Joe the small engine man 89 #1 Posted April 20, 2015 hi, I have a wheel horse C-160 Automatic. Its got kenda grass tyres but I want to do some ploughing and the grass tyres haven't enough grip! What are the best tyres to get and should I get wheel weights? Thanks in advance! regards Joe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ian 2,417 #2 Posted April 20, 2015 Hi Joe, you need some AG tyres by the sounds of it. Much better than grass tyres for grip. Wheel weights do help with traction but they can be expensive to buy. As you need to pull your grass tyres off the rims to fit AG's, you could always fit inner tubes at the same time and fill the tubes about 85% full of water to get extra weight and thus traction. I used to have "ballasted" as it's known tyres on my 312-8, the difference in traction was amazing.. There's a very good thread on our sister forum RedSquare about filled tyres verses wheel weights, click on the link below. http://www.wheelhorseforum.com/topic/55523-wheel-weights-verses-liquid-filled/ I hope this helps.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joe the small engine man 89 #3 Posted April 20, 2015 Thanks very much Ian. I will have a look and great idea about the inner tubes! I watch your utube channel great vids! Regard Joe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ian 2,417 #4 Posted April 20, 2015 Your welcome Joe, and thanks for watching my vids You can use filled tyres in the winter but it's best to drain them and refill with a 50% water/screen wash mix to stop the water freezing. You can use a water/anti-freeze mix but screen wash is much less harmful to the environment should it leak out than anti-freeze 1 Joe the small engine man reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OldBuzzard 186 #5 Posted April 20, 2015 You definitely want R1 tread AG tyres. I would fill the tyres as well. Here in The Colonies we have a product called Rim Guard. It's a beet juice derivative and weighs 11lbs/gal. as opposed to the water based fluids that are roughly 8 lbs/gal. You might check with the various agricultural dealers and see if there is something similar in the UK. If you use a water based fluid I'd recommend the winter type window washer fluid, and fill them to the valve stem with the stem at the 12:00 position. You want some airspace in the tyre to give a bit of a flex and cushion. If you fill them 100% the tractor will ride like it has steel wheels. There is another option as well, and that's a Calcium Chloride solution. It will had a lot of weight, but I would avoid it like the plague. It's very corrosive and will eat up the wheels from the inside. 1 Joe the small engine man reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joe the small engine man 89 #6 Posted April 21, 2015 Thank you for the help guys! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom 215 #7 Posted April 25, 2015 A bit late I know but you definitely want ags and in my personal I'd go with wheel weights, if it's a tractor that ploughs all the time then you can ballast them, but if you are doing other jobs such as mowing the good thing about wheel weights are that they are removable because you don't always want the weight. Just an idea. If you are struggling to find wheel weights John Deere make ones that fit the same rim as a wheel horse they are green but I'm sure you could spray then if it bother you that much! Let us know what you go for. Tom 1 Joe the small engine man reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joe the small engine man 89 #8 Posted April 30, 2015 (edited) ok thanks Tom ill let you know what I use, That's another thing I haven't got a mower deck for the C-160 do you know anyone that has got one or might have one? Regards Joe Edited April 30, 2015 by Joe the small engine man Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
