Buying Advice 1835M on Nokians

[Tractorable]

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]

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

 

[ruffdog]

I would get them!

 

[5030]

Are they Chinese as well?

 

[ruffdog]

Are they Chinese as well?

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

Nokian Tyres Production / Nokian Tyres.

 

[ptsg]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[Whitbread]

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.

 

[Rustyiron]

I have them and they do just fine on the gravelly soil we have and superior in my winter snow plowing.
I'd say for flat to moderately rolling land doing hay work, spraying and road travel that they'll do just fine and give you a very nice ride on the roads and should last probably twice as long as r1's.
Clay soils and this tread pattern do not get along just as you'd expect.
I "pieced" my tires together needing front tires. I found a set mounted that were "take offs" from a new self propelled sprayer. They are "Alliance" brand. Being satisfied with the performance I bought 2 "BKT" brand when it was time for the rears.
There are charts online for conversion to metric dimensions, important for 4wd tractors if you're not buying a new tractor or replacing as needed.

 

[Jrasband]

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.

DO you really know that r14's are worse in mud? I find that hard to believe because R4's are hopeless in mud. I have used R14's in mud a little and my impression was that they are better than R4's

 

[Rustyiron]

I would doubt that they are worse (in mud) than R4's and might argue that they're better. But my only experience with R4's are on a skid steer or backhoe, not a tractor.
Tires have a pretty simple "job", short of some science (siping) and rubber compounds behind or for racing, rock crawling or ice and snow applications, tires are more or less just paddles, propellers or whatever you can equate to something that effectively displace semi liquid earth (mud in all its consistencies) while supporting and pulling a load.
Analyze your conditions and use for your decision. These R14's and similar are more expensive but should last longer. Just look at the amount of rubber subject to wear contacting the ground. I'd guess that it's 3 times as much and common sense tells me this will increase the wear and similarly reduce necessary traction in certain mud conditions.
I'd make a wild guess that other than arid conditions, drawing a mid line east to west across the middle of the country, the lower half should stay with a traditional R 1.
Local conditions and tasks, mowing, haymaking, spraying and maybe light tillage as the exception.

 

[WilliamBos]

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?

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I would not touch R4's with a 10 foot pole.

Had Carlisle tuefs on our 1635, were excellent year round.

Needed new wheels due to rust issues, bought wheels and R1's.

Those look like an excellent tire.

 

[screamin400]

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Love the tires