Tires Tires

[Anonymous Poster]

I have a Yanmar YM220 and am thinking about changing from turf tires to AG or industrial type tires.

Does anyone know what AG or industrial type tires will fit on my exisitng rim?

Also, what kind of costs am I looking at if I wanted to purchase a set of AG tires on rims? That way I could switch back and forth if I wanted to.

Thanks

 

[Bird]

In every case I've known of (may be some I haven't known about), when you change from turf tires to one of the others, you also have to change rims. They're made differently for the different type of tires.

 

[tdenny]

Both turf tires and R4 industrial tires are significantly wider than your normal ag tires. You will need new rims for those. This might be good though in case you ever want to switch back you'll have those ready and available.

 

[gbirky]

Whether you can mount turf tires on your YM220 will depend on what size ag tires are on it now. Firestone/Bridgestone makes diamond tread tires in many of the popular smaller ag tire sizes. Take a look at them here. If they list your size, then you could mount them on your existing wheels. There are also other options if you happen to have wheels with a standard truck wheel diameter. For example, I will be using 265/75R16 truck/SUV tires for the rear of my YM1301D which now has 8-16 ag tires on it. These will mount directly on my existing rims and have the same circumference. I will likely purchase a set of wheels to mount the deep lug "rice" tires on for winter use.

 

[kayssupply]

The diamond tread tires are not running true to size. I just purchased a set of 9.5x24 diamond tread Firestones. They are a couple of inches shorter than the 9.5x24 Ag tires on the tractor I purchased them for. They are closer to the 8.3x22 tires on the smaller tractor I have.

 

[bruce1966us]

Assuming that you have 24 inch rims on the rear and your tractor is 2WD the turf tires should cost less than $150 each. And yes you can use your existing rims.

Thanks,
Bruce
bruce@yanmartractors.com

 

[LLove]

The original post states that you have Turf tires and would like some info on the idea of changing to AG type tires on your 2wd tractor.
Lucky You! A 2 wheel drive tractor will save you some time and money this time. You only have to change the rear tires, not all 4 and worrying about
any 4wd mis-match in tire sizes front to rear.
Your existing rims are made wider than the "AG" type rims. So replacement rims should be in your purchase plans as well as the "AG' tires you wish to get.
The price will vary with new vs used, shipping distance, etc. So check with the Dealers on this forum as well as others. A pair of rims will be the hard part,
New "AG" type tires can be pricey. $140.oo each plus taxes here. I'll personally go for rice tires when I need to replace my rear tires, but the "non-rice" type
work well for most people, most of the time.
There may be someone out there, ( catch the hint ), that has a name,number,etc, for a tractor boneyard.
Hope you find what you want close to home. Lloyd

 

[gbirky]

LLove,
You are absolutely right! Even though I knew originally that the question was about putting ags on in place of turfs, I am so used to seeing the question of putting turfs on these gray tractors, that by the time I had read the rest of the posts - I was back the same old stuff.

Here is a great idea - find someone with a gray market tractor that has the correct size tires and wants to change to turfs. See if you can do a swap. Unless you want to keep your turfs of course.