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Recommendations for tire pressure.

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Topic: Recommendations for tire pressure.

Posted By: Dean (West MI)
Subject: Recommendations for tire pressure.
Date Posted: 19 Nov 2016 at 9:20am

I have a B with 12.4 x 24 Firestone Field and Road tires. Tractor has rear wheel weights, 75% calcium chloride, 3 point, front wheel, wishbone and engine weights. The 3 point gets used a lot to pick up heavy loads.

What PSI would you air the rear tires to?

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Posted By: DSeries4
Date Posted: 19 Nov 2016 at 9:41am

15 PSI should be good.

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Posted By: Dakota Dave
Date Posted: 19 Nov 2016 at 10:30am

At 16 PSI the max load rating for the pair is 3,740 lbs. assuming you have the standard 4 ply rated tires. Id personaly go down to 12PSI. youll get much better traction if the tires flex some. My C with wheel wieghts only I run at 10 PSI.

Posted By: Ed (Ont)
Date Posted: 19 Nov 2016 at 7:22pm

As Dave said 12 PSI. I started at 16 and gradually worked down to 12. But anything from 12-16 should work for you. Play around a bit and see what you like. You will need a fairly good gauge to be reasonably accurate at that low pressure.