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Re: Tractor tire traction questions


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Posted by oli on December 31, 2014 at 11:59:33 from (199.195.160.196):

In Reply to: Tractor tire traction questions posted by WellWorn on December 31, 2014 at 09:39:12:

k here's mt 2 cents:

bias, are cheaper that radials, Radials are
only worth the money if the tractor is going to
be used for higher draft loads or you are
looking for floatation, and you must be
prepared to air them down to make them work
regardless of what your neighbours say/think...
own 180hp fwa runs 8 psi in the rears
480/65r42, and the neighbours 900 metric
radials are under 5 psi.

lugs, wider spaced lugs allow for better self
cleaning, but wear poorly on road use, goodyear
used to make a dt810 radial, had a 2 piece lug
on each side of the centre line, they wore very
well, and we great in hard dry conditions for
traction, but god help you if it was wet or
slippery...

if you want floatation then the rule of thumb i
use is to have at least 3 lugs touching the
ground at a time... i've never seen any sort of
formula for weigh/hp/tire size, but as i
understand it, taller tires have less rolling
resistance, narrow tires provide less
floatation to cut down through mud to a firm
base (if there is one) while wide tires provide
floatation...

i currently run a set of trelleborgs on one
tractor, and very happy with them, a set of
mitas tires on another and very happy (these
replaced the aforementioned goodyear dt810s), i
have used michelins, but they are very $$$ and
we had puncture problems with them on the
loader tractor


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