Combines rice tire again

[oldman]

flotation on the back may quit turning and drag, try a single rib tire which will slice through the mud or a narrow tractor tread turned backwards which will turn and climb in the mud. We done this years ago and also replaced 28l x26 regular tread with rice grip and had great luck and have ran rice tires since until we went to duals for stability on large cutterbar about 4 years ago and sometimes wish I had the wide rice tires back. Rice tires are like adding a cheap rear assist.

 

[OKFarmer]

I DISAGREE!!!! We had l2 that had ribbed tires on back and they would sink. When backing up then you had to back through the rut the rear tires had been making for the last 100yards. The would also push mud at times and stop turning. We put a "cleated" tire on. It was wider so they floated better. It NEVER pushed mud again, AND you could acutally steer when backing up to get up and out of the ruts. My $0.02, OKFarmer

 

[oldman]

I was referring to a single rib not two or three ribs and again according to the type of mud if there is a bottom or not. Cleats are bettter if they stay on top. We run 30.5s cleated turned backwards on our auger wagon and have seen them not turn in extreme conditions but haven't had much problem on the combine with cleats reversed.

 

[johnboy]

We run our drive tyres on roll(reversed) as we found in heavy black clay they tended to float on top rather than bite in. I have seen two identical combines ,one with tyres on drive dig in and bog and the combine with the tyres reversed keep on moving plus if you do eventually stop you can reverse out. This is in our conditions and yours may be different.

 

[Kaye2]

I have 18.4-26 rice tires on my K2 and the 16 inch flotations on the back (they are 11l's I think, just like a wagon tire) I have had a little trouble steering through the mud, had to turn some with brakes but it keeps chugging through, not stuck yet, 30 acres of corn to go. The lugs on my drive tires are 5-6 inches deep, they don't spin often but they always bite good.

 

[dairyfarmer]

eric i will sell you my F2 with RWA then i know you can get thru know of a pair of rice tires for it just have to take them offthe combine and switch did you think of duals couple guys around here did that years ago for wheat made up clmp on style duals to go on and could float on water literally goood luck email me if you need soem info dairyfarmer