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We have a couple of trailers on order with floatation tyres and I was wondering do they pull easier on the road compared to super singles.I would imagine not but keen to hear your thoughts.Thanks.
No. Super singles are better in every respect apart from compaction in my opinion.We have a couple of trailers on order with floatation tyres and I was wondering do they pull easier on the road compared to super singles.I would imagine not but keen to hear your thoughts.Thanks.
No. Super singles are better in every respect apart from compaction in my opinion.
hat trailers have you orderedWe have a couple of trailers on order with floatation tyres and I was wondering do they pull easier on the road compared to super singles.I would imagine not but keen to hear your thoughts.Thanks.
I'll checkAre they the high sidewall tyres or just the 45 profile? Big difference
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hat trailers have you ordered
Currently getting quotes here for a new trailer
They are 560/60 R22,5 radial floatation Vredestein tyresAre they the high sidewall tyres or just the 45 profile? Big difference
But if the flotation are wider is the lower yield loss on the narrow part lost on the extra width? Also if on controlled traffic system does it make any difference?But the compaction issue dwarfs every other consideration.
If the trailers are going to be used in fields, at all, then I wouldn't entertain 'super' singles in any way shape or form. I could see the appeal if someone was hauling bales 20 miles but they wouldn't be allowed to load on the land here.
Unless the ground is baked hard to depth, they leave 10cm ruts behind them which robs yield for several years.
But the compaction issue dwarfs every other consideration.
If the trailers are going to be used in fields, at all, then I wouldn't entertain 'super' singles in any way shape or form. I could see the appeal if someone was hauling bales 20 miles but they wouldn't be allowed to load on the land here.
Unless the ground is baked hard to depth, they leave 10cm ruts behind them which robs yield for several years.
But if the flotation are wider is the lower yield loss on the narrow part lost on the extra width? Also if on controlled traffic system does it make any difference?
Not sure why the W is above your message??hat trailers ?
We have ordered grain trailers AW Ultima ,roll over sheets,mud guards,air/hydraulic brakes.These are top spec ones.
Ah I see now.Not sure why the W is above your message??
In my experience carting maize in 2012 when it was wet we were swapping trailers to reduce the mud taking out on the road , some had wide flotation some supersingles the wider ones did sink less but were far harder to pull due to their extra width causing the tractors to dig in more, both of us doing the trailering in the field comemted on it which is why I made the point. I just wonder if any research has been done above the normal narrow high pressure tyres cause more compaction that the same trailer on wider tyres, let's face it anyone can see that . We dd so never see any tyre marks use small trailers as we dont have long hauls and an old combine and always unload on headlands so it's not a problem for us, different situations would need different solutions.It's just pressure on the ground.
560/60-R22.5 is a big tyre, but you can run them at 30psi which leaves a very long and wide footprint that barely marks the ground at all.
'Super' singles are roughly half the width but they're designed to run at 105 -116 psi, usually nearer 90 psi on farm trailers. The 14 or 16 ply carcass isn't designed to flex, so they have a really high 'point' pressure on the ground which cuts in like a pizza cutter and compacts below cultivation depth.
I can see the logic of controlled traffic, but I've also seen a few farms up and down the country with 36m sprayers, having what looks like 12m tramlines in their winter sown crops all the way through to harvest. Super singles aren't going to improve the situation.