Bird, Thanks for the Tire education....did'nt realize there are so many tires...also found out thru that site that 'New Holland' is a subsidary of 'Fiat'.
Nope, Ralph, not extra deep turf tires, but extra deep ag tires; think rice paddies. Maybe this site with some pictures would be better. Or, of course, you can go to google.com and enter "R2 tractor tire" and find lots of information.
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If you have ever seen a Timber Skidder then you have seen an R-2 type tread. It is basically a very deep R-1 that is designed for mud slinging and cut resistance. Because it is not a popular application you do not see R-2's made in mainstream sizes...
I think I have rice tires now on my grey market Yannie. I had heard the term before but assumed that it was just another name for AG tires. My tires do scar the gouund when it is really we too. I did not realize it before.
It seems I learn something new every time I visit this site.
Bob, I never claimed to be a tractor tire expert. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif From the picture, it appears to me that you have R2 tires, but I can't say for sure.
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Over in the yanmar forum, we call those 'rice' tires.. as that is what many of the machines coming out of the rice paddy's have on them. More agressive than a plain ag bar tire.. .. very good paddles.