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Traction & Compaction

While it’s toughest on tractor tires right after harvest, stubble may still be hard on your tires even the following spring.
Equipment, Machinery, Traction & Compaction

Expect stalks and stubble to become more stabby

Also: rubber is most prone to trouble from stubble when brand new, before it can harden naturally

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Don’t let its adorable little yellow flowers from the summer fool you — canola today can be “like little rebar” in your tractor tires. That was a late takeaway from an ag tire clinic for farmers at Melfort, Sask. in July, hosted by staff from retailer Kal Tire and manufacturer Firestone Ag. It’s not that […] Read more
Bridgestone is introducing three new ag tractor tire lines to the North American market. All three are designed to extend tire life, as well as improve traction.
Equipment, Machinery, Traction & Compaction

Bridgestone-branded ag tires come to North America

New radial tractor tires debut as a complement to the Firestone brand

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In May of 1988 Bridgestone acquired Firestone. Since then the company’s ag tire line has continued on carrying the Firestone brand name, at least here in North America. In late August, though, the company launched its first Bridgestone-branded ag tire line on these shores. “In North America, historically, everything in our business has been Firestone-branded, […] Read more
Customers can now order tires and wheels directly from OTR through a new consumer-facing website.
Machinery, Traction & Compaction

OTR opens online tire ordering platform

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Tire and wheel manufacturer OTR Engineered Solutions announced in late May it has a new site up online for customers to order directly from its tire and wheel catalogs. Using the new portal, customers have access to OTR’s full product offering of tires, tubes, wheels, assemblies, and rubber tracks across multiple industries including construction, lawn […] Read more
New Soil King VF tires from Nokian are now available in eight sizes for high-horsepower tractors.
Machinery, Traction & Compaction, Wheat & Chaff

New tires from Nokian

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Nokian is introducing its new Soil King Flexforce VF tires for high-horsepower tractors. It first displayed them at Agritechnica 2023. The tires were also tested in Germany at the independent DLG (German Agricultural Society) test centre, and DLG has now released its report on their performance. During testing, DLG compared the Nokian Soil King tires […] Read more
Lower tire pressure offers more traction and less ground compaction, but can limit the tire's load capacity.
Machinery, Traction & Compaction

Getting the right tire

Loader tires need the right tire and inflation pressure for the load

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When spec’ing out a new loader tractor, there are a lot of things to consider: lifting capacity, horsepower, size et cetera. Easily overlooked, though, are the specifications for the tires the tractor rides on — and how they can seriously affect tractor performance. “One thing that’s important for operators to understand is how proper ballasting, […] Read more
Axten Farms has been using controlled traffic farming on their southern Saskatchewan farm for about eight years. It is one of the changes in production practices that is helping to break up soil compaction, improve water infiltration rates and support improved crop yields.
Equipment, Traction & Compaction

Farmers assess the effects of soil compaction

How some producers recognize and manage the issue

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While Mother Nature does its best in Western Canada to alleviate soil compaction through the freeze and thaw cycle, researchers suspect nature has a hard time keeping up with the pressure (figuratively and literally) of modern agricultural technology. Bigger, heavier equipment travelling over fields, particularly when soil conditions are wet, is believed to cause soil […] Read more

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