Tires Picking up Glenn's Work - R1W Tires Grand L's

_RaT_ · Feb 16, 2005

Re: Picking up Glenn\'s Work - R1W Tires Grand L\'s

Well that's not bad, I see folks today spending $10K on new 24" rims and wheels, sometimes more and they still look like, well, nevermind. Yours would look good though. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

slowzuki · Feb 16, 2005

Re: Picking up Glenn\'s Work - R1W Tires Grand L\'s

Hmm, Glenn paid 239$ ea for the 108's and 405$ ea for the smaller XM27's.

It looks like it may be a while before we get an L5030 after all, but I'll keep up with the fitment info.

slowzuki · Feb 17, 2005

Re: Picking up Glenn\'s Work - R1W Tires Grand L\'s

We have some Canadian pricing now, this is is Canadian $ ok:

Firestone Radial 4000R1-W 280-70-R16 309$ ea
Michellin XM108 11x16 (320/65/R16) 328$ ea
Goodyear DT810 280x70x16 420$ ea

Edit
The XM27's are an industrial tire while the XM108's are an ag tire. The pricing is much lower on the ag's than the industrials but you give up the heavier case for better ride. The 11x16 XM27 fronts are almost 100$ more here in Canada than the 108's.

_RaT_ · Feb 17, 2005

Re: Picking up Glenn\'s Work - R1W Tires Grand L\'s

Ken, they should last you a very, very long time. With better traction, better tread contact and even lower pressure, I would think you would also loose less rubber. The XM27's are called R4's although I am not sure why when you look at the tread configuration, it looks more R1 then R4 whereas I think it is the XM 28 that is the more typical R4 looking tread. I will try to destroy my rear tires so that I can someday replace them with some XM27 17.5X24's

slowzuki · Feb 17, 2005

Re: Picking up Glenn\'s Work - R1W Tires Grand L\'s

Rat, the reason for the R-4 status is the casing is bullet proof, built like a brick @#$%house. The ag tires don't have as thick of casing and sidewall.

_RaT_ · Feb 17, 2005

Re: Picking up Glenn\'s Work - R1W Tires Grand L\'s

That's the main reason I have R4's on my L3830. I wanted to ride on a brick @#$%house. It was important not to spring any leaks if you know what I mean.

tinytractors · Feb 17, 2005

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I've got a Kubota L3430 with FEL and the R1's. The front tires seem so undersized and really sink in with a full bucket. Glenn's work really impressed me. I've read the full thread but have not been able to determine the rims he used for his L3430, also if the pics of the loader mod were for the L3430. Is there any spreadsheet info that may help me speed up the process for getting the tire/rim matchup and the front/back ratio.

_RaT_ · Feb 17, 2005

Re: Picking up Glenn\'s Work - R1W Tires Grand L\'s

Tinytractors, that actually is another reason I went R4's. The R1's get lost very quickly under a load. No question that the R4's stay on top much better. That is perhaps one of the reasons though that in the mud, the traction is also so much less besides the tread design. I typicaly don't work in the mud if I can avoid it, it makes a stinkin mess of everything. For me, the R4's work very well, my soil is primarily DG (decomposed granite). It shines the steel on my loader/boxscraper very nicely.

slowzuki · Feb 17, 2005

Re: Picking up Glenn\'s Work - R1W Tires Grand L\'s

tinytractors, if you read close you'll see the rims from the L5030 ag tire option are your best bets. 90$ a piece was posted earlier as a recent price.

If you download the spreadsheet you should be able to find something. I haven't looked at what matches the stock rear R-1's.

tinytractors · Feb 17, 2005

Re: Picking up Glenn\'s Work - R1W Tires Grand L\'s

I took another look at the spreadsheet... a lot of info there. I guess the next step is to get the ratio between front and rear right and then start picking the path to go. Thank You.