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soft rubber problems with new Goodyear tires
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Ray (ecks)
Posted 6/4/2006 12:38 (#16948 - in reply to #16837)
Subject: RE: soft rubber problems with new Goodyear tires



Been there, but just not on the planter. Used to build quite a bit of stuff to fit our needs, but those days are fading fast. Don't think I want to put a planter on an undercarriage.

Tracks are fine for the field, tougher going in and out of waterways though. Problem is the 81 will spend as many hours on a mower on roadsides and waterways as it does on any thing else. On steep banks, making turns we got tired of putting tracks back on. We were also getting bare spots where the tracks ran every time when we couldn't drive in a different spot. They were just chewing up the grass.

The 84 will spend a good share of it's time on a scraper. While tracks are fine part of the time on a scraper that is on straight relatively flat work, they are a real pita when every 4 or 5 minutes you are dropping over the edge of a pond or climing out the other side and turning at the same time to get on the dam. Having to haul a track hoe in to a job site just to make a big enough level spot to be able put a track back on tends to make you think about other options.

If we were big enough to afford a 3rd or 4th tractor it might be a different sotry, but we are trying to get by with just 2 so they have to be a little more verstile.
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