R4 Tire?

[RWolf]

Thanks alchemysa for that link. Found reading the entire pdf on tires interesting. The only complaints that I have about my R1's is the lack of puncture resistance but hey it's a 4PLY tire so I know it's soft. I've had 2 flats (on the same side) one front one back. On the front I actually had two flats same tire. The first time I slimed it and it lasted about 6 months. The second time I plugged it. On the back I had to have someone come out because when it punctured it broke bead and I couldn't get it back on. I keep a plug kit in the tool box and it takes all of a couple of minutes to repair a tire and I'm back in business. As far as ground disturbance that everyone is talking about between R1's and R4's I've found that by using a wider R1 I can aleviate that to a point. When I got my tractor because I knew I was getting a 2wd I had a choice of 13.6, 14.6 and 16.9. I opted for the 14.6 whiched seemed like a good choice. When I need to replace I will probably look into the 16.9's as I'm not doing any row crops just hay. I kinda wish I'd gone with the 16.9's to begin with.

 

[Altex]

Hey "Rwolf", do you know what caused those flats? I have R1 Ag tires. I've been all over my hills that have some sharp rocks and lots of dead wood. Haven't got a flat so far. Is it nails or screws in the driveway? Or running over barbed wire? Just wondering what to look out for and if it's something I can prevent. Thanks!

Alchemysa did give so good info. Here's the picture of the different tires.

 

[JIGBUILDER]

R-4 tires are used around here on construction sites where they don't work when wet. Guys doing finnish work prefere them as they don't tend to dig up thework area. They don't work so good in deep mud (such as river bottom mud with no bottom) or clay soils when wet. My neighbor bought a 'bota with R4's and is looking for a buyer for the R4's. The R4's work great on dry ground but during summer haying and winter , feeding when wet, chores he uses his big Green tractor with the R1 long bar/short bar ag tires.

Depending on soil type/wet season or dry season even the R1 long bar vs long bar short bar can make a difference. The Amish folks around here seem to like the long bar R1 for their use especially on their hiway tractors and R1 long bar short bar for field work.

My son lives in central FL with 17 acres in the sand. R4's are the only way, dry or wet, as R1's tend to dig deep too fast.

 

[jimmyj]

Obviously the only way to resolve this discussion is for each of us to have multiple tractors each with different tires!!

 

[Mech]

and my two cents worth...

I had Titan R4's on my Kioit - they were not loaded but with weight on the 3pt hitch, like a snow blower, I never had any problem with traction, without the weight I had ok traction. I just got the Titan R1 Ags on - loaded - much, much better. I'm debating wether I'll even need chains now. First thing I need to do is head for the woods to do a test.

I have loaded R1s on my JD, plow a lot of snow and I've never needed chains.

 

[RWolf]

I believe that I caught some broken tree trunk for the back tire as some of the cedars didn't come out of the ground cleanly. The front I think was from prickly pear cactus. I never saw anything in the tire.