Tires Ag vs. Industrial tires?

[Wolfy]

Tire choice actually is easy. If you MOSTLY mow, get the R-3s. If you MOSTLY perform loader work, or run on pavement, get the R-4s. If you MOSTLY do fieldwork, get the R-1s. I have 3 tractors, each with different tires. All 3 tires have their place.

 

[Don87]

Tire choice actually is easy. If you MOSTLY mow, get the R-3s. If you MOSTLY perform loader work, or run on pavement, get the R-4s. If you MOSTLY do fieldwork, get the R-1s. I have 3 tractors, each with different tires. All 3 tires have their place.

Oh, sure..............you make it sound easy.

I have one tractor(some don't call it that)...............I mow, plow, till, use a cultivator, move snow, move dirt, move mulch, lift neighbor to trim tree limbs, dig stumps, dig shrubs, move and level gravel, move large rocks.............and anything else my little heart can find the time to do.


Reccomendations?

 

[tungularafishcamp]

How bout some of those racing slicks and then you can just wax them each time and change waxes for the different conditions just like xcountry skiing, wonder how klister would do in mud:laughing:
Rick

 

[Rancher Ed]

I agree, insist on the AG tires ( R1 ).

And yes, R1s and R4s need different rims.

Ed

 

[Gale Hawkins]

In that case, the ags probabally would NOT be spinning.

And IF the AG's are spinning for 3 miles to go 1 mile, the R4's probabally would be spinning forever and NOT moving.

I agree with the others, get the ags for your application.:thumbsup:

We just put new r-4's on the backhoe and I like to call them NO GOES.

The old ones still had some thread but were rock hard and would not go up a hill to get back to the house if caught out in a rain.

The 265 MF has the 1976 OEM R-1's that are hard as a rock but we mainly bushhog with it. Now that I have a blade I will grade snow with it from time to time some winters where new tires would bite better but the tread is still 70% after 1300 hours with maybe 10-15 hours total on pavement.

With the new R-4's the BH can dig a deep hole in about three spins on land tha that has been sown down for 25 years. They do a lot of spinning using the FEL ever with the weight of the hoe but they have 4x the rubber on the ground as R-1's so they can handle it.:thumbsup:

 

[tessiers]

I just had to have industrials when I bought my JD and kicked myself for 5 years until I finally found some sucker dumb enough to trade me for his ags. I would not even consider industrial tires again, either ags or turfs, the industrial tires don't do either one well

 

[Baby Grand]

If I had known that there were higher grades of R1s, I would have asked the dealer to price R1Ws and R1 6 or 8 ply rated tires. They seem to have higher load ratings and the R1W's should have better flotation in soft soils. So far, the R1's are doing great as long as I stay off the lawn for at least a week after it's rained.

-Jim

 

[ppdiaper]

I have industrial tires on the tractor I use for everything and wish I would have gotten ags.

 

[radman1]

I have had ag tires and industrial tires on CUTs. I have farm ground. The ag tires are vastly better in mud, and still better in dry dirt for traction. Depending on the model, R1 (ag tires) will tend to be taller and give you more clearance. The clearance of most CUTs will be a lot less than what you have had in the past. I had a JD 3730 with R4s (construction) and traded for a JD 4520 with R1's. Vastly better traction and much improved clearance.
Also depending on model, R1 tires tend to have more adjustability for width than R4. Really helpful if you have slopes.
One downside to R1 front tires on CUTs is for loader use. The R1 has more side wall flex (smoother ride) but when using with full load in FEL, they could pop off the rim during hard turns and tend to flatten out more than R4 tires. I keep mine to max psi and don't have an issue.

 

[Wolfy]

Radman, I wish I could agree with you on that last sentence....I run my front R-1s at 4-6 psi above max rated, and still have sidewall flexing issues with a full bucket of dirt. I recall a TBN member a while back saying there is a R-1 tire with the heavier R-4 sidewall. Seems like a good answer.