Ag's on
 

Last night EricR and I finally had some time to mount the Firestone Floatations on my 2084. I hope to get some pics later today but man do they look good. I had to take it for a spin in the dark and have a bank that is pretty steep that the turf tires most times just spin on but those ags took it with ease. I most likely do not really need ag tires but it is not a matter of need it is a matter of want.

Paul looking forward to your pics! I love having ags on my tractors.:beerchug:

Can't wait to see your pics, Paul!

Your getting like Duke :biggrin2:

You guys will have to wait on the pics as his camera is broken, (just kidding).
If he doesn't take them I will tomarrow night!

I will say one thing,that job with tire irons and the floor sure makes my back hurt but the job is done and I love the results.

Yea my back was a little sore this morning too and that was just from watching EricR Lol. Well I did help a little. I took out the valve guts and baby powdered the tire inside and the tube. Yes these are the ones from M. E. Miller that need tubes. Without pics I will say they are just gorgeous. They are black and round with great tractor treads. I ran it today with more pressure than necessary to be sure they are seated well and then reduced the pressure to about 10 lbs. What pressure does everyone use on Firestone Floatation 26x12x12. I can't find any recommended pressure on the tire.

OK here is the end results for those AGS, and we just went ahead and put the wheel weights on as we or should I say (I) would have had to put them on soon anyway.

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Those Firestones look awesome on the super!

Oh yeah!:beerchug:

X2!:beerchug:

Tires look great. Are they on the stock rims or did you go with wider rims? I'm thinking about getting a set of AG's for my 2182 and some 10" wide wheels and then loading them.:bigthink:

Sam they are on the stock rims, Dad and I talked about finding another set of rims and going duals but need to find another set of rims.

And to everyone that changes there own tires (Be very careful with the stock rims) as they BEND very easy, just a heads up.

Really? What are you doing to those rims? If you are using the tire irons properly, there is no way you'd be applying enough force to bend the rim.

We did not bend the whole rim but the outer edge of the rims seem to dent much easier than the older rims. The little damage done was easily repaired but we both remarked how easy it was to ding the edge of the rim.

Matt, just changing tires that's it. When I changed the rears on the 102-D to AGS I could tell the rims were made when they used thick steel.

Tire Presure
 

Hi Paul, Mind if I give my opinion about tire pressure? Too late! : )

First, lets discuss "goals" which is usually traction. Yet when you put wide tires on a vehicle the width contributes to flotation...sorta. See, the wide tire will express the same amount of rubber onto the surface (lets say dry pavement for a second) as a narrow tire at the same tire pressue. People will tell ya to air down in muck to help float across the mud, which is fine if you can lighten up the whole vehicle. But really, ya can't....that thing weighs about 800 lbs dry and with your can on it maybe closer to 1000 lbs, so to lighten it enough to make it float you would need tires two feet wide at 5 lbs. Tires with low pressure are sloppy and those ag tires have "unique handling charactaristics".

So, you've tossed Floatation out the window, especailly with the wheel weights on it, so ya may as well air the thing up as far as you feel comfortable with. I've had twenty pounds in mine, tho it exceeds the reccomended. The tractor operates at 8.2 mph maximum, in the mud and snow, so I really don't spend any time worrying about overheating and blowing out the tires. Maybe that's just me, but I've done it with ag tires, weights, and chains, then cut trails for the quads to go fourwheeling on.

Finally, a guy said to me once "Why do I always get flats in the rain and never on a sunny day?" The answer is that "Water is a Rubber Lubricant!" So, a thorn that would have squished under a dry tire slides easily into a wet one. I wanted to fill my tires, but have done my last calcium job and didn't want to go the Windshield Washer Fluid route I have seen used. I had a flat one day and poured Green Goop...Slime...in there and it just works. One job this week is to go buy a bunch more and add a quart or two to each back tire, which will give me weighted tires with a safe product that also self-seals against leaks. You can find the Green Slime at Harbor Freight for about $10 a quart, I think. It works pretty good.

Again, my opinion, for all it is worth

Thank you Steve. I have never had ags and just wanted to see what others pumped theirs up to. I started with 15 lbs and the center of the tire was all that contacted the concrete floor. It also rode kinda rough. I dropped down to 12 lbs and it rode better and then tried 10 lbs and that seems to put the full width of the tire in contact with the ground and still rides fairly smooth. I will soon have a plow on the front and give it a little traction test.