john deere 52 plow tires

All tires are expencive these days. Espeially 'specialty' tires.Suck it up and buy em. Talk to your local FARM tire dealer.They can often find a 'deal'.
 
If they are narrow tires, go to your local motor cycle shop and pick up some used ones for free. A automobile doughnut tire may also work.
 
What did they put on when they cut the steel rims off? 15", 16", or 17"? Very doughtfull that it came from factory with rubber.
 
Depends on when it was converted and what they had avaible. 16" likely a 6:00x16", if it was done late enough might have used a 15" rim for a 6:70x15" tire or earlier a 5:50x17" tire. so what rims do you have? If it is one of the very rare ones with factory rubber probably a 6:00x16"
 
i'll have to get some pictures up after work today, i picked it up in the rain so i did not have time to give it a good look over , it sat in a barn since 1960, very excellent shape , one tire is 5.50-16, the other is 6.50-16, good spoked rims, i'm in new jersey.
 

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A doughnut tire will work on furrow wheel side but is too small for land wheel tire, will not allow enough lift for out of ground and not big enough to give enough traction to raise the plow. A car snow tire did work on land wheel but you will not find one the proper size now.
 
i'll look around, im sure i'll find something, should i get the same tire profile for both wheels or get one smooth and the other with more aggressive tread ?
 
No deed for tread on the furrow wheel, actually better without much tread as that will keep it from trying to pick up mud and hold onto it wraping up the tire making it like the depth was raised. Growing up had 2 of the No. 52 plows, both 12" bottoms. One we had converted over to rubber, other was already done when we got it.
 
I just finished a McCormick No. 4 a couple months ago. I opted for reproduction Firestones from Coker Tire since they matched what was on it, or what was left of them. They were about $350 for the set.
 
I found some used implement tread tires at an area tractor and implement salvage yard....They were
around $25 each for both my IH and JD plows..I even got a tail wheel tire there..
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im going to get either a donut spare from a car , or a motorcycle tire for the furrow wheel, then i'll get the traction tire from miller tires, im going to rebuild both axels when i have the rims off. good time to paint everything also
 
(quoted from post at 16:41:43 11/04/17) im going to get either a donut spare from a car , or a motorcycle tire for the furrow wheel, then i'll get the traction tire from miller tires, im going to rebuild both axels when i have the rims off. good time to paint everything also

Cripes, if you are going to spend the money for a traction tire from Miller Tire, just buy a nice 5.00-16 or 6.00-16 ribbed implement tire for the furrow wheel. Don't put a car or motorcycle tire on the furrow wheel. That would look stupid. If you have patience, I try find old car tires on auction sales and then stash them away for future plow projects. Old car tires are what was on most of these plows from the beginning. At least with an old car tire you've got the "vintage" period-correct tire for the plow. Old bias ply tires, or even the radials from the 70's look vintage enough. Unless the tires are rotten, what you have on there now is perfect.

And, check with your local tire shop or farm tire shop. They probably can get the same tire as Miller Tire, but without paying the shipping. I was surprised a few weeks ago, my tire distributor in town here had the 4.00-12 smooth rib implement tire for the tail wheel, in stock, and way cheaper than Miller Tire.
 
i'll check around for better prices on the tires. i only paid $100 for the plow , so to splurge a little on some tires is nothing.
 

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