Tires

KiotiJohn · May 24, 2005

( Thanks John! Would the taller tire result in less HP/TQ to the ground? )
I'm not a tire expert by any means, but I don't think you lose anything. I think you may gain a little as the larger tire doesn't turn as fast as the smaller tire.
Maybe someone else knows more about this, but that's my guess.
John

steveinmo · May 25, 2005

Jerry,

So far I love the new tractor. It's like driving a Cadillac compared to my old Ford 861. It handles the 6' finish mower with ease. Some of my fescue was over 2' tall. I was a little skeptical taking on grass that tall, but neither the tractor or mower seemed to mind a bit.

As far as seeding the yard, I'm not sure what I'll have to do for sure. As I said, I've probably got 2 acres of ground that's torn up from construction. I've got around a 450' driveway and they had to take clay out of another area to get a good base. The house isn't quite done yet and the builder still has to do the final grade. I'll see how he does. If he does a good job I should be able to just use the landscape rake to do the final dress and then seed. I may have to use the box blade first to loosen up the soil and get it the way I want it. I don't have a seeder so I'll probably borrow or rent one. Probably just a PTO driven broadcast type spreader. Then I'll drag it or roll it with something.

The summer heat is pretty gruesome here so my feeling is I'd be wasting my time trying to seed before fall. I'll probably just spend the summer doing landscaping (retaining walls, gardens, berms, patio, etc.) and seed the end of August. Although I may see if I can find some cheap rye grass to grow to control erosion during the summer rains.

There have been several threads on grass planting / growing on this site. Do a search. You also might want to check out the following sites:

http://www.lawnforums.com/
http://www.lawnsite.com/
http://www.farmseeds.com/

Hope this helps.

Steve

LBrown59 · May 26, 2005

( First of all, I want to thank all of you on this forum. I am in the process of purchasing my first compact utility tractor, and I appreciate the opinions and knowledge offered here throughout this forum.

I’ll get to the point:

R4 tires, two sizes, what are the advantages of paying for the taller tire? I will be using the tractor mainly for mowing (5 acres), light landscaping, and some bucket work. From reading other posts, the R4’s seem to be relatively easy on the grass while providing more traction then turf tires.

I have already signed the purchase agreement. The dealer is trying to locate a tractor for me today. 3320, 300cx, 72 inch rear frontier mower.

I also welcome any other suggestions, or criticisms. This is a learning process for me.

Thank you,

Jerry Slinger/tarious
tarious@hotmail.com )

taller tires = more ground clearance but less stability.

R4 tires to me combine the worst features of A/G and Turf tires.

In mud they turn into racing slicks.
 No matter which tires you have,Your tractor is going to make tracks . Why do you think they call them Tract-ors ? 
You really aren't saving much turf with industrials or turfs but you are sacrificing traction.
 If it don't have AGs it's not a tractor.

guyrj33 · May 26, 2005

You say you'll mostly be mowing. I would recommend the turf tires, they will be much kinder than ag's to your lawn. Turfs have reasonably good traction in snow. In mud not so good.
I think R4's are realy indended for pavement.

firtol88 · May 26, 2005

The latin root tract means to draw or pull.

but your "meaning" of leaving ruts is a bit more fun.

seapea · May 26, 2005

( R4 tires to me combine the worst features of A/G and Turf tires.

In mud they turn into racing slicks. )

If I had Ags and it was muddy, I wouldn't be using my tractor anyway because of the damage it would do, so I wouldn't lose anything by having R4. My use it what you would call property maintenance. Obviously agricultural and contruction have different requires. You probably wouldn't want to be trenching on a construction side in mud with R4s.