Tires XM27 Tires on a L4610

[MChalkley]

MarkV - <font color=blue>Do you recall what kind of investment it was for the tires, custom wheels and any modifications you had to make to the tractor for them?</font color=blue>

I remember that it was very painful! /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif As best I can remember, it was about $900 for the rear tires, $300 for the front tires, $75 for the wheels, and the modifications were free, because I only had to use a grinder to grind a corner off the Bradco 609 backhoe subframe on each side.

 

[JATO_RaT]

Hey Mark, with all the extra traction you get from a radial like the Michelin's, why not go with a smaller tire then the 19's you put on the 4310's rear (why not stock size and eliminate interference). Your EF500 has considerably smaller tires then the rears you had on the 4310 and yet you are getting pretty good traction with those and they are not even radial's. What is the bonus a larger tire gives you besides a larger tire to ground contact area, longer lasting and the ability to roll over obstacles easier? I believe I can now get XM27's in a 16.5 for my front and 17.5 for the rears. I think my 16.5's will be worn out in another year. What size tires does the EF500 use? Are they R4's? Rat...

P.S. I get so much traction with my stock R4's in my soil which is decomposed granite that it is necessary for me to put the tractor in low and bull doze. However, get in the wetter areas and its like I'm on skates.

 

[richh]

Evan, out of town at a show, will get you tnfo on tires when I return. on a 4610 you do have to cut down the loader frame to get the front tires to fit. There's a guy in our town that i can get you in touch with for the tires and you can get a cost.
Rich

 

[MChalkley]

Rat - <font color=blue>with all the extra traction you get from a radial like the Michelin's, why not go with a smaller tire then the 19's you put on the 4310's rear (why not stock size and eliminate interference)</font color=blue>

There's no reason why you couldn't (or shouldn't), as long as the sizes match from a Rolling Circumference standpoint. The XM27 17.5LR24's would give much superior traction to the standard R4's. I used the 19.5's because I'm a nut. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

The EF-500 uses 12.75-18 R4 tires front and rear. Michelin makes an XM27 that would work just fine - I think it would be about 1.4 inches wider that what I'veg got. They would probably rub just a bit on the loader frame when it was fully lowered, and I was making a hard turn, but not enough to cause a problem.

 

[JATO_RaT]

"I used the 19.5's because I'm a nut."


Mark, thats what I thought, I just didn't want to say it although I was thinking it. You are a nut, but here in California, thats a good thing. Rat...

 

[MChalkley]

Rat - I considered trying to make up an excuse to pass off as a reason, but considering where you live, and the "it takes one to know one" maxim, I didn't think you'd buy it. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[EdK]

I was curious about how you go about sizing these XM27s for a certain tractor. I would like to pursue this - understanding that rim substitution may be necessary - but without loader frame mods, tires rubbing, etc. Is this a trial and error approach at best?