What designates the rice patty ags over the more standard US tread depth, is it a different R number or what?
CODE___INDUSTRY TIRE TYPE____________TIRE SERVICE_________GOODYEAR NAME
F-1 Agricultural Single Rib Tread Rice Farming Single Rib
F-2-M Agricultural Multiple-Rib Tread General Farming Dyna Rib
Four Rib
F-2 Agricultural Multiple-Rib Tread Super Rib
Tripe Rib R/S / Triple Rib HD
F-3 Industrial Multiple-Rib Tread Light Industrial Service Multi Rib
Laborer
REAR TRACTOR TIRES
R-1 Drive Wheel, Regular Tread General Farming Ultra Torque Radial
DT710/DT720/DT730
Dyna Torque Radial
Dura Torque
Dyna Torque II
Power Torque
R-1W Drive Wheel, Wet Traction Tread Wet or Moist Soil Super Traction Radial/
DT 800/DT 810/DT 820
R-2 Cane and Rice, Drive Wheel, Deep Tread Wet Muck TD-8
Sugar Cane TD-8 Radial
Rice Farming
R-3 Drive Wheel, Shallow Tread Sandy or Volcanic All Weather
Ash Soils
Orchards
Highway Mowing
Golf Course Work
Light Industrial Service
R-4 Industrial Tractor, Drive Wheel, Intermediate Tread Light Industrial Service Industrial Sure-Grip
Highway Mowing Industrial Torque
IT525
HF-1 High Flotation, Rib Tread Golf Course Work Tundra Grip, Terra Rib, Softrac
HF-2 High Flotation, Regular Lug Tread General Farming Super Terra Grip
HF-3 High flotation, Deep Lug Tread Wet or Moist Soil Super Terra-Grip XT
HF-4 High Flotation, Extra Deep Tread Wet Muck Custom Flo-Grip
GARDEN TRACTOR TIRES
Lug Type Gardens Super Sure-Grip
Universal Type Lawn Mowers Lawn and Garden
IMPLEMENT TIRES
I-1 Rib Tread Free Rolling Wheels Rib Implement
Farm Service
Farm Utility
I-2 Moderate Traction Implement Drive or Free All Weather
Rolling Wheels Softrac II
All Traction
I-3 Traction Tread Drive Wheels Sure-Grip Traction Implement
OK, I can't get the Tabs to work so you'll have to imagine that there are columns in the above text.
F1-F3 are front tires. R1-R4, HF1-HF4 are rear tires. I1-I3 are implement tires.
I got this info out of the Goodyear manual which I can post as a *.pdf if anyone is interested.
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