How long do your tires last

[Tomtint]

I was using the L3700su yesterday... just has to pick something up and put it in the back of the dump truck. I noticed how low on tread my front R4 tires were.. the tears are fine but the fronts only have about 1/2 of lug depth left on them. They are original and I guess about 8-9 years old now. Tractor has about 300 hrs on it with a mix of dirt and asphalt use. If I recall correctly, my skid steer would use up a set of tires every 250 hrs or so under mixed use.

 

[Peter 315]

My l3800 has over 700 hours and the fronts still look good and its about 10 years old.......Most times 2 sets of front to 1 set of rear tires.... That's all a skid steer does is eat tires......:laughing:

 

[John_Mc]

About 1400 hours on my NH TC33D (which as near as I can tell now weighs close to 4000# before adding an implement on the rear). Still on the original R4 tires, except for one front tire that I tore up years ago while pretending my tractor was a skidder on some rocky ground. The fronts are probably getting due for replacement. Almost all of my use is off-pavement, and when on the road, I'm always sure to put it in 2WD. Running in 4WD on pavement is hard on tires, especially the front ones.

 

[Thomas]

When I had my L2800 for 10 years very little tire wear,mostly dirt work and mowing very seldom on pavement also 4wd when needed.

 

[oosik]

I bought my first tractor - Ford 1700 4WD - new in 1982. I traded it - 2009 - for my Kubota M6040. The rear tires still looked brand new with about half of the tread remaining. I attribute this to sheltering in my carport - out of the sun. The front tire had been replaced - extensive loader work and the Uber-sharp basaltic lava bedrock here.

 

[JJT]

Kubota L3710, one front tire started leaking through the side wall at 800 hours and 16 years old. The tractor is always stored indoors and only one tire was dry rotted. Changed them both. The rears will need to be changed out in a few years, I'm now at 1100 hours and 21 years. My Kubota ZD21 I changed the front tires at 600 hours and 12 years, old age did them in. I expect to get a few more years out of the rears.

 

[Texasmark]

Around here, folks who do a lot of hard surface traveling between fields have the most wear and that wear is of a particular pattern, easily traced to road damage. Ties cost a lot of money, but if amortized over the useful life of the tire, in ag. service per se, a bargain. (BTDT opinion)

 

[Henro]

My B2910, a smaller tractor, with foam filled front tires and about 1800 hours still has reasonable tread left on the front tires.

18 years old but maybe ten minutes of operation on a hard paved surface.

May be a message here. Especially if you use 4wd on paved surfaces.

 

[orezok]

My 16 year old B7800 with about 750 hrs went through one set of fronts (blew out the sidewall on one, but the tread was still good).. The rears are still 80%. Tractor is parked out in the desert sun all the time. I believe that ozone pollution in populated areas is worse on tires than the sun.

 

[mapper]

Use 4wd on pavement something is going to break a long time before the tires wear out.
Pulled onto the pavement at the end of my driveway to turn around while in 4wd once, never did that again. Front end was binding and skipping on the pavement! Don't think it would take long to be breaking something expensive!

 

[rodneyn]

Typically front tires on CUT will wear out long before rears. Many factors to consider weight on front bucket and pavement. In addition how hard you use the tractor. I have worn out fronts within 300 hours or as long as 1000 hours. Yes exposure to UV will result in dry rot. Tend to keep tractor in the barn when not in use sunlight does shorten life of rubber tire.

 

[grsthegreat]

I just replaced my front R4 tires last week. I got tired of then popping off the rims. The tread still wasnt too bad, but was having problem with the bead. Replaced with Carlisle tires. Each tire was nearly 50% heavier than the old titans. The tire dealer had alot of problems mounting them. The old titans came off easy. The rear tires still look new. Tractor has about 1,300 hours and is 10 years old. I just didnt want any issues this winter.

 

[Tomtint]

My tractor has seen a fair amount of asphalt in its life. Never oin 4wd unless it痴 moving snow piles. ..more often it痴 loading mulch into a blower when it痴 on pavement.

 

[BrokenTrack]

Tires on my Kubota L2500 was 15 years/2200 hours on my front tires, and 20 years/2900 hours on my rear tires. Both were R-1's, on field and road.

Front tires were $300 to replace for the pair, and rears were $700 to replace for the pair.

So...7 cents per hour-tire for front tires and 12 cents per hour-tire for rear tires.

 

[Tx Jim]

These rear tractor tires are about 25 yrs old & have been driven 100's probably 1000's of miles on public asphalt roads during my custom baling operation.

 

[paulfun9]

This question isn’t as easy to answer as one would think.

The more I think about it the harder it is to answer. In my experiance it has as much to do with how the trarcktor performs or reacts as it does with size wieght and use.

 

[ovrszd]

Paul, I don't think there is an answer that has any value to the person asking the question. Same with "how often do you change oil?" or "how often do you grease your tractor?" or "how long should the seat last?" or a multitude of more questions that could come to mind.

 

[paulfun9]

Paul, I don't think there is an answer that has any value to the person asking the question. Same with "how often do you change oil?" or "how often do you grease your tractor?" or "how long should the seat last?" or a multitude of more questions that could come to mind.

Agreed.

But it does bring to my mind at least all the different replacement intervals that I have had and has me thinking if I was just a little more patient on some of those machines, that I could have saved a ton of money over the years.
I would think those with limited experiance on different machines and a much less varied usage history might be able to give some type of answer that could at least shed a little light on what one could expect.
I hope that makes sense the way I stated it!

 

[ovrszd]

Agreed.

But it does bring to my mind at least all the different replacement intervals that I have had and has me thinking if I was just a little more patient on some of those machines, that I could have saved a ton of money over the years.
I would think those with limited experiance on different machines and a much less varied usage history might be able to give some type of answer that could at least shed a little light on what one could expect.
I hope that makes sense the way I stated it!

Makes sense to me.

I rotate the tires on the road grader I run so they last longer.

I monitor and maintain air pressure in all my tires.

I ruined a front tire on my Kubota at 1,300 hrs. I was heartbroken over it.

I get very good mileage out of my two truck's tires because I drive like an old man on top of regular rotations and proper air pressure.

I also work my vehicles as they are intended to be worked. Use bordering on abuse.

So I guess there's some value in the discussion here. As long as the reader realizes there's no specific answer.

 

[Tomtint]

I called my local dealer to enquirer about tires or tires and rims if it was worth it. Tires mounted on rims..780.00 plus tax. Tires no rims..540.00... then unmount remount... probably another 80.00. Took a better look at the tires my tractor came with. Titans is the rear and Good Years in the front. ..odd