New tires, or new tractor?

[wolc123]

My suggestion would be to keep your R1's, and get a second set of rims with turfs. That way, you won't need to compromise and you will have the best tire for any situation. Take off the turfs and put on the R1's for winter and for those two or three months of summer when the lawn can handle them. Use the turfs when you need them to avoid lawn damage. R4's are really only good for industrial applications for which they were designed. They damage soft lawns almost as bad as R1's, and provide traction no better than turfs in soft ground or snow. A 2wd tractor with R1's will develop about the same traction force on soft ground as an equal weight 4wd tractor with R4's. Turf tires with chains are way better for winter traction, or soft ground traction than R4's, so if you need to have just one set of tires, I would go with turfs.

 

[LouNY]

You don't say what size tire your existing ones are.
There may well be some alternative tread patterns that will work on your existing rims.
In the attached link for 14.4-24 if you scroll most of the way down the page there are 3 different tires that may be of interest.
12.4-24 and 32/85R24 Farm and Tractor Tires

 

[beardley]

You don't say what size tire your existing ones are.
There may well be some alternative tread patterns that will work on your existing rims.
In the attached link for 14.4-24 if you scroll most of the way down the page there are 3 different tires that may be of interest.
12.4-24 and 32/85R24 Farm and Tractor Tires

The rears are 7-14, and a quick google doesn't show me many options. I may go the 2 set route, although trying to move a set of loaded rear tires doesn't sound like a fun afternoon.

 

[Tinhack]

When I bought front and rear tires for the 3910, they came with tubes and mounted on new rims. The fronts were shipped to my door. I met the delivery truck down front to pick up my rears. I backed my tuck up to the back of his trailer and we rolled them into my truck. (A bit of a drop but we didn't break my back glass.) The rears are 13.9x28. The price difference for tires alone was not that much more than the complete set. This allowed me to keep one of the better rears as a spare. The old fronts weren't worth keeping--They were that bad. Bent rims and leaky tubes. If you buy your tires mounted, you can switch them when needed for a season. Or buy a lawn mower.

 

[shooterdon]

I ordered oversize turfs on my LS 4140 with cab...tires are loaded. I have no issues with tearing up my lawn and they work well in snow. My dealer talked me into them....good dealer.

I would never change wheels as someone suggested. I take my turfs into the woods and try to be careful. So far so good.