Tires Turf tires on the L4400/MX5100

[Dirtslinger2]

My new tractor (one of the above, as of yet undecided, buy bought early this week!), will require turf tires for some commercial landscaping work once per year.

It sounds like there are a handful of different turf tires, the salesman will tell me all about them when I get back to the dealer this week.
I don't want to buy more than what I require! I know the tires vary greatly by price. I know about the extra wide ones, price was nearly $3k. Ouch.

I will be loading mulch by FEL across turf areas and dropping it into the garden beds. Damaging the lawns would be terribly expensive to repair, and plywood just wouldn't work, it would be A LOT of plywood and a lot of time fiddling with it. If I were to use plywood I would think 3-4 guys with wheelbarrows would be faster. Maybe not cheaper, but less headache which is often priceless!

Any suggestions on tires or method much appreciated. Thanks again!

 

[art]

There are two types of turf tires for the 4400 and 5100, one that is economical to buy and then the big wide ones. We've only sold the wide ones to golf coarses, the others have been sold to many different types of customers with good success on lawns! Get the 20" rim ones for the back and the 15" for the front, unless you are on really soft surfaces we haven't seen that much difference. On a golf coarse they are on the grass rain or shine, for a contractor it is normally only shine.

 

[Dirtslinger2]

Thank you. It will need to be rain or shine in this wet climate, so that would be a factor.

Here's what my options are... I'll need to research them more but besides the lowest and highest price- the 3 median are close enough to not make it a price issue alone!

F-24x8.50-14 R-13.6-16 4 ply Firestone $1195
F-27x8.50-14 R-41x14-20ST TL Narrow Turf 4ply Titan $2030
F-29x12.0-15 NHS Turf R-21.5L-16.1 R3-Wide Turf 4ply Titan $2265
F-9.5-16 Tall Turf R-14.9-24 Tall Turf 6 ply Firestone $2025
F-27x10.50LL-15TS Turf R-41x18.0LL-16.1 TS Turf Wide Galaxy $3290

 

[art]

The second one is a regular for turf tires and a good working one!

 

[Dirtslinger2]

Geez the "Narrow Turf" description worries me- are they really wide enough to 'float' along the turf?
I sure don't want to second guess your tips, but I do need to ask!
Thanks.

 

[art]

A little compaction is okay as long as the turf isn't torn up. I don't know your soil conditions as well as I do ours and we do have a good mix of types. For soil to be really soft bog style you might need the extra width of the wider tires. They do make a difference of the type of trailer you can haul them on with the total tractor width to fit between the wheel wells.

 

[Dirtslinger2]

You've made some great points- thank you Art!

 

[Mr. 5000]

I just bought the MX5100 and want turf tires on it. The problem with the turfs from Kubota is that they make the tractor over 100 inches wide(or at least thats what the dealer told me). My trailer is 84 inches wide, is it possible to get the turfs you mentioned above and keep the tractor under 84 inches? If so where do you get the rims and how much does it all cost. I cant seem to find a tire dealer that is able to help me with this problem.