Filling ag tires

[Redonthehead]

Are you doing this for ballast for the FEL? If so I'll throw out another option - make a large concrete block with 3 pt hitch attachment. My father-in-law made his own by building a form and taking it to the local concrete yard where they filled it with leftover concrete when it came available.

 

[vtsnowedin]

A JD 5045E or D requires for heavy loader use (manure or heavier)
combinations of weight on the wheels or in the tire AND weight on the 3PH.
From my 553 owners manual:
Option 1: small ballast box with extension 1138# plus 397# of wheel weights plus liquid ballast 1411# total of 2943#.
Option 2: Large ballst box only 2205#
Option 3: large ballast box 1918# 397# wheel weights total 2315.
All of these with a minimum rear tread setting of 66".
Obviously weight on or in the wheels doesn't count as much as weight out on the 3PH but it does count.

 

[stuckmotor]

Thanks for the responses about driving with frozen water in the tires. I'll probably start a separate thread to keep from high jacking this one.