Re: Front Tires for a Front Loader
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Posted by Ken McWilliams on July 21, 1998 at 04:12:03:
In Reply to: Front Tires for a Front Loader posted by Jeff King on July 20, 1998 at 20:25:37:
Jeff, My experience with 7.50 X16 on a front loader has not been good. They are too small for heavy bucket loads loads, particularly when the soil is not firm. Last winter, I had to unload a flat-bed truck during a thaw. I lifted the load from the truck and moved the truck out from under before lowering the load and went across the gravel lane as fast and as far as I could before the front wheels sank. This is on a JD-1020 with as much ballast on the 3 point as it would lift.
My CASE 420B has the original 7.50 X16 Goodyear multi-rib tires that are badly weather cracked. I'm going to replace them with as wide a tire as I can fit on it (probably 10.00 or 11.00 X 16) high floatation tire.
I don't think ribbing on front loader tires are as necessary as having a large foot print for load bearing. The mud/snow tires would be as effective as the tri-rib for the loader. If you can trade the tri-ribbed tires without taking a beating, then, do so. The ribbed tires are much more useful for AG uses.
Once I can get the CASE 420B going reliably, I plan to keep the front loader on it and mount the backhoe on it only when needed. I want to sell the front loader for my John Deere and get it back to utility use. It sure is nice to have two tractors around the farm. One to bale hay and the other to pull the hay wagon to the barn for unloading or on to pull a manure spreader and the other to load the spreader. Eliminates continual hooking and unhooking during use.
KRM
: My old Case with the loader came with nearly new Armstrong Tru-track 7.50x16 triple rib tires. I've been running about 35 psi in them. Another tractor owner told me that using the new triple rib tires on a loader was a waste of time, and I should be running a standard truck tire of the same size.
: Opinions? I have a pair of bias ply 7.50x16 8 ply retread mud grips off of the back of my pickup with about 25% tread, and have a tire machine. Would I be money ahead to put the old mud grips (casings are still good shape) on the loader and trade the triple ribs in towards a new rear tire?
: Thanks!
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