Tires New shoes for "Big T" - turfs for my L5740

[sbakf]

Here are pages from Titan catalog. Philip.

Thanks again Philip.

Made a chart of my own - had to bunch the numbers. Brought me closer to making a decision, but ain't there yet. Spec's for the front tires surprised me. Except for tread depth, not seeing much advantage to the either option. Anyone seeing something I'm not?

Sorry - headers are missing in first table. Couldn't fit them into my camera frame - are same as second table.

 

[beppington]

Thanks again Philip.

Made a chart of my own - had to bunch the numbers. Brought me closer to making a decision, but ain't there yet. Spec's for the front tires surprised me. Except for tread depth, not seeing much advantage to the either option. Anyone seeing something I'm not?

Sorry - headers are missing in first table. Couldn't fit them into my camera frame - are same as second table.

Try holding the "Alt" button & then push "Print Screen", open Microsoft Paint, click "paste", then save the file as a .jpg. Then upload that instead. Way easier/ faster/ clearer/ better/ awesomer, etc.

 

[sbakf]

Lets try this again.

 

[beppington]

So your current rear turf tires are 11.8" in diameter smaller than your original R1's ... That's a huge difference! That lowered your tractor 5.9" in the rear! It also increase the tire-to-fender space by 5.9"! No wonder!

And your current front turf tires are 6.3" in diameter smaller than your original R1's ... again, big difference. That lowered your tractor 3.15" in the front.

 

[sbakf]

A drop in elevation is a given in going from R1's to R3's. I don't have a real problem with it. I actually like it in some ways (e.g., added hill stability). I had to go to turfs - the R1's were messing up my fields (i.e., washboarding).

Told my dealer to get me some turfs and install with my 400 hr. service. He did and my L5740 arrived with the tires described in SET #1. A couple of folks in this thread described their turfs (i.e., SET #2) and I began to question the choice my dealer had made for me.

My biggest problem, initially, was tractor bounce with these tires. Dropping air pressure alleviated most of the discomfort, however. My second concern was tread depth - what effect on traction? Still uncertain about this. I also worried about how the front tires would handle my grapple loads. Dealer told me they were of 2-ply construction. Nevertheless, their load capacity is actually greater than the front tires described in SET #2 - and even SET #3.

Current purpose of thread: What set of turfs would you lean toward? I'm beginning to think it's a wash.

Opinions?

 

[beppington]

Current purpose of thread: What set of turfs would you lean toward? I'm beginning to think it's a wash.

Opinions?

I prefer Philip's.

 

[PHILIP8N]

I am supprised at the load rating on your front tires. I thought it would be much less. Very important with loader operation. Glad I got the 6 ply. Tires depend on what YOUR needs are. The rear tread on my tires is very deep, almost an inch. Although I mainly mow grass, which these tires are easy on, they also perfrom great in snow every winter, great in dirt doing odd tasks, and okay in mud, which I try to stay out of. Philip.

 

[sbakf]

I am supprised at the load rating on your front tires. I thought it would be much less.

It shocked me as well. New technology, I guess. Now I know ply number doesn't necessarily correlate with strength/load capacity.


The rear tread on my tires is very deep, almost an inch. Although I mainly mow grass, which these tires are easy on, they also perfrom great in snow every winter, great in dirt doing odd tasks, and okay in mud, which I try to stay out of.

Tread depth did give me pause, but then I figured, such worry with a turf isn't of much use. Doubt that it makes much difference either on grass or with mud - 2 revolutions in mud and you've got 4 slicks. I've demonstrated the latter quite effectively with the turfs on my BX2660. Alabama red mud is very good for filling gaps. Even the little R4's that originally came on my BX were useless after a good rain.