Todd: You must only use worn out 66 series tractors. I got a call one day, could I come and pull a Rockland Rotaveyor for a demonstration with my 1066 with 20.8x38 axle duals. They had been using a 185 HP Massey until the Rockland salesman got fed up with it's hydraulic performance. He wanted 200 hp, however there were none around, so the organizers called me.
A Rockland Rotaveyor puts hydraulic loads on a tractor that makes a folding wing disk look like a tinker toy. It's load on the 3 point hitch is in excess of 8,000#. We had to put 2,400 lbs. of front end weight on 1066. Even with that my operator had to be damn careful on turns, rough ground or hills. More than once that day I saw the front end 2-3 feet off the ground, even when you let the clutch out gently the front wheels lifted.
Well, the tractor came home from that, no broken axles, no busted hubs or wedge locks, no flat tires. I owned it for 16,000 hours, 9,000 of them after that day never replaced any of those things you mention. It did sell the salesman's machine for him, in fact at the end of the day he took my two operators out to dinner and also gave them a damn nice bonus.
Sure the 22' disk will be close to his limit, that is all the traction you can get out of 4-20.8x38 tires, don't matter how much weight you use. Weight only increases soil compaction. Been there and done that. May I also suggest if your breaking wedge lock wheels, you haven't read and followed the manual. If your not using axle duals on that much hp your a dummy.
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