Cause of Soil Damage
Rutting from pneumatic tires can cause soil damage. Continuous traffic on wet soil will compact and smear the soil within the ruts, along with heaving soil up on the side. This prevents the water from seeping through the soil affecting the efficiency of the center pivot system, crop yields, and creates problems when traveling over them when harvest comes.
Evolution Wheel’s Solution
There are many different solutions to prevent rutting however they don’t eliminate the problem itself. At Evolution Wheel we believe in tackling the problem at the source, the tires.
Pneumatic pivot tires have a rounded shape that digs into the ground to create traction. This pushes soil outwards and with the combination of wet soil and continuous traffic over the same route, causes rutting.
The EWRS-PIVOT irrigation tire is engineered to hold soil underneath the tire to prevent rutting. It achieves this with a concave profile and bi-directional tread along with a wide footprint. The concave profile and bi-directional tread hold the soil underneath the tire and the wide footprint distributes the weight across the footprint, which minimizes the issue of deep rutting.
Along with the anti-rutting design, the EWRS-PIVOT is an airless irrigation tire. Being an airless tire, there is no possibility of flat tires which takes time and money to fix. The EWRS-PIVOT is also built with rubber segments that bolt to the wheel. This makes it possible to service the tire right in the field. If a segment is damaged, you can remove that segment and replace it with a new one. Which is much cheaper and faster than having to replace a pneumatic irrigation tire when one gets damaged. No tire shop is needed.
