[AT] weighted tires or not

[Mark Johnson]

Cecil:

Depending on where in OK you are located, water in the tires may be the 
last d**n thing you need right now.

Hope you are faring better than some in your state...

Mark J

On 5/26/2019 5:31 PM, Cecil Bearden wrote:
> My 8345 and my new 1220 Belarus tractors don't have water in the 
> tires.  I was going to put it in the 1220, but until I get the clutch 
> replaced,  It is just added weight to haul 100 miles to the shop.    
> The 8345 is my go to tractor for most everything.  It has a loader on 
> it.  I keep a bale spike on the rear and if I need extra weight I st 
> ab a bale on the back.  It will handle a bale on the forks without a 
> bale on the back, but I always stab a bale first before carrying one 
> on the forks.   I haul 2 on the forks a lot of times with one on the 
> back.   When I backed it into another bale spike and stabbed a rear 
> tire, it was a lot easier to repair without any water..!!  I ordered a 
> 20 inch diamond boot from Gempler's  used some of that blue and you 
> cannot tell where I stabbed it.
>
> I digress, but if I could use wheel weights and get enough weight, I 
> think I would use them instead of the water...
>
> Cecil
>
> On 5/26/2019 9:31 AM, Spencer Yost wrote:
>> I don’t do tillage but I do like the extra weight  of loaded tires on 
>> the Ford.  It keeps the hay wagon and baler from pushing it around.   
>> So your use of that wagon may be the deciding factor.   Even with 
>> loaded tires in my Ford, that 454 runs about 600-800 pounds heavier 
>> so you may not need it.
>>
>> Other than that I can’t think of one advantage of loaded tires in my 
>> current use of the tractor.
>>
>> One year when I get around to redoing the brakes I’m going to try to 
>> pull the wagon around behind the baler.    I probably need weights at 
>> that point too.  Before then I need brakes that are better than 30% 
>> effective so I don’t kill myself or the man on wagon.
>>
>> Spencer Yost
>>
>>> On May 26, 2019, at 9:46 AM, Carl Gogol <cgogol1971 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> My father, after replacing the landside tire on the JD 60, would add 
>>> water to it for plowing and heavy tillage.  Between tillage seasons 
>>> (and especially winter) would drain it as well you can and refill 
>>> with air.  Not a job that takes a lot of time, especially if you 
>>> have other things you can do while filling or draining.
>>> Carl, Manlius NY
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> On Behalf Of John Hall
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>>> Subject: [AT] weighted tires or not
>>>
>>>   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
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