Posted by northeast iowa on January 10, 2010 at 08:53:03 from (206.72.18.153):
I have been having real issues with posting and so I could not coment on some posts. I changed my handle now, and seems to be working as of now.
One of the coments / posts was dealing with rubber or steel wheels.
I have used them both alot over the last fourty years, and would like to coment.
The last issue was a couple years ago my sons purchased some property (five acres) that was completly covered with treasures. Old farm machinery that is. It also was a dump site for cement block, blacktop, used lumber, farrow crates--and on and on. It was down in a large draw, with poor drainage, and some standing water.
I have a WD Allis turned around with a loader on it. I also have a set of steel wheeles off a WC that was redone to fit a WD or a WD 45. The turned around tractors do a pretty decent job getting around with chains on. The skid loader doesn't have tracks, so it was more of a anchor rather than any help. There was some frost in the ground, and was a muddy mess. We had a small crawler with street pads that was very limited also.
One day we put the steel wheels on the turned around WD. At first I always went straight in, and straight out so the cat could cable me out. After a short while I found out that getting stuck was almost imposible. One must note that there was alot of junk under the surface that saved my keyaster, the belly of the tractor would be rubbing, and then you would feel the steel wheel lug grab a rock, wire, or a buried chunk of wood.
My ex wive's grandpa always told me that rubber tires were far better on a hill road--lime rock--or in timber soil--very loose soil.
By the way, when I was loading all that scrap iron, (with the steel wheeled loader) often someone would stop to visit or observe---well I was kinda like a high school boy with a cute young cheerleader observing, many times refered to as a show off.
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