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Tire pressure - GeorgeKY or others

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Bob Farrell

09-06-2007 09:47:12




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I have a IH-424 diesel that I use mostly for bushhoging - some light discing - Just put new rear tires on and the tire man said to run 16-18 PSI in them for mowing and 14 for discing. Seems to me the 16-18 PSI is pretty tight (don't know why). What should I be running? Soil is mostly sandy loam, on the sandy side. Thanks! bob f.




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Bob Farrell

09-06-2007 10:54:17




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 Re: Tire pressure - GeorgeKY or others in reply to Bob Farrell, 09-06-2007 09:47:12  
Thanks to all you guys for your answers. I guess the tire man was pretty close. I'll play with the pressures some. Thanks again. Bob



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georgeky

09-06-2007 10:46:49




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 Re: Tire pressure - GeorgeKY or others in reply to Bob Farrell, 09-06-2007 09:47:12  
Nearly all old tires were suppose to be at 11 to 12 pounds. Tractor pulling folks run at 11 or less. I adjust mine according to what I am doing. With the 15 foot mower which is quite heavy I run around 16 to 18 pounds so sidewalls won't squat so much on hillsides. In nearly all other field work such as plowing, disking and so on I run 10 to 12 pounds. When I go to the tug pulls to play I run them down to 7 pounds. I have seen many a guy try to pull a turning plow with to much air in his tires and it will not work. They just spin and buck. Just fool around with your pressure and match it to what you are doing. Unless they are radials I would think that 16 to 18 is to much for tillage work.

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09-06-2007 10:44:30




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 Re: Tire pressure - GeorgeKY or others in reply to Bob Farrell, 09-06-2007 09:47:12  
As Tom says check the side of the tire first. Now if you don't see any thing there as far as what you should run then I'll say this. Most rear tractor tires are run at 10-15 PSI. Now going by a Ford NAA manual which I know isn't your tractor but they say 12-14 PSI for the rears on it. And a Ford 601-801 manual says 12-16 PSI

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Tom N OK

09-06-2007 10:27:45




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 Re: Tire pressure - GeorgeKY or others in reply to Bob Farrell, 09-06-2007 09:47:12  
Bob If it were me I would check the side of the tires to see what the max pressure is and put pretty close to that. 18 pounds is about right for doing most anything.

Tom



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