Have You Herd? Episode 63 All About Tires

In this week's broadcast of "Have You Herd?" Morgan Hayes and Josh Jackson stream from the University of Kentucky Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Department. They discuss tires on their equipment.
About the "Have Your Herd?" Hosts:
Morgan Hayes, Ph.D., PE, is an assistant extension professor in the University of Kentucky's Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Department. She specializes in livestock systems engineering, and she farms about 500 acres in Kentucky. Read her most recent publications at www2.ca.uky.edu..., or visit her website at www.uky.edu/ba....
Josh Jackson, Ph.D., is an assistant extension professor in the University of Kentucky's Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Department. He also specializes in precision livestock engineering, and runs a family farm that raises Angus cattle. Read his most recent publications at www2.ca.uky.edu... or visit his website at www.uky.edu/ba....

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On the subject of Skidsteers, I have had 2 different models the both were tire machines, one I have now has over the tire metal tracks. I take the tracks off in the spring and put them back on in late fall mainly because they are noisy. I have run rubber track machines and they do have a better ride, but there is also more wear items in the undercarriage. I have a friend with a track machine with 1400 hrs and they are on their 3rd set of tracks so I believe operating costs per hour are quite a bit less expensive with a tire machine and also in the used market a tire machine can be bought a lot cheaper than a track machine for farm use. I couldn't imagine having use anything other than a skidsteer for stacking hay in the barn after having one for so long.