Tires Trade Ag tires for Turf Tires

[mostly_gas]

Unless he does not like damage R1 tires does to his lawn.

 

[Duffster]

As I said before I use this tractor to make a living and work primarily in residential yards. I called my Kubota dealer today and he told me turf tires and wheels would cost me 2500.00. The problem is he said it would make the tractor over 100 inches wide which would make it untrailerable. So would anyone like to trade ag tires for industrial tires : ). Why does no one seem interested in answering my original question?

There is no such thing as untrailerable.

 

[JIGBUILDER]

As I said before I use this tractor to make a living and work primarily in residential yards.
Why does no one seem interested in answering my original question?

I buy my tractor tires from a Maxxis tire dealer in my small town. Another small town down the road has a Goodyear dealer that handles tractor tires. Look in the yellow pages for your area for tire dealers that handle tractor tires.

 

[firefighter jim]

I have turfs on mine and except when I'm doing ground engagement work (plowing) they work very well. In fact they are better in the snow and on ice than ag tires and where I live that seems like about 1/2 the year.

I don't know how turfs can be better in snow than ags Botabill but I'm glad they work for you.

 

[KennyV]

Turf tires are sooo much better in snow. And on a lot of large equipment motor graders are another place turf works a lot better... As someone else has pointed out some time back a turf tire more closely resembles a mud snow or all season tread.
Years ago I bought new rims and oversized turfs for my Kubota L4200, I thought I might some day want to use the Ag's so I put them in the barn, they are still there aired up and no place to go because I will never go back with them. KennyV.

 

[lawn_king]

I have to agree with LB. Why? You could not give me a tractor with Turfs unless I owned and maintained a golf course.

If you do have a need for turfs keep your R1's. You will want them back on sooner or later.

Chris

If you work commercial snow, turfs are a must!!! (firefighter jim) ags are the worst tire for snow, almost useless. Ags are thin & have very little rubber in surface/contact compared to the wide turfs that self clean on every revolution.

 

[firefighter jim]

If you work commercial snow, turfs are a must!!! (firefighter jim) ags are the worst tire for snow, almost useless. Ags are thin & have very little rubber in surface/contact compared to the wide turfs that self clean on every revolution.

Interesting, would not have believed that! Wonder how I've gotten by all these years with ags! :laughing:

 

[Duffster]

If you work commercial snow, turfs are a must!!! (firefighter jim) ags are the worst tire for snow, almost useless. Ags are thin & have very little rubber in surface/contact compared to the wide turfs that self clean on every revolution.

This is far from true. Not saying that trufs don't work but the vast majority of farm tractors doing commercial snow will have R1's and work very well.

All of this is moot point, if the OP wants turf tires then he wants turf tires.

 

[lawn_king]

This is far from true. Not saying that trufs don't work but the vast majority of farm tractors doing commercial snow will have R1's and work very well.

All of this is moot point, if the OP wants turf tires then he wants turf tires.

95 % of the tractors in the northeast are running turfs for snow, perhaps it's a different story in the midwest?

 

[ModMech]

No one is answering the OP questions because the questions are BROAD.

Who are your local dealers for tractors and tires?

What SIZE R1 tires do you currently have?

What size Turf tires do you WANT?

Have you checked your local CL ads?

Not to be mean spirited, but we are all trying to help you, at some point you have to do your own homework.

Oh, 100" wide IS trailerable, easily. 102" is the legal maximum so at 100" width, you have 2" to spare