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Likes The farm

06-08-2006 06:26:38




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Maybe an unusual question. But was wondering how much asphalt eats away at Tractor tires which are kinda expensive. have about 4 acres which is about 7 miles one way away from me. Land has not been tended recently and was thinking about putting some soybeans there. Primarily use a 140 for most of my farming needs. And one would be surprised how much work can actually do in days time with one if you keep it running. Figure it would take about 6 trips which is total 84 miles year going to place to tend disk couple times plant and spray. Have good set of tires on now. If this is about only time I run on asphalt. And tractor stays shedded out of weather how fast would the roadway eat them away or would they last fair amount of time say 10-15 years. On other tractor which is 74 model very little on road most work done right around farm am only on my second set which is 32 years but am needing to replace. I just don't want to wear a 500 set of tires out in 5 years tending a few acres of beans when not going to make much at anyway...

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Glenn F.

06-08-2006 14:04:50




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 Re: Tire Wear in reply to Likes The farm, 06-08-2006 06:26:38  
Ballast is a major issue in tire wear. Glenn F.



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Nat 2

06-08-2006 13:09:33




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 Re: Tire Wear in reply to Likes The farm, 06-08-2006 06:26:38  
That's nothing. Like someone else said, your tires will dry rot long before they wear out from that little bit of road driving.



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Magman

06-08-2006 12:59:14




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 Re: Tire Wear in reply to Likes The farm, 06-08-2006 06:26:38  
All you need to do is after a few years find a puller to buy the tires and put new on they just love the cut that road riding puts into them. LOL My SM probly seen about 300 road miles in the years she went to every pull around. Made it better ever time. And the tires are dry rotting quicker then wearing out. JON



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Jimmy King

06-08-2006 10:08:23




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 Re: Tire Wear in reply to Likes The farm, 06-08-2006 06:26:38  
When I was young My Dad and Uncle farmed togather 70 head of milk cows and 35 head of sows. Foe a few years we used a 100 bushel auger wagon to haul corn to the feed mill the avg. round trip 5 miles avg. about 5 trips a week usually used a Super A to pull it. The tires still lasted a long time. About 70% of this was on blacktop. the rest on a very hard gravel surface.



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Wayne Swenson

06-08-2006 08:27:35




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 Re: Tire Wear in reply to Likes The farm, 06-08-2006 06:26:38  
Increasing the air pressure in the rear tires while on paved road surfaces will cut down on the "squirming" of the lugs and give less wear while highway running. 20-25 psi will help. Check the max pressure rating for your tire first. Reduce tire pressure to 12-13 psi while working in the field to improve floatation and traction.
With only 7 miles to go, it will take a long time to notice much extra wear with normal tire pressures.

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RustyFarmall

06-08-2006 06:45:04




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 Re: Tire Wear in reply to Likes The farm, 06-08-2006 06:26:38  
It is true that running a tractor on the road will wear on the tires, but I seriously doubt that you will notice it, especially since it is only 7 miles one way. The only alternative would be to get a truck and trailer and haul the tractor to the field, but cost of doing that would by far be greater than the cost of the wear on the tires. I know people who regularly road their tractor 20 to 30 miles at a time and are not overly concerned about the wear on the tires.

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