to be totally honest with you unless I'm plowing in a very wet field in the early spring in upstate New York I really don't lose that much traction if she starts to slip I just thrown in four-wheel-drive and away I go, I think the tire choice would be more problematic on a 2 Wheel drive tractor. there is no doubt R1 will give you best traction but, is it worth your lawn for the few times you'll need that kind of traction . I plowed and disk about 60 acres this spring and about 40 acres of land clearing rocking tree limbs and a whole bunch of other stuff during the winter maintaining my 1400 foot driveway and barnyard,snow blowing ,plowing with the loader lots of snow sometimes 3 feet in a storm mostly Nor'easters I've yet to have one incident of being stuck with my R4 tires not to mention they definitely handle heavy loader work less flexing in the side wall and a little more puncture resistant in the end either tire will do,it's too bad you couldn't try both tires to see which would be the most productive on your property .
R1 or R4?
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This isn't just about tread pattern, there is the in field cultivating issue too.
17.5Lx24 R4 tires pack nearly 3ft as you go down a row, almost 50% more than their closest Ag equivalent for same/similar size tractor.
OK, it is nearly 18 inches PER ROW, since you come back with one wheel in one of the same tracks, but it really adds up across the width of a field.
This is why I am seriously considering a set of R1s, even though I know they will probably compact the soil more.
17.5Lx24 R4 tires pack nearly 3ft as you go down a row, almost 50% more than their closest Ag equivalent for same/similar size tractor.
OK, it is nearly 18 inches PER ROW, since you come back with one wheel in one of the same tracks, but it really adds up across the width of a field.
This is why I am seriously considering a set of R1s, even though I know they will probably compact the soil more.
dixstir
Silver Member
tires we got a 2305 it came with R4 tires dealer would swap if he had any but did not so he came down 300.00 and I got a set of R1 tires and bought a set of front and rear rims of ebay for less than 200.00 now I can switch back and forth when I need.
1ID
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R4's did not help me this last Saturday 
. Seriously for the hard clay California soil my r4's have done fine. I plow, disk,and till with them. Mine are filled at all corners, so that I'm sure helps me. That being said I would like to try r1's just to see the difference.
. Seriously for the hard clay California soil my r4's have done fine. I plow, disk,and till with them. Mine are filled at all corners, so that I'm sure helps me. That being said I would like to try r1's just to see the difference.Attachments
Deadman
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R4's did not help me this last Saturday
If that a floodplain, or what? Why in the world did you put your tractor in that wet mess?
Milton Burro
Silver Member
R4's did not help me this last Saturday
Matters not what tire you run if you bottom out, you're stuck.
JD3520Turbo
Silver Member
I put Michelin Radials on my 3520 and 45 gallons of winshield wiper fluid in each one and it really made this little tractor a better machine. They are very light in weight.
These tires are a great compromise from R1s to R4s. Plus they are radials, so they have a much flatter footprint, so you do much less soil damage, but get better traction. They are an R-4 tire, but have lugs like that of an R-1.
The tires that came on this tractor were not the best. They had no ability to clean and wouldn't even hold air, leaking around the beads. They were the Galaxy bias tires. 42x16x20. The Michelin Tires are metrics with a size of 400/70R20, and are called XMCL. For the 4000 series tractors with the 17.5-24 is a 460/70R24. These tires have steel belts in them, and a load capacity you will never ever exceed. They are spendy, but you won't ever put another tire on the machine.
These tires are a great compromise from R1s to R4s. Plus they are radials, so they have a much flatter footprint, so you do much less soil damage, but get better traction. They are an R-4 tire, but have lugs like that of an R-1.
The tires that came on this tractor were not the best. They had no ability to clean and wouldn't even hold air, leaking around the beads. They were the Galaxy bias tires. 42x16x20. The Michelin Tires are metrics with a size of 400/70R20, and are called XMCL. For the 4000 series tractors with the 17.5-24 is a 460/70R24. These tires have steel belts in them, and a load capacity you will never ever exceed. They are spendy, but you won't ever put another tire on the machine.
1ID
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Deadman, what you don't see in that picture and what got me in that mess, was trying to get my buddies pickup unstuck. My front tires sunk first, I used the bucket to successfully get unstuck, but could not get the rear tires to clear the ruts left by the fronts. Once the rears sunk, I successfully used the bucket to completely sink the machine . Hours upon hours of pressure washer time!
. Hours upon hours of pressure washer time!