Re: Re: Re: Ballast

Posted by Indydirtfarmer on January 22, 2004 at 04:52:16 from (66.83.236.250):

In Reply to: Re: Re: Ballast posted by Van on January 21, 2004 at 18:04:57:

Any wieght you put on the wheels, ends up putting stress on the axles, and the axle bearings. If you add 750 pounds to the center of the wheel, it won't have the same adverse effect as adding it to the outer perimeter of the wheel. (Iron wieghts, vs. fluid wieght)
Granted, most tractors are designed to handle that wiegh, it just extends the life of the bearings, by not applying all the load they can handle.
I have 2 nearly identical tractors setting in my barn. One is a 1956 Ferguson 40, that my uncle bought new. The other is a 1957 Massey Ferguson 50, my father bought new, 6 months after my uncle got his 40. The 50 never had fluid in the rear wheels. The 40 had fluid from day one. I'm currently resoring both of them. They both have about the same amount of hours (With-in 100 hours)
The 40 has MUCH MORE wear in the rear end, and rear wheel bearings. It needed brakes long before the 50 did also. While that's not "iron-clad evidence" It's good enough for me.
Here's another thing to look at. I have piut together a stainless steel chemical pump, and the hoses needed to pump fluid in and out of tractor tires. The entire package set me back less than $75. I can add fluid when needed, and take it out the rest of the time. It takes about an hour a wheel. The only time I need wieght in my tractor tires, is in the spring when I'm doing what little plowing I still do. The rest of the year, I'd rather have a lighter tractor. John

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