Evening
I've got a flat tyre on one of the duals (again), got to take it off, strap it onto a trailer, take it in to the tyre man, pay some hard earned $$$ to have it fixed......or do I?
The tractor came with these duals on it and I've left them on, assuming they'd be providing extra traction....or something along those lines. I at least figured the last owner put them on for some practical reason, I've since found out that the last owner just liked to one up the neighbour.
All this machine does it mow grass with a mounted mower and spread fertiliser with a trailed spreader (admittedly on some pretty challenging and steep ground). It doesn't spend its days playing in the dirt, nor does it work in wet ground, so floatation isn't needed.
I've always found the traction to be relatively poor, the rear wheels are very quick to spin and make a mess of the grass but don't seem to really dig in and get traction. The worst bit is how much grass gets dug up when doing a tight turn, just from the wheels scuffing.
Should I just pull the duals off and sell them? Change the inner wheels around a bit to widen the track out to where the duals are? 4 tyres is always going to be less trouble and cheaper to run than 6. Or am I being silly and are they doing more than they appear to be doing?
How will it affect the ride quality? I've always found this tractor to be very bumpy, no matter what the tyre pressures are. Could I expect more cushioning and therefore a better ride if I run just the inner tyres?
I should really just pull them off and try it, but I'd rather sit here from my warm and dry armchair and ask the internet.
Inner tyre is new, 520/70R38 (Alliance), good tread, full of water. Outer tyre is 12.4R46, seen better days, no water.
I've got a flat tyre on one of the duals (again), got to take it off, strap it onto a trailer, take it in to the tyre man, pay some hard earned $$$ to have it fixed......or do I?
The tractor came with these duals on it and I've left them on, assuming they'd be providing extra traction....or something along those lines. I at least figured the last owner put them on for some practical reason, I've since found out that the last owner just liked to one up the neighbour.
All this machine does it mow grass with a mounted mower and spread fertiliser with a trailed spreader (admittedly on some pretty challenging and steep ground). It doesn't spend its days playing in the dirt, nor does it work in wet ground, so floatation isn't needed.
I've always found the traction to be relatively poor, the rear wheels are very quick to spin and make a mess of the grass but don't seem to really dig in and get traction. The worst bit is how much grass gets dug up when doing a tight turn, just from the wheels scuffing.
Should I just pull the duals off and sell them? Change the inner wheels around a bit to widen the track out to where the duals are? 4 tyres is always going to be less trouble and cheaper to run than 6. Or am I being silly and are they doing more than they appear to be doing?
How will it affect the ride quality? I've always found this tractor to be very bumpy, no matter what the tyre pressures are. Could I expect more cushioning and therefore a better ride if I run just the inner tyres?
I should really just pull them off and try it, but I'd rather sit here from my warm and dry armchair and ask the internet.
Inner tyre is new, 520/70R38 (Alliance), good tread, full of water. Outer tyre is 12.4R46, seen better days, no water.
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