Tires L35 Tires

Kubota-monkey · Jul 28, 2000

The tires on my L35 seem to be wearing down quite quickly. The rubber on them seems very soft and large chunks are missing mostly from the front tires. I was also considering changing the front tires to tires with a little more grip. The tires on the front now are specially for a TLB. Can I place other tires on the front and is the quick wearing of the tires normal?

Thanks for the info-
Ben

MChalkley · Jul 28, 2000

What brand are the tires you have now? It's quite normal for the front tires to wear faster than the rears, but it's hard to say how fast is "normal". You can certainly replace them with different tires, but it's very important to get the resulting lead/lag ratio correct. Rather than assume the original tires were correct and trying to get close to the rolling circumference of them, I'd find out what the mechanical ratio between the front and rear drive (in 4wd) is, then get a tire that matches up with the existing rears.

Rather than reinvent the wheel here (pardon the pun), I'm going to suggest you do a search on "lead" and "lag" for the details of how to do that, if you don't know already.

Mark

Anonymous Poster · Dec 2, 2000

I also have an L-35 that has tires wear out very quickly & have flats; I have 200hr on the tractor & have my 2nd set of front tires. I have been thinking of changing all of the tires & wheels to Ag tires but they say it could cost around $1000. The front tires are to soft and get cuts and flats too easy. They need to change to a tougher tire at the factory because they do not wear well & last.

gerard · Dec 2, 2000

200 hours and on second set??? Just doesn;t seem like they should be wearing THAT quickly. (I have R1's with 120 hours that don't even have noticable wear) I would definitely check the tires ratios and make sure these are the right tires. If the ratio is wrong and you're in 4wd you'll get excessive wear on both the tire AND your gears/transmission. (Means the tires are turning at different ground speeds relative to each other. Think of the front tire at the ground turning faster than the tractor is going. Constant slippage and constant wear) L35's I think come with R4's which are supposed to be pretty tough. I'd make sure the sizes are right as Mark C said.

art · Dec 4, 2000

With the L-35's we have out we have not seen that much wear on them yet. We have had some trouble with flats on a tractor or two but it was what they were doing that was the cause of them. There are some tougher design's coming out that we use on the skid loaders that will also fit on the front of a L-35 tractor.

Anonymous Poster · Dec 4, 2000

I feel the front versus rear tires on the L35 are wrong from the git-go.

If I drive my L35 in 4wd for any distance in 4WD I cannot get it out of four wheel drive unless I put the bucket down, and at that point the front tires noticeably rotate. My Ford NH has never had any trouble moving in/out of 4WD and does not exhibit any tire movement if you put the bucket down in 4WD. It has about 1300 hours on R1's and they have chunks gone, 17 years of cracks and age, but certainly don't need replacing as traction is great. I'll have to look at the L35 wheels, I've got a pretty good extra pair of 150mph rated tires that would look nice on the front! Might not be rated weight wise quite enough tho! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Bird · Dec 4, 2000

del, it really does sound like you've got some tires and/or wheels of the wrong size, and need to follow Mark Chalkley's advice above.

Bird

Pks · Dec 5, 2000

Here here... I too think Mark's advice is good. In a 4x4 system, there is nothing good happening if you must lift the front wheels to disengage the 4x4.

4x4 systems have two differentials: one for each axle
AWD (all wheel drive) systems have three differentials: one for each axle and a third differential which couples the axles together.

Anonymous Poster · Dec 19, 2000

Ben,
Any conclusions to the L35 tire situation? I'm interested because I'm considering buying this beast in the near future.
Dave

Kubota-monkey · Dec 19, 2000

Dave,
Well I havent bought any new tires yet however I have asked a long time farmer about this problem and he told me with the amount of hours I have on those tires (415) I wont need new ones for a while. I suppose when I drive my tractor to the dealer to have them replace a few filters and clean the air element, etc. I will suggest to put new tires on but for now Im not having to much trouble with the tire problem.

Good luck on your purchase of this tractor as I highly suggest you pulll through with your intention. It is a truly great tractor for 35 horsepower. I have impressed countless people with it's power. I also suggest you buy the unit as a whole (tractor-loader-backhoe) as this unit is built to work in tandom with these implements.
Good Luck!

The Ben from MA /w3tcompact/icons/cool.gif