BX tires?

[offcamber]

On ice I am not suprised the turf tires worked well the small lugs act like siping. I can see how ther R4s would suck on ice. The wide lugs will tend to slip. I notice this effect on my Jeep that Runs Super Swamper SSRs Great in mud not good on ice or wet pavement...why no siping....

 

[KeithInSpace]

I like the IDEA of the R4 tires, but in reality, I don't see how they would help all that much. I have done everything so far with turf tires and they do an admirable job with very limited distress to my turf. I have an ATV cart that I had to pull the ATV tires off of because they were doing so much damage, even when going in a straight line. With the flat lugs, the R4 tire just looks like a VERY worn R1 tire.

If I didn't mow with my tractor, I'd probably have R1 tires. But in the end, I don't think the turf tires are all that bad given the weight of the machine and the 4WD.

I'll put it this way: I've easily broken traction in 2WD and done the work in 4WD without incident (inlcuding ice, snow, mud, leaves, etc). In the situations where I've broken traction in 4WD (only able to do that in Low Range), R1 would have just dug a hole FASTER...not really prevented me from spinning the tires in a particular situation.

But that is just from my "around the house" type of use. I'm sure others have been in a great many situations where R1's have saved their buns.

 

[Volfandt]

I originally had R1's (bars) for two seaons, now I'm going on my 2nd season w/turfs (picked up off of craigslist at a great price) and the difference is very noticable.
The ride is much softer on my rear and the grass is compacted much less w/ the turfs. I've had to use the diff lock and 4wd more inorder to get out of the muck but I've not gotten stuck yet (knock on wood).
Add this ole BX23'er to the turf side

 

[David Cockey]

I recently purchased a set of turf tires and wheels for our B2350 (same as for BX24). The dealer priced them using the "wholegoods" price list (same list as tractor prices, etc) and after discount and sales tax the total was a little under $300. He said they would have been considerably more if I'd gone through the parts department and their price list.

 

[SPYDERLK]

I originally had R1's (bars) for two seaons, now I'm going on my 2nd season w/turfs (picked up off of craigslist at a great price) and the difference is very noticable.
The ride is much softer on my rear and the grass is compacted much less w/ the turfs. I've had to use the diff lock and 4wd more inorder to get out of the muck but I've not gotten stuck yet (knock on wood).
Add this ole BX23'er to the turf side

AGs ride softer than turfs on turf with my BX, to my initial surprise. Actually, the AGs ride softer on any surface if you distinguish firmness from the bar vibration you feel on hard surfaces. On further thot softer makes sense because the tire carcass is not fully in ground contact instantly. 1st the cleat touches and localized carcass deflection starts while at the same time it presses into the surface some, whereas it happens all at once over the whole surface with a smooth tread. AGs riding harder does not make sense nor have I observed it.
larry

 

[Volfandt]

Ag's have harder sidewalls than Turfs as they are constructed for traction, to get a better "grip" in soft soils, they are not constructed for comfort nor to tread lightly on the surface they operate on.
Whereas Turfs are constructed with less stiffness in the sidewalls which not only aids in their intended purpose of distributing the weight more evenly across a wider surface, but also results in providing a softer ride. With Turfs the compaction occurs more in the softer sidewall and with Ags the compaction occurs on the ground inorder to provide better traction on the surface it's operating on.
These tires are constructed for specific purposes and thats why theres a major difference in their construction.
I ran my Ags at 18 psi (rear) and I also run my Turfs at 18 psi (rear) and the Turfs definitely provide a much softer ride to me ove the Ags, even on soft turf. I won't mention how the roughness is amplified on hard surfaces, oppps, I guess I did
I'll also not mention how I don't see the telltale rib markings on my damp lawn and damaged turf in sharp corners when I mowed with Ag's, oppps, did it again
Makes all the sense in the world to me

 

[Barneyhunts]

I have turf and ag tires for my BX2200. I've mowed with both, but use the turfs now because my wife (who does most of our mowing) likes the way they ride. I use the turfs with chains and weights when the snowblower is on. The ags were not much good on ice unless I put the chains on. My lawn is not golf-course quality so the ag tires didn't do much damage.