Tires used in farming have advanced over the past two decades to offset surface compaction from increasingly heavy machines, but the benefit of new tire technology still hinges on proper inflation pressure.
“We’ve reduced our contact pressures, which is good for surface compaction. The other thing that we’re seeing is better tractive efficiency — that really goes to this issue of how much tire slip or wheel slip we’re getting, as well as the fuel use rates for that technology,” explains Ohio State’s Scott Shearer in this interview, discussing what’s new in tire technology.
“Having said that, with a lot of farms, just because they bought VF or IF tires, doesn’t mean they’re going to see value. The way you see value is you reduce the air pressures,” he notes.
VFs, IFs, LSWs, and the latest in central tire inflation systems for adjusting tire pressures between the field and the road — Shearer discusses what he’s seeing on the market in this discussion, recorded following his presentation on ways to reduce soil compaction at the 2025 CropConnect Conference in Winnipeg, Man.:
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