Samson Tires?

cyclewacko · May 3, 2010

I cut a tire on my Kubota M4900 over the weekend, and I'm trying to decide what to do about it. The tires are pretty rock- and weather-worn, and I'm thinking about replacing both rears, rather than having the tire repaired. A local tire dealer has a Samson brand tire (made in China, I think) for a pretty good price. Has anyone used that brand, and if so, what do you think of them?

Thanks,
cyclewacko

Soundguy · May 4, 2010

I got a set on my ford 850 loader tractor.. had them for a couple years now.. way better thant he bald and leaking ones I had on it before.. good competitive price too.

soundguy

Kent B · Jul 10, 2013

Soundguy said:
I got a set on my ford 850 loader tractor.. had them for a couple years now.. way better thant he bald and leaking ones I had on it before.. good competitive price too.

soundguy

I know this thread is 3+ years old but I was wondering how well the Samson tires are holding up / or held up. I have a set in my radar priced at $200.00 each. Other brands are upwards to $300 $400 each.
Thanks,
Kent

cyclewacko · Jul 10, 2013

Kent B said:
I know this thread is 3+ years old but I was wondering how well the Samson tires are holding up / or held up. I have a set in my radar priced at $200.00 each. Other brands are upwards to $300 $400 each.
Thanks,
Kent

Kent:

I ended up buying the Sampson rear tires, and they are holding up just fine! I live in very rocky terrain, but the tractor does not see heavy use, although it's parked under a tree, so it does get a lot of sunlight on the tires. Hope that helps!

Regards,
Scott

Midniteoyl · Jul 10, 2013

Samson sells a lot of truck tires...

Soundguy · Jul 11, 2013

Kent B said:
I know this thread is 3+ years old but I was wondering how well the Samson tires are holding up / or held up. I have a set in my radar priced at $200.00 each. Other brands are upwards to $300 $400 each.
Thanks,
Kent

still fine. added a backhoe to that tractor now too!

Kent B · Jul 15, 2013

Well the same place (Pep Boys) who quoted me $440 on the Firestone 8 ply tires found out that they can get the Samsonsn(4 ply) for $173.16 each.

With two new tires, tubes and mounting I will be out the door for less than $500.00

I almost went with the Firestone tires but at over twice the price I decided to go cheap for now. I'll drop my rims off tomorrow morning and have new tires by the end of the day.

My old tires are Firestone but I think they are only 4 ply.

Kent B.

Piston · Jul 15, 2013

Kent B said:
Well the same place (Pep Boys) who quoted me $440 on the Firestone 8 ply tires found out that they can get the Samsonsn(4 ply) for $173.16 each.

With two new tires, tubes and mounting I will be out the door for less than $500.00

I almost went with the Firestone tires but at over twice the price I decided to go cheap for now. I'll drop my rims off tomorrow morning and have new tires by the end of the day.

My old tires are Firestone but I think they are only 4 ply.

Kent B.

Is that for front's or rears? I really need new front tires. I could "use" rear's but my current ones are filled with rimguard, and I don't know if I want to tackle that project!

Kent B · Jul 15, 2013

Those prices are for the rear 11.2 x 24

I bought the Carlyle tires for the front already. I think that they were $ 90.00 plus tubes and mounting

"Neece" is the name of the heavy equipment shop with the HIGH prices. They are $100 over priced on everything.

One of my new front tires went flat a day after they were mounted. Pep-Boys replaced the tube for free... as they should.

Some of the work that they do is free anyway so I think that I will keep using them as much as possible.