The tires turned out to be 13.6-28. I dragged them home but after standing one up next to the 8N 11.2-28 tire decided that to spend the $$$ to get a new 11.2-28 tire. I will have one brand new and one very old tire on the tractor but they will be the same spec.
All I do is bush hog about 5 acres a couple times a year... But it is almost all on a 10 degree hill and up to 15 degrees in one spot. (Lots of ground hog holes too.) I go across the hill because the tractor struggles to go up the hill directly. Barely makes it diagonally while running the bush hot in 1st gear. Raising the bush hog lets me go directly up but the font end wants to float. (I know, weights.... ). I figured the larger tires would not let me run directly up the hill and may not let me go slow enough even in 1st gear given how thick the brush is and the ground hog holes.
My next head scratcher is: Do I fill the tire with windshield washer fluid or do I run it with just air. I dislike the CaCl. I figure the bush hog weighs around 500 lbs. My main worry is that the unfilled tire could "bounce" while on the high side while crossing the hill and the tractor could tip. So far it has felt very solid in 2nd gear. This is an 8 N and I could "spread" the wheels but then they would be outside the bush hog deck width and won't fit in my car garage where I keep it. Well, I have a week or two to make the choice while the shop mounts the tire and new inner tube.
All I do is bush hog about 5 acres a couple times a year... But it is almost all on a 10 degree hill and up to 15 degrees in one spot. (Lots of ground hog holes too.) I go across the hill because the tractor struggles to go up the hill directly. Barely makes it diagonally while running the bush hot in 1st gear. Raising the bush hog lets me go directly up but the font end wants to float. (I know, weights.... ). I figured the larger tires would not let me run directly up the hill and may not let me go slow enough even in 1st gear given how thick the brush is and the ground hog holes.
My next head scratcher is: Do I fill the tire with windshield washer fluid or do I run it with just air. I dislike the CaCl. I figure the bush hog weighs around 500 lbs. My main worry is that the unfilled tire could "bounce" while on the high side while crossing the hill and the tractor could tip. So far it has felt very solid in 2nd gear. This is an 8 N and I could "spread" the wheels but then they would be outside the bush hog deck width and won't fit in my car garage where I keep it. Well, I have a week or two to make the choice while the shop mounts the tire and new inner tube.
