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Originally Posted by R Leo
$261 for the tire (a 14.9 x 28 tractor drive tire) + $75 road service charge + hourly rate + $16 for water ballast. Dad's living out at the farm now so technically he'll be supervising/kibbutzing the tire change....but, if they don't get there in another hour or so, I'll probably get to see it first hand when/if they come tomorrow.
The pig activity has died off (pun intended)...my neighbor to the north waged war on the oinkers after they totally destroyed some spring planting he did. Over the course of 2-3 weekends, and using a timed feeder, he shot four adult sows, an old boar and several squeakers. Since then, I've only seen signs of a few small pigs in my creek bottoms and none have been in our trap either.
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Water Ballast,this brings back memories.
My Grandpa in Virginia always used concrete as ballast in his John Deere A's and Allis-Chalmers U orchard tractors,I remember the holes bored into the sidewalls where the concrete could be seen.
He always claimed it gave better traction in the moist soil with the additional benefit of no flat tires,and was a helluva lot cheaper than tthe cast iron hub weights the dealers sold.You ever hear of this?