Rear tires for an H

bobcatdan

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Setting the budget for new tires all around for the H this spring. Debating my options for rear tires. From what I see, 10 38 are the stock size. Currently it has 11 38. Which size am I going to happier with, or am I spilting hairs here. If going bigger is fine and the cost difference minimal, I have no problem spending a little more. Biggest thing would be better best traction for play plowing. It is a loader tractor, but I use it as an off road forklift, not snow plowing or dirt digging.
 
If I had my choice, I would run 13.6's on it... H has the power to need them at times, for me at least.

Here are a few pictures of mine with 13.6s on it...

I think it makes it look a "bigger and badder" too!! :p

Bryce
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I could see that. My big thing is going back to stock size and giving up something I didn't know I had or it just looking too different from what I'm use to.
 
A 13.6 is too large for an H. A 12.4 makes a nice tire for that tractor. I have new 11.2 on 10 inch rims on one H and they look pretty narrow. Then I have 13.6 on another H and they look too big. My M actually has 12.4 on it that came off a Super H. Reason I leave them where they are is I have less than a half inch clearance over steering wheel on M going into the barn and if I put the 13.6 on M I will have to deflate tires some.
 
I would say 12.4's are what it SHOULD have on it then...

It will still do just fine, and work just fine! ;)

For example, I can't afford tires, so I am going to put these 13.6's on my M farmall, and put my spare 12.4's onto the H, and when I can afford tires, or find some better ones, I'll go back to 13.6's on the H... Maybe 14.9's on the M one day!!! WOAH! :p

Bryce
 
Giving you my best guess with the tires on, I'm saying 9" wide. That's per tape measure and eyeball for straightness. Rims are in great shape so no reason I'm not reusing them.
 

The very EARLY Hs may have had 9 inch wide rims, but the vast majority of Farmall Hs have 10 inch wide rims. A 12.4x38 tire is a perfect fit on a 10 inch rim. If you want to go to 13.6x38 tires, you need to have 11 inch wide rims.
 
My tires are in very poor shape. Mismatch also. Yes they hold air and have some tread, but are very dry rotted so not really long for this earth. The tractor is a few years off from a full restore so making it pretty is not the concern. More so avoiding a tire failure before it happens. While not a farmer, this tractor with its loader is a main workhorse for picking up and moving stuff my back doesn't want to. I'd hate the headache of loosing a tire back in the woods.
 
I had mismatched tires on my H when I got it, one 11.2 MW Power Trac with lots of tread and a Goodyear 13.6 that was as bald on top as George Washington. I picked up a parts H that a tree had fallen on for $300 that had a set of 14.9s with some tread and calcium loaded. They went on the H and were great. They were on 9" rims. I still have them now on my 300. They look pretty balloon-y but they provide a great deal of traction. They're old and cracked and presumably someday I may have to replace them but they have done an awful lot of work for me in the last 5 years haying, skidding logs and such. I would be tempted to go with 12.4 or 13.6 if I was buying new since I think they would have more traction than the 11.2 but that's just my opinion and not worth much.
Zach
 
(quoted from post at 09:59:50 08/30/15) Setting the budget for new tires all around for the H this spring. Debating my options for rear tires. From what I see, 10 38 are the stock size. Currently it has 11 38. Which size am I going to happier with, or am I spilting hairs here. If going bigger is fine and the cost difference minimal, I have no problem spending a little more. Biggest thing would be better best traction for play plowing. It is a loader tractor, but I use it as an off road forklift, not snow plowing or dirt digging.

i had a H that dad and I put 15.8 on we pulled an HM150 3disk turning plow soil that ranged from sand to clay to gravel. the old H never looked back. 15.8's came off a log skidder
 
Those are obsolete sizes, I would not go smaller than 12.4, I plan to take mine up to 13.6 on next round.
 
The 12.4 or 13.6 is fine for an H. I never could understand the trailer queens needing new tires to set in the shed. If they are flat or such one thing. 14.9 look good on an M
 
12.4's are a good all-around tire on a H.
that's what I run on mine, work fine.
But, with that said, I run 13.6's on my Super H's.......same tractor basically...guess it's all in the 'look'

and if your area is like mine.......
[i:421418a9a6]any[/i:421418a9a6] useable 38 found... on a H/deere B rim......good enough..size?...don't care...price is right....I'll take it :D
 
To my mind, it isn't about looks, it's about what WORKS WELL for they soils you are on, the uses you put your tractor to, and apparently whether or not you can get it in the barn. If 11.2's work for you, great. If you want to go to 16.9's, and duals at that for working muck, go for it. Bar angle of 23 or 45 degrees? Your choice. Radials or bias? Your choice. Ask your local farm tire shop, or a local BTO what works for them. Anyone with a dozen or more tractors working a (few) thousand acre(s) or so, would probably have a good idea of a good tire for your use.

Price is also a factor for a lot of folks. So what if used 13.6's look funny on 9" rims if it still goes to work every day? I don't judge a tractor's owner by the tires he/she runs, but by what shows on an oil dipstick and whether Zerks show recent grease.

Ditto with NoNewParts - in this area, ANY 38" tire at a reasonable price is good if it will contain a tube and still has nubs of tread.
 
I will certainly agree one can put any tire on their tractor that they want. I guess I kind of think from a mechanics perspective, what really fits the size of the tractor. An H is a pretty small tractor with small axles, small bearings and gears. Tie it down to the ground with over sized tires, using lower gears and things start to come apart inside. Always remember, your tires are your slip clutch.
 
Thanks for all the advise. My plan is when I'm ready to do it, I'm going to dismount the tires and have the them sandblasted and restoration quailty painted. Once I have the tires off, I will propperly measure the rim to verify if I have a 9" or 10" rim. On the tractor, I feel I'm guessing too much. From there I'll decide if I have 9", I'll stick with 11.2. If 10", 12.4.
 

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