Kabuki Tractor
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Just wanted to pull up this old thread and update it for anyone who may stumble across it in the future.
After getting the info here on the Kubota Wholegoods options I went to my dealer and ask the price of a full set of turf tires and rims for my BX2660. I got all four of them for only $320 +tax no shipping cost because he even had them in stock! They were all brand new, still had the blue paint strip on the tires, but looking at the rim lug holes they had obviously been mounted on a tractor before. My guess is these were the exact same tires and rims that was on my tractor when I first purchased several months before and had him to swap out to R4 tires.
Now having had both R4's and Turf's on the same tractor I have the ability to compare them better. While I have mowed an entire season on R4's with absolutely no complaint what so ever on damage to the grass by R4's either wet or dry, I can say that spinning R4's do tear up the grass more than spinning turf's. But in my opinion while normal driving or mowing (not spinning) the R4's do not tear up the grass any more than turf tires. One thing I did notice, the tractor rides much smoother with turf tires than with R4's. The R4 ride is kind of harsh compared to the turfs and I assume that is due to the much heavier, thicker, less flexible sidewalls on the R4 tires. Also the heavier, thicker, less flexible sidewalls is probably why the R4's make the worst snow tire.
Now if we ever get any of the white stuff this year I will know how the turf's work compared to the R4's as I'm going to try both in the snow. I have the turf's on ready to go now!
After getting the info here on the Kubota Wholegoods options I went to my dealer and ask the price of a full set of turf tires and rims for my BX2660. I got all four of them for only $320 +tax no shipping cost because he even had them in stock! They were all brand new, still had the blue paint strip on the tires, but looking at the rim lug holes they had obviously been mounted on a tractor before. My guess is these were the exact same tires and rims that was on my tractor when I first purchased several months before and had him to swap out to R4 tires.
Now having had both R4's and Turf's on the same tractor I have the ability to compare them better. While I have mowed an entire season on R4's with absolutely no complaint what so ever on damage to the grass by R4's either wet or dry, I can say that spinning R4's do tear up the grass more than spinning turf's. But in my opinion while normal driving or mowing (not spinning) the R4's do not tear up the grass any more than turf tires. One thing I did notice, the tractor rides much smoother with turf tires than with R4's. The R4 ride is kind of harsh compared to the turfs and I assume that is due to the much heavier, thicker, less flexible sidewalls on the R4 tires. Also the heavier, thicker, less flexible sidewalls is probably why the R4's make the worst snow tire.
Now if we ever get any of the white stuff this year I will know how the turf's work compared to the R4's as I'm going to try both in the snow. I have the turf's on ready to go now!