boggen
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- Trivoli, IL
- Tractor
- SSTT (Sideways Snake Tain Tractor) and STB (sideways train box) tractor, dirt harvester
R1 / ag / agriculture tires = thinner tires, with deeper lug pattern majorty of the time.
R4 / industrial tires = wider tire, more likely not as deep lug pattern.
R1 = sink down through the mud, and take a bigger bite out of the mud. hopefully sinking and bitting into ground that is more stable.
R4 = setting on top of mud (to much flotation) and just spinning tires and not going any were.
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correct ballast = big performer in pulling stuff in fields. front weight on tractor, along with rear weight.
front weights generally being suit case metal weights, placed up on the very front of tractor. generally most tractors have 2 larger bolts / holes in accepting suit case weights.
rear weight being, either wheel weights (bolted/attach to rims), and/or filling rear tires with a fluid.
correct air pressure in tires can go a long ways as well for traction.
setting plow up correctly can go a long ways in adding extra HP to pull or less HP to pull it. and how well it performs overall. less plows in ground = less HP to pull it. if that is what it means pulling a couple units off...
operators manual for tractor should give rough estimates for correct ballasting of weights, (front and rear), along with notation for tire pressure.
you need to wait till things dry up. ya just don't go out there rutting everything up. granted there are wet years and dry years. and ya gotta do what ya gotta do. but getting out there when it is to wet = bad
R4 / industrial tires = wider tire, more likely not as deep lug pattern.
R1 = sink down through the mud, and take a bigger bite out of the mud. hopefully sinking and bitting into ground that is more stable.
R4 = setting on top of mud (to much flotation) and just spinning tires and not going any were.
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correct ballast = big performer in pulling stuff in fields. front weight on tractor, along with rear weight.
front weights generally being suit case metal weights, placed up on the very front of tractor. generally most tractors have 2 larger bolts / holes in accepting suit case weights.
rear weight being, either wheel weights (bolted/attach to rims), and/or filling rear tires with a fluid.
correct air pressure in tires can go a long ways as well for traction.
setting plow up correctly can go a long ways in adding extra HP to pull or less HP to pull it. and how well it performs overall. less plows in ground = less HP to pull it. if that is what it means pulling a couple units off...
operators manual for tractor should give rough estimates for correct ballasting of weights, (front and rear), along with notation for tire pressure.
you need to wait till things dry up. ya just don't go out there rutting everything up. granted there are wet years and dry years. and ya gotta do what ya gotta do. but getting out there when it is to wet = bad
