Ym2000D

[midcarolina]

Hello Everyone, although this is my first post, I have been browsing around here for some time......

I have a YM2000D and I live in a very sandy area, I have been told that R3 tires will work much better in the sand than the rice tires that are currently on it

First is this true? and if it is can I simply replace the 8.2x24 ags on the rear replace with a set of R3's and leave the ag's on the front?

Thanks

 

[mark777]

Welcome to TBN midcarolina!

Yeah...it's true. You would think the opposite with aggressive paddles and decent weight, but all that happens is you bury yourself.

Every thing for sand - off road, race ready or sand duty vehicle does the best with 'floatation tires'...much like snow shoes in a heavy drift.

I would run the widest and least aggressive style tire that would match the 4WD rolling circumference. Otherwise your tractor will suffer from internal wind up and will eventually break something in the drive train.

Mark

 

[FL_Jerry]

My 2000BD tires say they are 9/9.5-24 and 6-14s.

Being in Florida, I've been thinking of getting different tires, but like Mid, It would be much better for me(yes, I have a wife), if I did just the front or back first.

So, how do you get the 4W rolling circumference of the old rice tires, I mean what they are supposed to be, not what they are now(measure method)?

I remember another thread that got pretty in depth about the 4wd circumference, that I'm going to look over again. I just want to be sure for
obvious reasons.

Jerry

 

[mark777]

My 2000BD tires say they are 9/9.5-24 and 6-14s....

So, how do you get the 4W rolling circumference of the old rice tires, I mean what they are supposed to be, not what they are now(measure method)?...

Jerry

Jerry, I don't know the correct answer.

I've tried marking the front & rear tires and on level ground (cement slab) rolled the tractor to complete one full revolution. Carefully recorded the information of distance of both front and rear tires....And I've also measured the tire circumference with the wheels removed.

Then you go to your tire supplier, who glanced at all my 'nifty' calculations, reads the metric tire sizes and then crosses them to the closest match possible...go figure.

Mark

 

[midcarolina]

Thanks a bunch for the reply,

I read the thread about rolling circumference, but to be honest It confused me a little........

I was thinking since the tires that are on it are 24" I could just measure the side wall from tread to bead and try to find a close match.........

 

[normde2001]

Thanks a bunch for the reply,

I read the thread about rolling circumference, but to be honest It confused me a little........

I was thinking since the tires that are on it are 24" I could just measure the side wall from tread to bead and try to find a close match.........

Why not just measure the tire circumference, (divide rear by front to get a ratio)? I would be careful in mixing tire types. The effective rolling circumference of a rice tire will vary greatly, depending on how hard or soft the surface is.

 

[edmartin]

Hey midcarolina,

I live in Aiken, so we are both suffering from the same situation. Following the advice of others I actually cut down my rice tires with a sawzall and it made a huge improvment. Not only did I gain traction but it also made the tires easier on my road. If you do get the other tires please let me know how they do. Good luck.

 

[FL_Jerry]

Thanks Mark,

Let me ask the question I should have asked the first time,,,,

What is the designed front to back ratio of a 2000BD? My forum search
didn't turn up any figures that I saw, but there were so many posts!

Like Norme pointed out, the rice tires can do a lot of different things depending on the surface. When I'm sure 80% those paddles are buried
up to the tire around here


Jerry

 

[midcarolina]

I am going to try and get by my tire wholesaler today, the tires I am looking at are the Firestone ALL NON-SKID (ANS) TRACTOR TL R-3

 

[mark777]

Jerry,

Here's a link that should explain everything....It's not an easy read but interesting:

http://asae.frymulti.com/data/pdf/6/crt2004/Lecture28.pdf

It's a short PDF download with lots of great tractor 4WD and rolling circumference data.

Mark