I used a tractor years ago..a F-12..on steel wheels doing all sorts of tractor work and believe me there is no advantage for steel wheels in at least 95% of the jobs you'll do with a tractor in general farming. The only practical use of steel wheels I ever saw...and I'm 77 and have seen a lot, was we had a set for our H we used to skid logs in the woods with in the wintertime. The steel seemed to pull around better on the frozen and unfrozen but always slippery ground...and you didn't have to be careful to not tear them up like you could the rubber tires if you weren't. Slipping doesn't give you additional power, it does give you sort of a cushion when pulling tillage tools and plows...and honestly, the steel wheels slip some pulling heavy loads too. Find a video of a steel wheeled tractor plowing and watch the land wheel closely. If you keep the tires inflated to correct pressure they'll protect the rims from being bent..and the tires are far more vulnerable to damage than the rims are.
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Today's Featured Article - Tuning-Up Your Tractor: Plugs & Compression Testing - by Curtis Von Fange. The engine seems to run rough. In the exhaust you can hear an occasion 'poofing' sound like somethings not firing on all cylinders. Under loaded conditions the tractor seems to lack power and it belches black smoke out of the exhaust. For some reason it just doesn't want to start up without cranking and cranking the starter. All these conditions can be signals that your unit is in need of a tune up. Ok, so what is involved in a tune up? You say, swap plugs and file the points....now tha
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