Southeast Washington | Newgen John Deere - 8/9/2022 00:54
Diamond tread doesn’t slide like a bar type tire
It all depends on soil type. Soft soils go with diamond tread and on hard soils go with the tractor bar tread. The old full hillside combines had diamond tread and we had to put log skidder tire chains on our combines to hold them on the hills. Now with tractor tread duals we go everywhere. Had the Deere dealer bring out one with diamond tread duals that slid off and their comment was you shouldn't farm something that steep. We went on about our business with our level land Gleaners.
Anyway soil type picks the tires. Tractor tires are too aggressive on soft ground and diamond tread aren't aggressive enough on hard ground. It is like a greased up cookie sheet as the tire stays on the heavy straw and slides while the tractor tire will bite through the straw to the hard ground.
I'll never have a diamond tread on our ground again while deereskinner will never have tractor tires. The soil is that much different so no wrong answer.
Congratulations deereskinner on a great harvest but way too early to even discuss seeding. The rain stopped us this afternoon.
Edited by Glenn W. 8/9/2022 20:29
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