Tubed or tubeless. What do ya'll do?

[Happy in NC]

That is why I originally asked for tubeless. I had driven it about 50 feet or so before I realized it was flat. Drove it 50 feet back to the compressor and no valve stem.

 

[neilpaku]

I put tubes in all my garden tractor tires because despite having good beads etc., they just wouldn't hold air. Had tubes in for 2 years now and have yet to put any additional air in. I think garden tractor tires just aren't the quality of larger tires

 

[Texasmark]

Took my front tractor wheel in yesterday to get it fixed. I had this one fixed before and they put a tube in it. Told them I wanted no tube unless there was some specific reason for doing so. The man that owns the shop just about everyone around here runs tubes.
What is advantage or disadvantage of each and what do ya'll do?

I have a 61" ZT riding mower and keep the air in my tires low since my farm is clay and in the summer, when you obviously spend a lot of time mowing, you could fall into one of the cracks (more or less).

The front tires, being that they turn circles have a problem with the tubeless tire to wheel area leaking due to the usage and low air pressure.

Several months ago in a posting, a respondent said to put a tube in the front tires (since obviously the tube really has no bearing on what the tire to wheel junction is doing.

Cannot believe how wonderful that suggestion was.
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Tubeless farm tires: New tractors have them and do just fine. Older tractors don't have the correct wheel sealing area shape to support tubules tires.

I bought a 1990's era tractor a couple of years ago that still had the OEM tires. I got a thorn in it. The tube had been against the tire for so long that I was able to plug the hole and it hold perfectly for several years so far.

Flip side is I had a problem with a tube in another tractor and for some reason decided it needed a new tube a 13.6x28. It took 2 guys from the tire store over an hour to get that tube installed in that tire.

My preference obviously is tubeless.

 

[ssgp2]

Tubeless for me.

 

[kbt kubota]

With tractors and articulated loaders, both of which generally don't spend so much time on the road, the main problem with tubes is punctures. Run over a nail and it deflates suddenly - you are stuck there and can't carry on working. Tubeless will generally go down slowly and, provided you can inflate them, you can carry on working until you get the machine back to civilization.
Having said that, I have tubes in both the front wheels of my Avant 520, they just won't hold air without. Rears are fine as are all four wheels on the bigger Avant 528. Odd.