Advice from users of a SideWinder TireDrive rotary cutter/bushog/shredder

[jclaudii]

My family has a 6 foot sidewinder bushog. Great shape except for the drive tire. The drive tire is still made by Millder tire, but it is in the $195 range plus shipping (used to be $90 bucks a few years ago). I guess due to demand, these tires are not made very often and why the price has went up. From my research, the 6.70-15 drive tire has the exact same dimensions as a implement tire. My question to those who have owned or used these is 'Will an implement tire drive these mowers or do I have to spend the money on the propitiate tire?'. I ask because I have a local implement tire, normal ribbed design, in the size I need that meets almost all of the criteria below. The differences are the tire I am looking at is 6 ply, may have an inflated width of 7 inches has the same overall diameter and same treadepth and I can obtain it at a deep discount because it is an old tire they do not have in inventory any longer. I was the first person to ask about it in like 12 years they said.

Any help is appreciated before I waste some money on a tire that may or may not work.




Official tire

Overall Diameter:28.2"
Overall Width:6.9"
Ply Rating:4 ply Tube Type
Rim Width:4.5"
Tread Depth:8/32"
Max Load:1280 lbs @ 32 psi