We regularly publish articles which explain how to manage the load placed on agricultural tyres. This advice is given by our experts to help you manage your tyres better.
It’s often difficult to establish precisely the maximum weight that my tractor tyres can carry….
How can I be certain not to exceed the maximum weight that my tyres can bear?
What weight should I place at the front to compensate for the weight of the implement without exceeding my tyres’ limits?
There are many questions to be asked to avoid destroying a set of tyres every year.
Here are a few of the articles available on our blog which you might find useful
1. What is the maximum load that your tractor tyres can carry?
It’s true that it’s quicker to opt for average inflation pressure, irrespective of the load linked to your implements or trailers.
However, how can you be sure that you won’t overload your tractor tyres with implements that are too heavy, running the risk of the tyres wearing more rapidly, or worse still, causing damages which could result in the tyres having to be replaced?...
Careful load management allows you to harness your tractor’s full potential….
2. Tractor tyre overload: what are the 6 traps to avoid?
Your tractor is powerful, so you have chosen to work with bigger, heavier implements, as it seems obvious that the work will be done quicker and the number of trips back and forth across your land will be reduced.
However, this reasoning is incomplete, because to ensure a real productivity bonus, you must take account of your tyres’ capacity, because overloading them may have consequences on...
3. Load comparison between standard agricultural tyres and VF tyres
Your existing implements have a pre-defined weight which you cannot change, and if you buy new implements they will logically be bigger to improve productivity and therefore certainly heavier.
If you cannot modify the weight of each implement, you will have to compensate for this load by increasing the air pressure in your tyres...