Tires Weighted tires
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nh DRAGON
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Well, I am sure that most on this site will tell you that you need to and I think that if you feel the need to you should use Rim Guard. It will not rot your tires or rust your wheels. If you are keeping the back hoe on all the time maybe you will not need to. I chose not to fill mine as I mow lawns and did not want the extra weight. Maybe try it with out and you could always add it later.
radioman
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you are thinking of calcium chloride that eats away metal. If you do not use a tube or develop a pin hole leak in tube leaking the fluid then it becomes a problem. If you use other fluids like rimgaurd or similar, which is just beet juice it actually works better for you as it coats the metal of rim inside and prevents rusting.
As for loading the tires, it really depends on what you are doing. For me, I have a very small tractor that has power, but not enough weight and its tippy. I loaded my rears and it made a difference- It slips much less, its more stable with BH work, easier to scoop material with FEL without counter weight for better maneuverability.
As for loading the tires, it really depends on what you are doing. For me, I have a very small tractor that has power, but not enough weight and its tippy. I loaded my rears and it made a difference- It slips much less, its more stable with BH work, easier to scoop material with FEL without counter weight for better maneuverability.
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With fel I've always loaded rear tires but I've never had the BH. I'd get bottom line price from dealer then ask if that includes loaded rear tires. Barlows has always loaded my rear tires, it's sort of a given with them.
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I have loaded tires on mine but do not have a backhoe. I am still finding that I need more wieght back there and am in the process of building a ballast box. My 7510 had loaded tires and I never felt it needed a ballast box.
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Ace3
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Definitely fill them with Rim Guard. It will not rot or corrode the tires or rims. The added stability and weight is what you want to get the power of the tractor to the ground.
art
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When purchasing a tractor that is about the same size that you are used to working with and you haven't worked with one weighted, why would you like to change now?
They don't recommend loading rears with backhoes although people do.
People have leaks with the liquid and from time to time when they send them into us to fix they actually lost the fluid a flat or two ago and they didn't realize that they had!!!
If you would only need the fluid for a small percentage of the use of the tractor.
Don't as you will pay every day that you didn't need it!
They don't recommend loading rears with backhoes although people do.
People have leaks with the liquid and from time to time when they send them into us to fix they actually lost the fluid a flat or two ago and they didn't realize that they had!!!
If you would only need the fluid for a small percentage of the use of the tractor.
Don't as you will pay every day that you didn't need it!
I have about 110 gallons of RimGuard in a pair of 17.5L24 R4 tires, probably a little over 1100 lbs.
I also have a pair of unloaded 44x18x20 turf tires for "summer".
I generally try to use the loaded R4s for Winter and Spring, the Turfs for Summer and Fall, but this year got caught needing to do back hoe and tiller work while the turfs were still on.
I was pleasantly surprised; the hoe probably weighs as much as the tire ballast and it's weight is farther back. I was able to push dirt around quite well with the unloaded turf tires on, to about the limit that I am willing to use that particular tractor as a dozer, whatever tires are on it.
I'm not suggesting that turfs are in any way IDEAL for real field work, or absolute mud holes, but if the ground is reasonably dry and NOT clay they work quite well without ballast.
I have changed over to the loaded R4s again, snow has started.
I will SUGGEST that you try them unloaded, with the hoe on you should have significant ground pressure.
Once loaded it would be difficult, or at least awkward, to unload them.
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Another alternative would be to get two wheel sets as part of the initial "deal".
I got my turfs separately, but you could probably get a better bundled price.
I also have a pair of unloaded 44x18x20 turf tires for "summer".
I generally try to use the loaded R4s for Winter and Spring, the Turfs for Summer and Fall, but this year got caught needing to do back hoe and tiller work while the turfs were still on.
I was pleasantly surprised; the hoe probably weighs as much as the tire ballast and it's weight is farther back. I was able to push dirt around quite well with the unloaded turf tires on, to about the limit that I am willing to use that particular tractor as a dozer, whatever tires are on it.
I'm not suggesting that turfs are in any way IDEAL for real field work, or absolute mud holes, but if the ground is reasonably dry and NOT clay they work quite well without ballast.
I have changed over to the loaded R4s again, snow has started.
I will SUGGEST that you try them unloaded, with the hoe on you should have significant ground pressure.
Once loaded it would be difficult, or at least awkward, to unload them.
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Another alternative would be to get two wheel sets as part of the initial "deal".
I got my turfs separately, but you could probably get a better bundled price.
savageactor7
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I'm in a swampy area and do a lot of logging with the Kubota. I used to have tires filled with anti freeze I got stuck quite often...no big deal I always kept a cable pulley with the tractor in case we couldn't self recover with the bucket.
For what ever reason I had that anti freeze remove and put chains on the front wheels...haven't been stuck in over 10 years.
Of coarse if you pull a plow filled tires have been known to be helpful.
For what ever reason I had that anti freeze remove and put chains on the front wheels...haven't been stuck in over 10 years.
Of coarse if you pull a plow filled tires have been known to be helpful.
My tractor pushes and pulls snow and gravel better and I can pick up more weight with the loader without lifting a back tire since I had the R4 tires loaded. It doesn't seem to bounce as much either. I like it better, it feels more solid and stable to me. You still should have weight on the three point hitch though - either an attachment or a ballast box, when using the loader. Unless of course the hoe is on there. I think if you were finish mowing soft lawns you might want to think twice about loading the tires. That's my limited experience with it.