Wherever-Case Guy, no need for me to bore you with my tractor experiences, but I can assure you that I'm no computer guru (wish I was). I'm not sure what you mean by "It don't take too many smarts to see what liquid filled tires do for performance compared to wheel weights."? Does that mean that you think anyone who doesn't agree that liquid ballast is best is not smart?
I will say that lowering the center of gravity by using fluid only works if you don't fill the tire above the 2/3 mark. I'll also give you more food for thought by saying that it is possible to get more stability from weights than liquid if the weights protrude past the outside of the rim which offer the weights a leveraging effect. I will say all of this is null and void so long as you keep the rear tires on the ground. The amount of stability offered by water in the bottom of the tire vs being 10 inches higher wont be enough to save your tail if you are lifting something that your tractor doesn't have enough butt to lift.
I've offered what Deere had to say as well as what Michelin had to say. From your remarks I'll take it that you pride yourself in having more knowledge on the subject than the Deere and Michelin engineers combined. They have each spent hundreds of millions on testing.
Why did you feel it necessary to become Dr. smarty pants? We are having an educational conversation about liquid ballast vs. iron ballast. Did you think you could clear the room by screwing up my handle and accusing me of having never sat on a tractor? I think cabin fever might be setting in for you. A bit cranky it seems.
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