Posted by Wilamayb on January 01, 2010 at 20:28:17 from (66.168.154.52):
In Reply to: Re: tire ballest again posted by The tractor vet on December 31, 2009 at 19:54:12:
If you are in need of that much weight there are weights to put on the inside of your wheel centers. Unless you have a loader there is no need for that much ballast anyway. Too much ballast equals lost efficiency. Deere offers a 1600# weights for the inside of their RC cast centers.
The ride thing is totally true. I"ve had it both ways. I made such a believer out of my dad that he removed the methanol out of his loader tractor and replaced with wheel weights. He has noted more than once it was a good idea. He reminds me every time he has a flat fixed. The charge is much less for a non liquid filled tire.
If tires are not more efficient with metal ballast why do tractor manufactures supply cast iron ballast for drawbar pull at Nebraska test? Answer: Because they pull more that way! This is not rocket science.
To each his own, but I do not like liquid ballast. I"ve had both kinds. The only place I see for liquid is in an application in which weights are not available.
As stated before... if for no other reason the wheel weights can be sold for what you paid for them. Liquid is worth virtually nothing. Weights add value to a tractor. If not then take them off and sell them separately. Liquid adds nothing to the value of the tractor. Are you gonna pay to have it pumped out before you sell the tractor? LOL
Agreed. Money is money but why waste it when there are better options.
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