Tire Inflation

[AndyM]

BX25D manual says 17 psi rear 22 psi front. Did a check (about a year too late) to find the fronts are @32; rears @24. This is from the dealer (mind you the same dealer that overfilled the oil, but I digress). Checked with two gauges just in case and both are within a pound or so first thing in the morning so the tires were as cool as they get.

I have been moving road base gravel to resurface my road - weighs in @ 500lbs a loader bucket so lots of stress on the fronts.

Normally I would just drop them back to spec but I have read some complaints on the front tires giving up and wondered if the dealer knows it's better to run them a little higher.

Comments?

Andy

 

[85Hokie]

BX25D manual says 17 psi rear 22 psi front. Did a check (about a year too late) to find the fronts are @32; rears @24. This is from the dealer (mind you the same dealer that overfilled the oil, but I digress). Checked with two gauges just in case and both are within a pound or so first thing in the morning so the tires were as cool as they get.

I have been moving road base gravel to resurface my road - weighs in @ 500lbs a loader bucket so lots of stress on the fronts.

Normally I would just drop them back to spec but I have read some complaints on the front tires giving up and wondered if the dealer knows it's better to run them a little higher.

Comments?

Andy

typically on an FEL machine - you do run the fronts up a bit, but those rears and front numbers.....I am surprised you still have your teeth! THE ride must be hell on a small bump with nothing in the FEL. You might want to back off the front some....and the rears too!

The ride will be 100% better, the grip on poor surfaces will be 100% better too!!
And if you notice a flattened front tire over time, place some green slime in it!

 

[rjcorazza]

In my manual for the L4060 the pressures (front) are the recommended pressure without a front end loader, or add on weights. There is a note that says to inflate the fronts to "maximum pressure" for loader use. I read this to mean sidewall max pressure.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Actually higher pressures in the tires is bad for everything including the tires, as that is the only shock absorption that the unit has.
So with over inflated tires and a full bucket load of material it multiplies every bump and shock to all the hard parts of the tractor.
Lower the tire to the proper inflation levels.
Note: As rjcorazza notes, higher pressures for FEL use, But the fact that the BX25D was always equipped stock with a loader and not an option to not have a loader, the pressures in the manual are with loader pressures.

 

[AndyM]

Thanks all. I will fix that in the morning. Got to wonder about my dealer.

 

[RonBoyBX25D]

I believe the sidewall says 22 max, have run mine at 25 for 2 years in the front, 20 in the rears.

 

[twomany]

Gosh!
When the suggested air pressure is run on the fronts of the "big tractor", I tend to rip the tires off the beads whenever the steering brakes are used to get out of a bind in the woods.

I run 'em HARD! There is never an issue , and I know why they skid when they do.

Winter snow and ice is more tolerant.