Narrow or Wide tires on a 4x4? - Page 4

1500cheyenne96 · 11-08-2009, 10:27 AM

True also but depending on whether your tires are loaded or not will also make a huge difference on what you can and can't go through up here we use either beet juice or chloride but most everyone uses beet juice cause it don't rot the rims out like chloride

BernieB · 11-08-2009, 01:52 PM

On the family farm up in Wisconsin we used calcium in the tires. On the other family farm, in Manitoba, I can't remember what we used, except that the tractors had a very bouncy ride, so it might have just been air. Difficult to remember, being it was 40 years ago.

ErwinRommel · 11-08-2009, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by bradrhale

given and you are right. but there has been holes that i would take a 2wd tractor with skinny tires versus my 4wd with medium width tires, if you call a 10 medium width. i love my 16X10s because they get through the mud with very little problems but handle the roads, wet or dry. the tractor here has tires filled with water. this makes it gravy walking through slop or soft soil.

Well I think mud won't build to much on the skinny tires like wide tires because there is more grips on wide tires (due to width) which will make it cake up with mud more so skinny tires I think have an advantage right there on the tractor. I may be wrong.

Put hylium (sp?) in em? LOL.

Crmzendrgone · 11-09-2009, 08:33 AM

Wait a minute you mean to tell me that tractors have a liquid in the tires? WHY?

lukasmcdukas · 11-09-2009, 08:33 AM

pressurized helium, huh? why not go all the way and rename your tractor the Hindenburg II.

lukasmcdukas · 11-09-2009, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Crmzendrgone

Wait a minute you mean to tell me that tractors have a liquid in the tires? WHY?

my guess would be extra weight... most guys around here add metal discs to their wheels to give em more weight, therefore a higher normal force, creating more friction and therefore better traction.

1500cheyenne96 · 11-09-2009, 08:40 AM

Pretty much what he said^^^^ they add the liquid around here to avoid adding the metal weights cause they suck to take off in the field if you have tire problems

BernieB · 11-09-2009, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by lukasmcdukas

pressurized helium, huh? why not go all the way and rename your tractor the Hindenburg II.

Hindenburg used hydrogen, not helium. Helium is nonflammable.

BernieB · 11-09-2009, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Crmzendrgone

Wait a minute you mean to tell me that tractors have a liquid in the tires? WHY?

We used calcium because, well, it was a dairy farm, and we always had plenty. It added weight, made the tires pretty much "run flat", and didn't have the sloshing problem you get with water.

1500cheyenne96 · 11-09-2009, 08:55 AM

Was is calcium chloride? we used to use that stuff until it rotted out the rim on one of are 4020's now we use beet juice nasty stuff sure don't want to get it on you cause is stinks to high heaven but it works gerat

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11-08-2009, 01:52 PM	#32
BernieB Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 3,876	On the family farm up in Wisconsin we used calcium in the tires. On the other family farm, in Manitoba, I can't remember what we used, except that the tractors had a very bouncy ride, so it might have just been air. Difficult to remember, being it was 40 years ago. __________________ If the guys who design 'em had to take one home, use it every day for 2 years, and do all the maint and repairs themselves, cars would have a button on the dash to change the oil, filters & plugs.

11-09-2009, 08:33 AM	#34
Crmzendrgone Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Arizona Posts: 3,167	Wait a minute you mean to tell me that tractors have a liquid in the tires? WHY? __________________

11-09-2009, 08:33 AM	#35
lukasmcdukas Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Kittery, Maine Posts: 1,360	pressurized helium, huh? why not go all the way and rename your tractor the Hindenburg II. __________________ Lukas "don your headdress" McDukas 97 Nissan D21 Hardbody SE Kingcab (77,500k) 86 Yamaha Maxim X 750 4 cyl, 4 stroke (48k)

11-09-2009, 08:40 AM	#37
1500cheyenne96 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: MIchigan Posts: 849	Pretty much what he said^^^^ they add the liquid around here to avoid adding the metal weights cause they suck to take off in the field if you have tire problems __________________ THEY DON'T BUILD THEM TO BE EASY TO WORK ON THEY BUILD THEM TO WORK "The Kamikaze"

11-08-2009, 10:27 AM	#31
1500cheyenne96 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: MIchigan Posts: 849	True also but depending on whether your tires are loaded or not will also make a huge difference on what you can and can't go through up here we use either beet juice or chloride but most everyone uses beet juice cause it don't rot the rims out like chloride

11-09-2009, 08:55 AM	#40
1500cheyenne96 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: MIchigan Posts: 849	Was is calcium chloride? we used to use that stuff until it rotted out the rim on one of are 4020's now we use beet juice nasty stuff sure don't want to get it on you cause is stinks to high heaven but it works gerat __________________ THEY DON'T BUILD THEM TO BE EASY TO WORK ON THEY BUILD THEM TO WORK "The Kamikaze"

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