Posted by Wilamayb on December 31, 2009 at 18:15:27 from (75.250.252.158):
In Reply to: tire ballest again posted by rlh2 on December 31, 2009 at 17:24:41:
No one could run fast enough to make me take liquid ballast.
The reasons why:
1. If you stob the tire you lose the liquid.
2. If you want to replace it you have to find or purchase more liquid.
3.It cost more to have a tire repaired with liquid. You have to do something with the remaining liquid until you get the tire fixed.
4. It makes the tractor ride rough.
5. It has less traction than a properly inflated tire with equivalent of metal ballast because the tire can distort and maintain it's footprint under heavy load with wheel weights. It cannot distort under heavy load with liquid ballast.
If you make the one time investment of wheel weights you will not only save money in the long run, you will also have a more funtional tractor.
If you ever decide to sell the wheel weights they have residual value. The liquid has NONE and may cost you to rid yourself of it.
I hear guys say that they can find wheel weights for their tractor.... Unless you have a Silver King or an Empire they are out there. It may take you a couple weeks to locate them and they may not be in your backyard, but they can be found and you will thank yourself for doing the leg work after the first flat.
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