Determining Maximum Ballast

IMPORTANT: Do not overload tires. Reduce load or install tires with more load capacity.

Two-wheel drive tractors should have only enough ballast to maintain safe steering control. MFWD equipped tractors should have adequate ballast to sufficiently load front wheels.

Adjust ballast as tractor use changes such as changing from mounted to towed implements.

IMPORTANT: Extend drive train life. Ballast should never exceed the weight required to provide traction for continuous full

power loads in 8th gear (Powershift transmission) or B-2 (PowrQuad or AutoQuad II transmissions) in two-wheel drive operation.

Remove ballast if tractor engine labors when pulling heavy loads in gears slower than 8th (Powershift transmission) or B-2 (PowrQuad or AutoQuad II transmissions).

When using front-wheel drive, ballast may be increased to allow continuous full power operation in 7th gear (Powershift transmission) or B-1 (PowrQuad or AutoQuad II transmissions).

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