'm not against fillin' the tires it just seems like it would be a drag to get a flat and I don't know much about it compared to wheel weights.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

I just had a mixture of water and anti-freeze put in my rear tires Im not for shure how much weight it added but it will deffinately pull my new 6' cammond 2c2 box blade with the rippers all the way down,as befroe it would pull it and then just spin. but not any more.

 

[Nuru]

TxBillyed, I looked at foam/rubber filled tires instead of the anti-freeze filled tires and decided that I could just use my old set of Universal Weights like the Kubota owner did and make my own wheel weights. that way I avoid havng to worry about changing those heavy tires to cut my lawn or whatever would require me to have to balance the tractor while removing the tires. Let me tell you , they evidently are very, very, heavy when loaded. Also others on this message board have indicated that filling and draining the tires is not really fun. Just my input - Go with the wheel weights - seems to be less of a hassle.

 

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I talked to a tire dealer on Friday that will fill tires w/antifreeze and water and he told me that it would add about 6 to 700lbs per tire and it would cost about $400 to do it at my location, but I think that may be a bit much stress on the axels when the hoe is on,he did say that they could fill them part way,but he also said that not fillin' em' all the way was not the correct way.I don't know why it would matter if it was filled all the way or part way,anyone know the reason??

 

[cowboydoc]

I agree Nuru. The filled tires are great until you have a flat. Then you have to spend $200 just to fix a flat. Plus there are times when I don't want the extra weight. With filled tires you don't have that luxury. With the weights you can completely control the weight and when the weight is on.