Tires Now running 30 lbs in the BX Front Tires!

[woodstock]

We are preparing our yard for the house construction. This included 200+ semi loads of clay spread out with a Cat.
Well in day three the Cat's water pump failed and the semis couldn't be stopped, so I used the mighty BX to trim up the sides and front of each drop so they could apck then side by side as tight as possible. Normally when I am using the FEL I have a weight ballast box on, but today I also needed to use the 72" back blade. Well lifting a buckeet full of clay got pretty scary without the balast box on. At one ippy point I noticed the tires,with a fully load, seem low. So I peeledmover to the shop and cheecked the pressure, 24 lbs., just what was called for. Well more afraid of tipping then blowing a tire, I pummped them up to 30 pounds and went back to work.
This small change made as much a stability improvement as he ballast box.
IMHO anyone with a FEL should be running 30 lbs in their BX front tires.
What do you think?
PS.
With my turf tires on in the damp clay, it was real stinky, stinky enough to plug the treads, I was still able to stall the drive in low range.

Winnipeg, Manitoba

2001 BX2200 (30 hrs)

 

[JJT]

200+ semi loads of clay, I hope it was free fill. How big was the hole you needed to fill? You're talking 4+ feet of material spread over an acre?? Did you strip the topsoil first or simply bury it?

 

[Jeff396]

Okay, now this is the second place I've read this....what the heck does IHMO stand for?

Jeff

 

[Jeff396]

Sorry, IMHO...

 

[JJT]

In My Honest Opinion

 

[Jeff396]

Got it...thanks!

Jeff

 

[Wheeldog]

Or:

In My Humble Opinion

 

[MikePA]

Or

In My Humble Opinion

 

[JJT]

Here's a link to decipher the foreign acronyms - http://kb.indiana.edu/data/adkc.html

 

[Wheeldog]

I'll see your link, and raise you two more! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

http://info.astrian.net/jargon/terms/i/IMHO.html
http://www.cnet.com/Resources/Info/Glossary/Terms/imho.html