Tractor tires, sometimes to soon

CADplans · Sep 18, 2016

Aren't those new tires what is called "rice tires"?

They will have LOTS of traction in your swamp!! :thumbsup:

Oldpath05 · Sep 18, 2016

CADplans said:
Aren't those new tires what is called "rice tires"?

They will have LOTS of traction in your swamp!! :thumbsup:

The Crop Max spec. didn't say anything about the rice field, but I think your right, hope they do good in snow.

Don't know what is but when/after I build or buy something, someone always brings up a point that never would of dawned on me. Now I have a bad feeling about these 7-16 tires, so I counted the tread bars on them. I have 13 pointing in and 13 pointing out, 13 has always been my unlucky number. The Galaxy's I replaced had 22 inner's and outer's tread bars, I'll go get my calculator and try to figure out how many tread bars I lost, then see if I can estimate if I can get atleast 200 hrs. out of them. Lessons Learned, count the tread bars before buying.

Arc weld · Sep 19, 2016

I don't think the traction difference would be very big but if you wore out the original R1 tires in 200 hours, you could likely wear the next set out in 200 hours as well in the same conditions. Tire compound or number of plies may make a difference though.

4570Man · Sep 19, 2016

How does the amount of rubber in each bar compare? Would running chains reduce wear? I thought rice tires had a very aggressive tread like this.

budepps3760 · Sep 19, 2016

Reading this post has my heading swimming. What are the tire basics when looking for a new set of tires pertaining to tread count? I mean is there a basic number of treads to use in general farming? I guess you could call me a weekend harmsteader but I hope to change that in the next year or so. My use of my tractor will increase then. Tries are ok now but will need a set in a few years and so I like learning before I spend my hard earned money.

SPYDERLK · Sep 19, 2016

Oldpath05 said:
The Crop Max spec. didn't say anything about the rice field, but I think your right, hope they do good in snow.

Don't know what is but when/after I build or buy something, someone always brings up a point that never would of dawned on me. Now I have a bad feeling about these 7-16 tires, so I counted the tread bars on them. I have 13 pointing in and 13 pointing out, 13 has always been my unlucky number. The Galaxy's I replaced had 22 inner's and outer's tread bars, I'll go get my calculator and try to figure out how many tread bars I lost, then see if I can estimate if I can get atleast 200 hrs. out of them. Lessons Learned, count the tread bars before buying.

Its not quite that bad since each tread bar is longer ... but ... the traction load on each bar will be increased on the lower count, contributing to wear in hi thrust usage.

Also, I think new tires are softer for awhile, and cut easier. The rubber seems to toughen up over about a 2yr period.

SPYDERLK · Sep 19, 2016

budepps3760 said:
Reading this post has my heading swimming. What are the tire basics when looking for a new set of tires pertaining to tread count? I mean is there a basic number of treads to use in general farming? I guess you could call me a weekend harmsteader but I hope to change that in the next year or so. My use of my tractor will increase then. Tries are ok now but will need a set in a few years and so I like learning before I spend my hard earned money.

Exactly! Bar separation/count, bar angle, depth, shape, ... bias or radial all have an effect variably suited to conditions. I would sure like to see a good experimental study.