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Re: Liquid Ballast vs. Iron Weights
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Posted by buickanddeere on July 29, 2004 at 06:49:36 from (192.75.48.150):
In Reply to: Liquid Ballast vs. Iron Weights posted by 720Deere on July 29, 2004 at 06:26:53:
You do know how to stir the pot!!! Are you certain you want to confuse people with facts when their minds are already made up? I can just imagine Galileo back in Italy in the 14th or 15th century. He almost got burned at the stake for saying a 1lb ball fell at the same speed as a 10 lb ball. The Church/Government at the time didn't want to hear that the earth and all the planets rotated around the sun either. Unless the tractor has a front mounted loader, go with only bolt on cast iron ballast. It costs a little more initially, but it's a win/win/win from there on in. We could get into the old radial vs bias ply tires conflict here too? Funny how some people claim properly sized/inflated quality radials don't save money over bias tires?
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