Bias Ply vs Radial

[rockinbbar]

I guess I never considered ride when roading. It's pretty smooth compared to the rough field which I just finished mowing.
I know people that tow and road smaller tractors and the tread is gone very quick. 100 hp and bat wing requires a heavy trailer but I would use a trailer rather than roading on expensive tires. I believe savings on tires would more than offset cost of owning the trailer. Most trailers I've sold brought close to what I paid years earlier.

I've got a 35' gooseneck that can carry my big tractor and 15' batwing. I don't use it much unless the job is quite far from me. Say the job is 30 miles away... I can drive my tractor there in an hour and a half. If I were to hook up, load my tractor, chain it, make the drive, then unchain, unload, shred, and do the whole process again, it just makes sense from a time, $$ and work standpoint to just drive. Especially if I'll be on the same ranch a few days.

My 45hp tractor and 12' batwing, I use the trailer to transport. But, I have a minimum charge to cover the time.

 

[jaxs]

I just noticed where you are located. Much of your trip is probably on non-paved road. Around here everything is paved,otherwise you can't travel it during wet weather. Make's a difference in tire wear. You have to watch for stickers and stobs,we worry about what has been dumped or forgotten in high weeds. A little off topic but as a contract mower you might want to file it with your good things to know. I was mowing a neighbors pasture that had laid out for two years when he drove into pasture and got out of his truck where I had made the last round. As I approached him,he hit the ground and was being dragged toward me. I thank God and those that taught me to operate farm machinery that I emediatly killed the engine without clutching or disingauging mower. His foot was tangled in round bale twine the mower picked up. Older fellow was bunged up and off his feet for weeks. He only had medicare and no supliment,I had coverage on my place but carried no insurance for work off my ranch for wages. Everyone involved was relieved when I found that coverage extended to other parties with whom I bartered work or produced items. Everybody started picking up old twine after that. There had already been incidents where livestock got tangled up and half the ranchers had twine wrapped around driveshafts on their trucks.

 

[kthompson]

Rough ride and they wear out faster...

SR

My opinion and experience also.

As to always trailering a tractor, not always reasonable. Take a person using one and say there is two miles between the fields they are working, you going to take 10 to 15 minutes to load and chain down it and then same time to unchain and unload when you could drive it those two miles in 5 minutes? Not sure how safe it is to haul tractor with a 10 or wider foot implement either, you often see the farmer have to pull tractor onto s shoulder for cars to pass. Rather not do that meeting a car when running even 40 miles an hour with truck and trailer. It also requires an area to load and unload an often there is not such an area at a field. Do agree when reasonable to hauling is good.