Tire Longevity

[NewToy]

Just wondering if anyone has actually worn out a set of tires on their CUT. I have around 465 hrs on my Titan R4's and can barely see any wear. I operate primarily on the grass with some gravel road going between properties. The rear's are 10 ply and the fronts 6 ply. I don't think I'll ever actually wear them out.


John

[Ken45101]

I think the front tires are getting worn down on my B21 TLB. I lot of pushing/spinning to dig with it has probably taken it's toll. It has 600 hours on it.

There is probably more wear than you realize if you compared the tires to what they were like when they were new. But for normal mowing, etc., they will probably last a long time, maybe longer than you keep the tractor.

Ken

[Farmwithjunk]

For the typical uses you describe, it's not UNCOMMON to see tires wear well beyond the life of the rubber. In other words, you may still have good tread when the tires are starting to dry rot. I've got a '79 deere 2440 with the ORIGINAL rears still in good shape. (GoodYear Dyna-Torque bias ply R1's {8-ply}) Road wear and excessive loader use will wear 'em quick. Keep 'em on the dirt and grass, they might last quite some time.

[NewToy]

I figured they would start falling apart before they actually wore out. It stays in the garage so they don't get dried out from the sun, maybe I'll get 30 yrs out of them as well.

[LBrown59]

1200 hours on this BX23 and they are the original tires.

Just wondering if anyone has actually worn out a set of tires on their CUT. I have around 465 hrs on my Titan R4's and can barely see any wear. I operate primarily on the grass with some gravel road going between properties. The rear's are 10 ply and the fronts 6 ply. I don't think I'll ever actually wear them out.


John

I have a 1966 Bolens 850 with the original turfs on the rear.
You can't see any wear on them .

[radioman]

farmwithjunk has said it right. Most off-road vehicles tends to have the tires dry rot, crack, get flats more often then wearing out. When this happens, I noticed the conesus is to add tubes to tires just to get a few more years out of it due to cost of replacing rubber completely all around.

[Soundguy]

hard surfaces and slippage will wear the tires.. sun and weather checking will also deteroriate them.

IE. if you leave her inthe sun parked and the weather.. and run across pavement all day. they will likely wear out faster than a shed kept unit that ross across grass all day.


not unherd of to get 40+ years out of a tire.. i know i've got antiques with original rubber on them..

didn't see fwj had already posted this.

ditto what he said.

soundguy

[Egon]

not unherd of to get 40+ years out of a tire.. i know i've got antiques with original rubber on them..

didn't see fwj had already posted this.

Them is shed sitting tractors with very few hours on the tires.

Working agricultural tractors have a much shorter life span before the tread is wore off. Again it's a matter of hours the tires have been out in the field pulling.

Seem to recall away back when on the farm tires got replaced about every four years or so.

[PA hayseed]

I think I would do anything to keep the tires on my tractor rather than buy new ones. I priced mine out after the one tire had a rather large chunk torn out of it, all I can say is when the dealer told me the price my face looked like this emoticon

The price was for one of the rears. Since we are on the topic, does anyone have a recommendation on a tractor tire manufacturer? Preferably the best of both worlds (cheap and long lasting).

[ToadHill]

I have a 48 8N with the original rear tires on it, but the fronts have been replaced. Lots of cracks in the rears but with tubes they still hold air and work fine.

5 year Old Kioti has cracks in the rear tires and the fronts are at least 1/2 worn out. Tractor has 900 hours on it.

I won't even guess the hours on the 8N but I know it's a bunch. If I put 900 hours on the Kioti in 5 years, you can bet I've put many thgousands on the 8N in the 25 years I've owned it.