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Hey folks,
can someone tell me how much liquid a 11,2x28 tractor tire will hold? Maybe a majic website? Wondering if they'll hold enough to be worthwhile as far as weight. Do filled tires have an advantage over a weight hanging on the 3PH?

Another question for you folks with 8n size tractors.

If you had a loader on it how much weight would you want hanging off the back?

If you don't have a loader, how much weight would you like to have on it to make your life easier when moving heavier stuff around?

I've got a 220 pound or so front axel weight on my tractor and about a 700 pound chunk of concrete for the 3PH that I haven't used since I always have a container with that much manure in it in winter.

Thinking to modify the big weight somehow with a hitch (receiver type that bolts onto step bumpers) so I could just leave it mounted.

Trying to make things a little more user friendly in winter.

Curious what you folks think.

Dave
 
I have a chart for weight on the other computer- without accessing that- try googling Firestone tractor tire ballast. Re: weight behind- it would take fewer lbs on the 3ph because it is behind the axle, so a multiplier factor would be involved.
 
(quoted from post at 12:44:11 08/12/10) Re: weight behind- it would take fewer lbs on the 3ph because it is behind the axle, so a multiplier factor would be involved.
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save the expense and hassle of filling the tires then? Would never be a time that I'd need weight on the naked tractor.

Dave
 
balast in the rear tires is cheap and convenient and makes everything work better. Even if it's only 400 lbs. Safe for the tractor too.
 
Just wondering about ??? Seems like you guys have a lot of road miles think nothing of traveling a 100 Kilometers with your tractors extra ballast permanently in tires I'd question for the wear-ability factor.
 
I had a loader tractor without ballast in the rear
wheels and now one with ballast. They are both
about the same weight without ballast. I did a lot
of different things to put weight on the back of
the unballasted tractor, but I still had lots of
problems in the winter when it got wet and I had
to move heavy stuff (like hay or manure). The
tractor with ballast does much better in all
circumstances. I would definitely add the fluid.
You won't regret it.

Christopher

BTW-Both of the tractors I mentioned were two
wheel drive.
 

I spend a lot of time on roads getting to the dirty spots. Think there will be a difference in tire wear?

Dave
 
Dave, liquid ballast is a relatively cheap solution, if you use methanol, or a rust inhibitor liquid. Definitely don't use CaCl, it eats rims, causes rust. I had CaCl in all of my tractor rears, had no choice, that's the way I got them. 20-40 years, and the rim is gone. I prefer to use iron wheel weights, they are easy to add, and you never have to worry about a brass valve core eroding, and squirting CaCl all over whatever is next to the tractor. Also add the Murphy's law sub-clause 1-A, which states that the valve core will go bad on a Sunday, when you need the tractor in a bad way...
 
I can't say for sure about tire wear. Someone else
with more experience than me might know better.
The only real time I spend on the road with the
tractor is getting to and from hayfields in the
summer.

There is an Amish community near us that uses
tractors. They run them on the road too and boy do
they go through the tread in a hurry.

Christopher
 
One thing to remember is that weight on the wheels, fluid or cast weights, has a lower center of gravity. When you put a weight on the three point you have counter balanced straight/level lift. However when you are on a side slope your weight is higher on the tractor.
I sold a man a small compact utility tractor. He worked in a factory and brought home two three foot square 2 inch thick pieces of steel. They weighed over 800 lbs. He made a hitch to mount them on his three point. First day he used it he was on a side hill and did not have the sway links set tight. The weight swung over against the lower stop. The tractor rolled and pinned him against a tree. Killed him. After that I always made every loader tractor I sold have fluid or wheel weights.
 
The more weight on the tires the more wear will occur.Keeping the tires pumped up will help with wear and fluid in tires will probably cause the least amount of extra wear as anywhere you can place the weight
 
The more load on a tire, the more wear. Tire wear, however, depends strongly on tire pressure. So for road use you put your tires at the maximum admissible pressure. In Holland we spend a lot of time on asphalt too and that is why heavily loaded (big = expensive!) tires have a system to change the pressure on the go.
High pressure = reduced wear but causes deep ruts in soft soil and damages pasture.
HTH, Hendrik
change tire pressure on the go
 
Go to ballaststar DOT com for an online resource on the weight you can expect by adding ballast to various tires.
 
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