I bought a Yanmar 1500D about 3 weeks ago. I got it home and was grading my road and looked down to see one of my front tires was flat and riding on the rim. The tire and tube are shot. Both have a pretty big gash in them. I have looked around online and local and the cheapest I have found was on ebay for about $180 for 2 with shipping. I have seen where Hoye tractor has a conversion kit to switch these to turf tires but for around $1300-1400 I think I would just stay with the rice tires. My question is if I could make some John Deere wheels and tires work. I have found some that are 23x8.50-12. I do not know what the off set is on these tires. I have seen tires like the ones that are on these wheels that have a load capability of around 1000+ lbs. I have seen where some people have made there on tires with old truck rims also. Would it hurt the performance of the tractor to have wide turf tires on the front and the rice tires on the back until I could replace them with turf tires too?
Thanks,
Ben
Thanks,
Ben