Exfarmer
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- Bury St Edmunds
I swapped my drill tractor this autumn. Gone from 650x42 to 650x38. Tractor is near enough the same weight as the old one and it is noticeable (light chalk soils) that there is less mark from the new tractor.
A few years ago I went on a vaderstad drill training thing. I remember the guy there saying how often people forget to get the right front tyre and that they had data to suggest the front tyre often caused more compaction than the rear. I have gone from 540 to 600 on the front.
Most importantly I like the look of a big tyre on a 38 inch rim
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The fronts are very important, but more importantly is balance on the tractor, if you are running a 1 tonne weight on the front to balance that big drill combi, when the drill is in the ground the front is going to be compacting whatever tyres fitted!
A front press is worth far more than the work it is doing