[AT] weighted tires or not

[John Hall]

  Some of you guys may remember I had to replace the tires on our 454 
Utility tractor a couple months ago (about 40hp).  I didn't have time to 
add water to them before I started using it. One of the first jobs was 
to spray some wet fields. Got to thinking, this thing weighs about 1,000 
lbs less now---that is a good thing in wet ground. Spraying, mowing, 
tedding hay is about all I do with this one. Occasionally I have to move 
a loaded hay wagon with it (probably about 5-7,000 lbs). Wondering if I 
should leave the fluid out of the tires?  We've had this tractor since 
72 and it has always had loaded tires. The only time I am thinking I may 
really need them loaded is using a scrape blade (for heavy work, not 
touching up a driveway), in the snow, it isn't often I have to scrape 
snow but it happens every few years, or moving heavy wagons--especially 
backing them up. Tractor is not 4WD, it does have a set of wheel weights 
(always has had) and we live on some rolling hills--there are places you 
don't go with any tractor. Whats the groups thoughts?

John Hall