Re: Traction Problems

Posted by paul on May 18, 2005 at 14:08:10 from (66.60.197.201):

In Reply to: Re: Traction Problems posted by TimWafer on May 17, 2005 at 17:58:07:

Those tires look good & should do, tho the long/short bars are not quite as good as standard tractor tires with a better pitch it turns out - aftter all the advertizing dust settled & real world experience kicked in. :) But, tires look fine, no problems there.

Lower air pressure will help.

Less weight on the front, a bit more on the rear will help for the disk. Duals will help in wet condion, but frankly in dry ground will decreace lbs per inch & not add a whole lot.

A 3pt plow should be adding wieght to the rear wheels, should have no problems there...... If you had a trailer plow on wheels, then it helps to angle the hitch from the plow up to the tractor drawbar - transfers weight from the plow to the rear wheels. Your 3pt plow should naturally be doing this.

How deep are you going with the plow? A 14" plow should be going about 7 inches deep. Has this ground been worked lately, is there a plow-pan you are catching. Was it used for a parking lot? My sis bough a place with a 4 acre bean field, could hardly work it up for her after the auction the previous owners had and all the pickups were in for a parking lot....

What size disk blades are on the disk? Some light duty disks are around 14 - 16 inch blades & a tractor hardly notices the thing, while some are breaking disks & have 22 - 24 inch blades heavt frames & weight added and a 150 hp tractor can be loaded with a 10 foot disk....

Difficult soil conditions can be a problem. Very, very, very dry ground can make my tractor stand up on it's hind legs when plowing, & I have a bigger setup with more weight all around.

Traction in loose ground with a disk can be 'interesting' depending on a whole lot of conditions - moisture, disk blade size, soil type....

--->Paul

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