California
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- Joined
- Jan 22, 2004
- Messages
- 14,902
- Location
- An hour north of San Francisco
- Tractor
- Yanmar YM240 Yanmar YM186D
My neighbor the experienced orchardist looked at my YM240 with the oversize, filled rear tires and said deflate until you see a minor bulge standing still. This makes a larger, more flexible footprint to improve traction.
This got me down below 10 psi. He said don't worry about going that low, it's just right for this application, and 7+ psi is sufficient to keep the tire from slipping relative to the rim.
For the front tires with the loader, I run 35 psi. My neighbor says he uses HD trailer tires for the front in his loader applications and they last much better than ag tires.
This got me down below 10 psi. He said don't worry about going that low, it's just right for this application, and 7+ psi is sufficient to keep the tire from slipping relative to the rim.
For the front tires with the loader, I run 35 psi. My neighbor says he uses HD trailer tires for the front in his loader applications and they last much better than ag tires.