Cost of Turf Tires.

dtmarion · Mar 18, 2003

I have a B7500 with R4 tires. We just moved to a new home with a lot less land /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif. In my process to try to justify keeping the tractor I am considering changing to turf tires. Does anyone have an idea of the cost of turfs?

NOTE: I mistakenly posted this thread in the NH area so for those of you who monitor the NH forum please disregard it.

Thanks,

Dan

beenthere · Mar 18, 2003

you can edit your reply 

By clicking on "edit", in the upper right corner to the left of the word "reply". Within a certain period of time, this works, and you can delete the message during "editing". This site has everything, just need to find it. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

dtmarion · Mar 18, 2003

How do I do that? I looked but I guess I missed it.

BillyP · Mar 18, 2003

Just curious but why would you want to change to turfs?

thcri · Mar 18, 2003

That would be my question also. I have R4's and I do finish mowing with them all the time. I do have some trouble on my wet lawn, but it is only a year old so the root growth just isn't there yet. My neighbor has a tractor the same size as mine and with his turf's he will leave the same dents as my R4's on my lawn. Both tires on his lawn leave no marks. I really think the weight of the tractor is more the determining factor for damage. Also on sharp turns R4's will do less damage than turf's.

murph

Bird · Mar 18, 2003

( mistakenly posted this thread in the NH area )

Like beenthere said, you can edit or delete your own messages by clicking on the "edit" button, but since you hadn't and wanted it deleted, I just deleted it for you.

dtmarion · Mar 19, 2003

BillyP, I was mostly curious because I am trying to look into my options. I had 2ac of lawn and 2 100ft drive ways but at our new place I only have 3/4ac and a very small drive. So I've been thinking what if I change the tires would that cause less damage to my lawn since the lawn is smaller and I have a bunch of trees to mow around. I've also been lookng into trading it in at my local dealer. I have an email into the dealer and if they take trades I may consider that option. I would get much more practical use from a BX2200 because of it's smaller size.

To be totally honest I know that the B7500 is way too big for my new place but I really love the tractor. I've only had it about 14 months so it's practicly new. I'm trying to sell it out right but there isn't much of a market around here for that size tractor. So I may be best off if I can trade down to the BX.

-Dan