Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Water in rear

Posted by paul on June 22, 2004 at 08:29:23 from (66.60.197.208):

In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Water in rear tire posted by buickanddeere on June 22, 2004 at 05:50:10:

Ron is a little 'out there' but I farmed with dad & by myself for all my life. Seven tractors on the place, all earn their keep.

One has fluid in all 4 tires, and still hard to keep the front end down with a big 3pt load. Sure is a stable tractor, use it to round bale ditiches, pick corn with a wagon behind, etc. Glad it has the fluid. I haul 2 200 bu wagons with it on the roads, and I could not without fluid!!!!!! It would be very dangerous.

One dad took the fluid out when one tire went bad. Made it an aweful tractor, Could sure see the traction difference on that 960. Could only turn one direction on the end rows. I got a new tire tube & fluid back in. This deal proved all I wanted to know about ballast....

I added fluid to the compact utility we got - sure was unstable without it, hated that.

The Farmall H does not have fluid, but dad made 200# concrete rings for the hubs, and I add another 400# on a bracket on the hitch for any kind of loader work. So it works out ok. I could save some work if I put fliud in, and it should have it, but this tractor has poor tires, & is kinda out to pasture so not worth it at the moment. I would suggest & recommend fluid in it tho.

The Ollie s77 & IHC 300 don't have fluid. Little chore utility fellows, works ok that way. The s77 is built heavy for it's hp, and the 300 used to have fluid before my day. It would be good to have for baling with the square baler, but I don't go down the highway with those big loads.

The big beast with duals does not have fluid. It has some cast rings on the hub, but they sure look small. I do run out of traction with the pull field cultivator, but here your compaction issue comes to play. I don't want to increase my compaction most of the time, to decrease slippage 1/4 of the time. So, I prefer this one without fluid, tho it is a problem from time to time. If I were meticulous about it, I would add/remove weight on this one somehow.

Dad used to farm with an Ollie 88. For plowing with the trailer plow, he would add 1 concrete disc to the right side, and 2 of them to the left side. For spring secondary tillage, all would come off. Getting those on or off was not a fun day!

Anything with a loader should have weight, perferably fluid, in the rear.

If this is a heavy tillage tractor, then you need to balance the weight vs slippage vs compation. More to think about.

For anything with a loader, go for the weight. It's a safety issue.

I guess I have a little experience with different tractor operations & differing ballast. I think you are selling fluid in the tires way short. It is a very good option for some tractors in some operations.

Like, any tractor with a loader on it....

You do have some good points & issues. But, not for a loader tractor, which this is....

--->Paul

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