Posted by Billy NY on February 13, 2013 at 10:01:47 from (72.226.79.200):
In Reply to: Thoughts on tires posted by Douglas Miner on February 13, 2013 at 07:34:14:
I can relate to the tractor, we had a '64 4000 s-o-s, I spent my youth on it, now have an earlier 850.
With the loader, you must have ballast. I am not sure how the CACL loaded tires compare with pie weights, and or the heavy or light set of same, there are 2 kinds if I am correct.
What I do know is that traction will suffer greatly without the additional weight. 850 has a loader, CACL loaded tires, and in the winter a very heavy cast iron counterweight from an old aircraft tug I believe, + the weight of all my logging chains, none of which are light, one is 1/2", + the old backhoe mount, and new double ring chains. Set up like this it performs well, I have been pulling some heavier logs up hill with it, amazing what weight and chains will do for traction.
The rim could be repaired if its just the hole, cut out the bad area, patch, weld what have you, I plug welded the hole on one of mine that was the result of a sloppy tire guy, it was a new rim, new tube and tire, he said its fine, it leaked here and there and eventually failed. I dismounted the tire, the valve hole was rusted, so I cleaned the area welded it up, ground until it was smooth on the inside, I welded both sides, once during the grinding process, I cut through, metal was too thin, so I closed it up again and made the necessary passes, built up from the exposed side of the rim, got enough thickness, then ground the inside smooth, new tube and put the tire back on and loaded it myself with CACL.
Whatever you do, DO NOT WELD that rim with a tire on it, YOU MUST take it completely off the rim, if you do not, you could create a situation called pyrolisis, see attached link.
On the fronts, I think its a matter of flotation, I do know that the narrow ribbed tires like to cut in on soft ground like a pizza cutter, and makes a nice opening for rears to sink into, and getting stuck, wider, I assume it has power steering, more surface contact, harder to steer, not sure what is best on these, quite often you do see wider automotive or truck tires used, but something tells me they may not be as durable as ag/ribbed front tires.
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