Do I need rear wheel weights for JD B?

Eboor1995 · Mar 3, 2019

I have a 43 JD B and are getting new tires and rims due to calcium chloride rotting current rims and tires. I am thinking about putting 300 pounds of Rim Guard (beet juice) in each tube it?s supposed to be non crossive and good to -35. I will be using it to pull a 2-14 plow. Is wheel weight needed for that? and if so how many pounds should I put in each tube max is 385 for 75% fill

DeltaRed · Mar 3, 2019

No. Additional wt is not needed.You need a bit of slip anyway.

Glenn F. · Mar 4, 2019

All depends on soil conditions. You would go nowhere without weight around here (NEWI).

Glenn F.

Richard G. · Mar 4, 2019

I pulled a 5 disc tiller for years in our tough soil here with a JD A and had no weight in the tires. The cast wheels were heavy enough. I hate fooling with liquid in the tires.
Richard in NW SC

Leroy · Mar 4, 2019

Do you have the pressed steel wheel or the cast wheel? But you absoulty do need extra weight. I had a 46 B, same as yours with the cast wheel and had 3-400# estimated homemade concrete weights on each rear wheel pulling 2-12" plows. If your ground is very easy working and pressed wheels then the fluid to max might just might work but for me I would have had to have more weight. And I could not pull 2-14" too much load. Now the cast wheel then the fuid should do you.

Leroy · Mar 4, 2019

Pulling that tiller is way different than pulling that plow plus an A is way heavier. No compairson

Eboor1995 · Mar 4, 2019

I have pressed steel wheels and cast iron wartime frame and I will be plowing in southern Iowa

Farmallb · Mar 4, 2019

Keep your rear tires at around between 20/25lbs. I had a 50 B, and although I imagine they had bumped up the hp by then, I could plow on the level and downhills in 3rd with a 2 14 Moline rope trip plow

MJMJ · Mar 4, 2019

Do you need it? No.

Will it be beneficial? Absolutely.

IHCPloughman · Mar 4, 2019

(quoted from post at 13:41:19 03/04/19) I have pressed steel wheels and cast iron wartime frame and I will be plowing in southern Iowa

You need extra weight. My '45 A with pressed steel wheels was quite worthless pulling a 2-12 to 2-16 plow until I added two F&H weights on the land wheel and one on the furrow wheel. I am mostly happy with it now. I don't remember how much they weigh, maybe 90 lbs each? Sandy clay loam and silty clay loam around here. I think I remember wishing I had more weight at the Belmond, Iowa show where they have clay loam soil. If you're in a hilly part of Southern Iowa, you could use more to climb the hills.

SVcummins · Mar 4, 2019

This ol gal weighs 9700 pounds it?s got max fill of liquid rust and 7 front weights it?s a little bit on the heavy side but it pulls nice . Going to remove the liquid rust eventually and go with 3 cast weights which drop me about 500 pounds

RickB · Mar 9, 2019

Fill both rears to valve level with Rim Guard.

Leroy · Mar 9, 2019

If the cast wheel that would be good, pressed steel will still need cast weights to equal the weight of the cast wheel.

Do I need rear wheel weights for JD B?

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