Foam filled front tires?

[EddieWalker]

100% is off road. Dirt, grass and brush. I have Black Locust trees and their thorns are brutal, but I also bush hog small trees and their spikey little stumps probably cause most of my flat tires.

I mostly use the tractor for mowing. It has an auger on it right now, but I never had a flat from drilling holes, just mowing with the tractor or clearing the and with the backhoe.

 

[Smokeydog]

On my Kubota B20 had problems with front flats. HD loader and small tires didn’t help. Talked to the Bobcat dealer owner about foam fill. She told me beware there are several kinds of foam and varying techniques. Recommended only one installer and that’s what I used. The filled tires were heavy but surprisingly bouncy off the tractor. More bouncy that the air filled tires. No difference in operation or feel. Enjoyed over twenty years of flat free performance till I upgraded tractor. Cons are price, but paid for over time and a few days for the procedure. They recommended doing new tires.

 

[Aquamoose]

On my Kubota B20 had problems with front flats. HD loader and small tires didn’t help. Talked to the Bobcat dealer owner about foam fill. She told me beware there are several kinds of foam and varying techniques. Recommended only one installer and that’s what I used. The filled tires were heavy but surprisingly bouncy off the tractor. More bouncy that the air filled tires. No difference in operation or feel. Enjoyed over twenty years of flat free performance till I upgraded tractor. Cons are price, but paid for over time and a few days for the procedure. They recommended doing new tires.

Which foam & installer was used?

 

[Midniteoyl]

LOL.. My weekly plug for FlatOut

https://smile.amazon.com/MULTI-SEAL-20134-Sportsman-Off-Road-Only/dp/B07NQCCQLP

Works in inch long locust thorn cuts that no other sealer would touch, no problem. Put it in every tire now, even the ones that have tubes - and those also have Slime still in them, worthless that it is

There is a ballast filled tire version as well: https://smile.amazon.com/MULTI-SEAL-PRO-2500-Agricultural

 

[Smokeydog]

Which foam & installer was used?

Wish I could remember specifically…30 years ago. A lot grey hair since then. It was by weight or density. They prepared tires and foamed only on Thursday. Could pick up Friday but not to be installed till Monday. Foam machine quite costly to start, stop and clean. Remember the shop did a lot business on big tires. Smelly business.

The Bobcat dealer was adamant about the having the right kind of foam for their customers. Hard foam was hard on equipment and operators. Forklifts, tele-handlers and maybe scrapyards use a higher density foam? I know I would have to again contact the local Bobcat dealer as to where to go. See a lot foam filled skidsteer tires on eBay now.

I run Gemplers bulletproof sealant on the fronts now with good success.