Goodyear radials

Dieseltech · Apr 10, 2015

Found a set of 18.4x38 Goodyear radials, about 40% tread, all bars are the short design. How well do they ride on blacktop roads, 10 to 20 MPH? Being all short bars would the ride be smooth or rough on a tractor that is more on the road than in the field? Can they be used tubeless ? All I've ever been around are Firestones or Goodrich, all thoughts welcome!

hd6gtom · Apr 10, 2015

are they DT710's?

vscummins · Apr 10, 2015

I've got a set of good years they ride better than the bias tires I had

T in NE · Apr 10, 2015

I bet they are.
3 rows of short bars. Not bad on pavement or solid ground but they create a major vacuum in any amount of mud.
Know a guy with a pile behind the shop. Tractor comes in with them he already has replacements ordered. Has only been able to give 1 away, to a guy who needed a tire that minute.

Dieseltech · Apr 10, 2015

Yes, I think they are DT710s, could not recall before..

stonerock · Apr 10, 2015

goodyear has never made a good tracton tire, firestones are the best, goodyears are not even good for duels.

M Nut · Apr 10, 2015

DT 710s ride great on the road, and absolutely stink for traction. I mean they are worthless! I had them on a tractor I bought, then put a loader on after, and I had to use tire chains from the time the grass got frosty in the fall until people were wearing t-shirts and shorts for summer. Also wouldn't pull in clay soils for nothing. Sit and spin and never even begin to grip anything. If you want a road tire, no problem. Anything else, stay clear! I sold that tractor a couple of years ago, and the new owner had the tires replaced within a week.

Frank 41 · Apr 10, 2015

That particular model is not even good for a year. Get Michelin or Firestone.

rusty6 · Apr 10, 2015

I don't know about today's Goodyear tires but they certainly made them good in the 1980s and 90s. I've still got the original Dynatorque radials on my 7130 Magnum. Getting a little short on tread at 7000 hours but I like them. Same on the 1988 CIH combine. Just bias ply Goodyears but they have never given a problem and have hauled the combine through more mud than I would ever have thought possible these past wet years.
1660 In the Mud

Kent Petersen · Apr 10, 2015

I drove a 4440 planting went home and in the shied ever night the dam things bounced all to the field and the same coming home 8 to12 hours later i would not run Goodyears if they gave them away

Fordfarmer · Apr 10, 2015

I'll second that. Had a set on a 9600 Ford. If it even got damp, my 7000 on bias tires could out pull it. The guy I sold them to claimed they pulled ok in sandy soil.

JMS/.MN · Apr 10, 2015

IIRC M nut got a replacement 710 thru me, after I had traded in a set. He needed one, I had just bought a different brand. BFG or Firestone. 710 was excellent traction on snow, not so much in the field.....profile of the bars were rounded, not square, never put enough rubber on the ground. I like a tire with square edges.

M Nut · Apr 11, 2015

Yep, that was the tire, and I sure appreciated the info so I could get a match. I ripped the sidewall out of one haying one summer. They were great tires in a hay field where traction was not an issue. They rode great on rough ground and floated well on softer ground, but if you started to sink a little, you were done. I actually got stuck cutting hay with a haybine, and the tractor was not down more than 3". They simply would not bite or dig in our clay soils. Trying to move on frozen or snow covered surfaces wasn't happening. The only thing I can say in their defense is I didn't have fluid in them, but I don't have fluid in any of the other tires either, and they do much better.

hd6gtom · Apr 11, 2015

DTECH I took a lot of new Dt710's off new tractors and left them at the farmers or the dealership. They absolutely stank in damp fields, filled up with mud and you were stuck. We replaced them with Firestone, Kleibear or Michlin's.

Robert Major · Apr 11, 2015

Hi
If you listen to the guys here that say buy Michelin, avoid agri bibs, but don't know about other Michelins .
I got a set of 4 on my Valtra that need replacing. they got fantastic tread on like over 2" of lug on the rears, the side walls are falling out inside and we are tubing them, then they break up more wrecking the tubes, i patched one rear 5 times last year.
The fronts are down to 1+" and the walls are going on them to. I have a friend with the same tire problem with them, and heard a good few more horror stories when looking for used to match mine.
New the cost is absolutely stupid, so thats kinda why I wanted used or take offs. from my experience so far, and others comments in the tire trade about mine i wouldn't risk part worns more than 4 years old either.
Regards Robert

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