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Originally Posted by Loader
I'm certain you'll get kickback, but thanks for posting this! I see so many mounted the wrong way.
It's not always driven/not driven though - it's what you want the tire to do. We would mount the driven front bar tires pointing rearward (opposite what you normally see on a farm tractor) on our mud racers to get lift. Driven Tires mounted the normal way will dig down looking for bite. We didn't want the front end digging it as the vehicle would be propelled by the driven rear paddle tires. So the "backwards" front tires, driven a little faster than the rear due to different tire height and gear ratios, actually kept the front end up and out of the muck.
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Yeah..... well, that's a completely different application than we are talking about here. I don't think he's going to be out muddin in a muck hole with his tractor. ESPECIALLY since it's 2wd. Your "application" is like 1 in 100.
Mud racer....
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Originally Posted by John147
I figure 6 of these bad boys on the cat 0 hitch should counter act that 450 blower.
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Why does everyone think they need to load the rear end down because of a blower. If you insist on carrying that much weight on the tractor, you better get one of those extreme bars that mounts the rear hitch up. I don't know if you realize it or not, but the 3pt and the blower lift off the same cylinder.... and it won't pick up the blower AND 300 pounds on the rear.
A simple set of 75# rear weights, or fluid in the tires would have been plenty. Both if you really want weight. But putting weight on the 3pt won't work unless you lock it up. Plus that's 300 more pounds on the hitch, frame, axles, bearings...... that's why wheel weights are a better choice. Much better on the machine as a whole.