Filling my 48 ford 8n tires with foam

I was thinking on having my 8n rear tires filled with foam and I was wondering how it would effect my tractor? Does a 1948 8n have enough power for the added weight?

You will not like the ride. Itll be like having steel wheels. Fronts not so bad.

Going to be really heavy, give a hard ride, expensive.

Had the fronts foamed on the TO35. It works well, helps keep the front down with the mower on. main reason though was constant flats from mesquite thorns.

I only use the tractor to take care of my drive way/move snow so I figured the added weight would be good for moving snow?

Would like to see some numbers as to how potentially adding "foam" in the tires adds so much weight to an 8N that you bring it up here/question it?????

Musat be some H.D./HEAVY foam!

(quoted from post at 22:31:19 11/25/18) Would like to see some numbers as to how potentially adding "foam" in the tires adds so much weight to an 8N that you bring it up here/question it?????

Musat be some H.D./HEAVY foam!

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I think I seen some where that it takes about 415 lbs to fill a rear tire.

A foamed skid loader tire weighs a little better than a 100 pounds more than an air filled tire

Definitely not worth it in my opinion. I
bought a tractor last year that just had
foamed front tires. They were just little
5.50 x 16's but were massively heavy. They
rode like steel wheels. If you tried
driving down the road the front end started
bouncing and would try taking you to the
ditch. The first thing I did to that
tractor was to buy new tires.

weight won't matter on your tractor, but like the others have said the ride is terrible.

The tires will be more rigid so you'll not get the grip you do now plus if you ever want to change tires you will wish you didn't have foam in them.Get some wheel weights.

Quit thinking about foam just get chains how do you think a rigid tire will have better traction

Don't foam. Next to impossible to remove
tire with foam unless you put tire in a
fire.

I have to use chains or my Jubilee will
just sit and spin. I install winter air,
it's more dense, better traction than
summer air.

If you want it to ride like it has steel wheels go for it, you will HATE it if you do,, I had anew Dixon mower tires foam filled and sure never a flat again but the ride is Horrible and a 8N rides bad enough with tires that flex, the local mines have their tractor tires foamed as they are always driving over something and destroying tires but the people running them HATE it, you can do maybe half speed of normal

If you want added weight for snow removal, add cast iron weights or fill the tires with Rim Guard.

Better yet, simply add a counterweight to the three point if using a front mounted plow.

Of course, tire chains are the most effective solution.

Dean

(quoted from post at 08:22:05 11/26/18) Quit thinking about foam just get chains how do you think a rigid tire will have better traction

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Ditto, double ring chains. www.tirechains.com

Do you want foam to add extra weight, or are you considering foam as a way to fix tires that are loosing air and go flat too often?

(quoted from post at 07:03:10 11/26/18)

(quoted from post at 08:22:05 11/26/18) Quit thinking about foam just get chains how do you think a rigid tire will have better traction

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Ditto, double ring chains. www.tirechains.com

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Are the double ring chains the best?

I will tell ya this , i don't care how much IRON ya add don't care if ya add windsheild washer fluid or how strong a mix of Cal. a whell tractor in snow and ice is vary limited in traction , even a 4x4 is limited . When my one pick up got totaled out and was going to upgrade from a 3/4 ton to a one ton and install a NEW plow on the new truck till i got sticker shock on a cash and carry new Western plow and not willing to spend 4500 bucks just to plow my drive i came up with a 4.5 hour snow plow build for my Super H , i had band new steel i had a used 7.5 foot western plow and i had the tractor with less then the quarter of the price of a new plow . I had wheel weights , i had 75 # hang ons and 100# hang ons . I mounted 6 set's of 150's on the wheels , made up brackets that i could hang 100's on the tractor draw bar and had 20 10's hanging on the draw bar that should be more then enough , NOT , Aftr the third time on one day of having to drag it out with the truck being CHEAP i took the two sets of chains i had for my 3/4 ton and added about a foot of chain to each side after i doubled them up and three more cross bars and put them around the already oversized tire that were on the S/H . went from a helpless wonder to wow now i have a mini D 9 . So go ahead and add some weight but not foarm as you will not like the price of it to start with . and go buy a set of CHAINS . And some quality tarp straps .

That 8n was NOT designed for all that added weight in that location. Far different than typical wheel weights. It will be a very costly mistake. I did something on a smaller scale (front tractor tires 6x16); no question bad idea.
Jim B

Seems like it is going to be expensive to me. Probably cheaper ways to add weight.