The time had come

[TheOldHokie]

At 475 hours the original Titan SS fronts on my L3901 were done. Those tires have been superceded by Titan SS II which retail for $175. I decided to give these EuroGrip SS tires a try. Black Friday sale price was half off at $75 each!! Hard to go wrong at that price.

Dan

 

[Hugo Habicht]

Hello Dan,

what is the situation with changing only front tyres in four wheel drive? The diameter is a good few percent bigger now than before. Does that not cause any problems? Although on a hard surface it is two wheel drive anyway, I suppose.

Kind regards,
Hugo

 

[TheOldHokie]

Hello Dan,

what is the situation with changing only front tyres in four wheel drive? The diameter is a good few percent bigger now than before. Does that not cause any problems? Although on a hard surface it is two wheel drive anyway, I suppose.

Kind regards,
Hugo

It causes no problems. The tires are sized by the OEM to match the lead on the tractor when new As the tires wear the lead is reduced making it closer to neutral.

In my case the tractor is operated full time in 4WD even on pavement which simply causes the fronts to wear faster

Dan

 

[NCL4701]

Was wondering how you managed to wear the fronts out in 475 hours. 4WD on pavement explains it assuming a good percentage of those hours are on pavement.

You have any concerns about stress on the driveline routinely running 4WD on pavement?

 

[TheOldHokie]

Was wondering how you managed to wear the fronts out in 475 hours. 4WD on pavement explains it assuming a good percentage of those hours are on pavement.

You have any concerns about stress on the driveline routinely running 4WD on pavement?

Zero concerns. All it does is modestly increase the load on the front differential gears I am sure thats well within the operational design limits of the gearbox. If its not the engineers are not doing their job.

Da