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Rear Tires

D Berry

I have a yanmar 2000 2 wheel drive with a FEL and I'm using it to mow 3 acres that is very unlevel. It has deep lug farm tread tires on it that are liquid filled and it digs up my grass when pulling up the hill. I was using a 14 hp kubota with farm tread tires before and it was not tearing up the grass. Would turf tires or shorter lug farm tires fix the problem or would I need to remove the FEL to stop this?

No -- the FEL takes considerable weight off the rears, so it reduces damage (and traction.

The best traction is from steel tracks, right? Well, they are not even allowed on paved roads. Shows that the better the traction, the more the damage.

All you can do to the tractor (short of getting turfs, which might not have enough traction without 4WD) is to replace some or all of the liquid with air, run them a bit soft, and load the bucket.

Your other variable is technique. Mow when the ground is hard (eg not after a rain), and choose directions that don't require as much traction.

It's not the best rig for lawns. Your yanny is heavier than the 'bota, and many 2000s have "paddy" tread -- narrow tires with extra-deep lugs.

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