Winter Tire Tips for Your Compact Tractor

The arrival of winter weather brings a host of new challenges for small acreage owners and hobby farmers who are serious about getting maximum performance out of their compact tractors. These must-have machines are used for a variety of winter work—everything from hauling firewood to feeding livestock to pulling your neighbor’s car from a snowbank—but one application stands above the rest when Jack Frost settles in for the season: snow removal.

Olivier Hubrecht: Our Ironman

Odds are you won’t play in a foursome with Tiger Woods or race on the same track as Dale Earnhardt, Jr., but there is one sport where everyday athletes line up next to the world’s best: triathlon, and more specifically Ironman. Despite sharing a course, the motivation of Ironman’s elite contrasts with those of weekend warriors—competitors at the front jostle for wins and prize money, while the majority of participants are competing only against themselves. Just finishing the grueling race is a satisfying result for many. 

Taking Alliance Brand Tires to New Heights 

We together with our German distributor Bohnenkamp sponsored an extreme high-altitude truck expedition in the Ojos del Saldo mountains in South America. The expedition's aim was to install high-mountain shelters and lifesaving solar-powered emergency radio communication systems. The team, led by Matthias Jeschke, on two Unimog trucks mounted on Alliance tires, reached the height of 6400 meters (just under 21,000 feet) and successfully completed the mission.

As of Jan 1, 2021, Alliance Tire Group and Alliance Tire Americas, Inc. changed their names to Yokohama Off-Highway Tires and Yokohama Off-Highway Tires America, Inc respectively. The Alliance, Galaxy and Primex brands and product names remain unchanged. Product information is available at www.yokohama-oht.com.

Alliance Tire Americas, Inc. (ATA) has introduced a 10-year workmanship and materials warranty on its specific farm radial steel-belted tires. One of the longest warranty periods being offered in the sector so far, this comprehensive policy covers SKUs across ATA’s Alliance, Galaxy, Primex and other brands applicable to Tractor, Agricultural-Transport, Fronts, Implements, Harvester, Row Crop and Sprayer tires.

How to Fix Power Hop on High-Horsepower Tractors

Farm tractors continue to evolve—getting larger and more powerful, for example—in order to help farmers increase operational efficiency and productivity. Although the use of massive tractors on modern farms allows for more work to be done, in less time, it has also created new challenges that threaten to negate the advantages offered by these titanic tractors. One of the most notable challenges with today’s high-horsepower tractors is power hop.