Buying Advice 1835M on Nokians

Tractorable · Jul 9, 2023

Saw these Nokian Tri-2 tires being offered on a new MF 1835M for sale on TractorHouse. Thought they looked pretty cool. I’m guessing MF is trying to get in on the R-14 craze. The Tri-2 description is for year round use. Not a snow tire. Easy on the ground but clean out good.

Would any of you select these over R1’s or R4’s?

5030 · Jul 9, 2023

Not good for my application. Neither are R4's.

ruffdog · Jul 9, 2023

I would get them!

5030 · Jul 9, 2023

Are they Chinese as well?

ruffdog · Jul 9, 2023

5030 said:
Are they Chinese as well?

Finland....Dayton, also places in the EU.

Nokian Tyres Production / Nokian Tyres.

ptsg · Jul 10, 2023

Very popular tire choice in Europe for municipal tractors. Those will do great and last a long time for tractors that spent most of the time on the road either pulling trailers, mowing ditches, etc. I head those tires do very well in ice as long as they're studded.

I would still rather have R1 Radials than anything else.

jeepcj7 · Jul 13, 2023

Great for municipalities, road travel (last much longer) and roadside mowing as some one said before. However less traction then R1 and R4 in loose soil and mud.

LouNY · Jul 13, 2023

Nice looking tire, certainly less traction then R-1's, wouldn't be surprised if they had more traction in dirt and they would definitly have more on wet grass then R-4's.
I wouldn't be adverse to a set on a raking or tedding tractor for hay work and definitly for road hauling.

tacticalturnip · Jul 13, 2023

Nokian has earned an apparent reputation for quality; I'd be willing to give them a shot.

Whitbread · Jul 16, 2023

I have a set of yokomaha alliance 550 on my 1740m. They are very close to the Nokians in pattern and intended use. I switched from R4's and I absolutely love them. For what I use the tractor for, you couldn't pay me to switch back. Being that the footprint is so much wider/flatter, their traction in sand/loose soil is worlds better than the r4's were. With all the additional biting edges, I do not need chains in the winter anymore to snowblow up hill on my steep driveway. Obviously on sheer ice you're spinning without the chains, but I absolutely HAD to have them before and now the effort to chain up isn't worth the gains. I haven't tried bottomless swamp mud, but I try my best to avoid that anyway. The mud I have encountered so far hasn't been an issue.