tire age

Hoofer B · Dec 6, 2015

I have a VAO Case that came from the Rudolph Farm ( Don is on here ) up in Door County WI. We got this tractor from the back row of our local Case Dealer in Newton WI. We have had this tractor nearly 40 years and never touched the rear wheels/tires. Obviously they were not new when we got the tractor, so perhaps they were 10 years old when we got the tractor, which would make the tires 50 years old now. How old are the oldest set of tires you have, or know of?????

lee little · Dec 6, 2015

I have a 1946 model John Deere seed drill that I bought from the original owner that still has its original tires.

NEKS · Dec 6, 2015

Put new Goodyears on my WD Allis in 73. Replaced one in 2006 and the other one in 2012. Probably put about 50 hours a year on them, very little plowing and disking. Mostly putting up hay and feeding. Tires still had 75% tread left, started cracking on sidewall.

BhB · Dec 6, 2015

My father bought a Farmall Cub in 1954 and it still has the same tires. Still have like new tread.
Bill

fixerupper · Dec 6, 2015

I have a couple of tires on a wagon that were new on dad's 49 International pickup. The wagon has been shedded for most of its life and they look pretty good but I wouldn't take that wagon down the road very far.

IAtractorKid · Dec 6, 2015

Couple years ago I had a '42 Farmall H with the original rear tires. Still holding air but not much left to them.

jCarroll · Dec 6, 2015

My 320U (1957) has the original rear Firestones.
Badly weather checked, but OK to use as my "Gator"

Pair-a-dice farm · Dec 6, 2015

The key to long tire life is to never leave summer air in your tires through the winter and always replace the winter air before the warm temps in the spring. It's also a good idea to recycle the old air. I always reuse mine for post holes.

redgreen · Dec 6, 2015

We have a 1946 Farmall A that has been on dads farm since 1952. The rear tires are original, the fronts we replaced within the last 5 years. It lived with a set of exhaust lift cultivators and cultivated tomatoes and sugar beets. The cultivators are still in the barn, but I have never got to see them mounted. Once the "veggies" left a woods mower got mounted and it has been removing weeds in a different way for the last 30ish years. The only other "work" I have seen it do is move wagons around tight areas and it ran a PTO auger for the one grain bin we used to use. So our oldest tires I would say are just about 70 years old now.

notjustair · Dec 6, 2015

I've got a New Idea manure spreader with one of the original tires on it. The other isn't much younger. It set out for many years and is rock hard. One day I spread manure all day and didn't know it didn't have any air in it. It looked the same flat as it does full. I need to replace those tires but I am having a little trouble finding used 9 X 24's. It's ground drive (obviously) so I need ag tread.

Tubacase47 · Dec 6, 2015

I am 68; the rear tires on my C Case are older, but I don't know how much older and anyone who might know when my grandfather converted to rubber is deceased. One of the tires has a large patch vulcanized into it.

BANDITFARMER · Dec 6, 2015

My uncle had 2 tractors he had bought from the original owners that still had there original rear tires on them, One is a Farmall H the other an Oliver 770. My uncle passed 2 years ago but the tractors are still family owned. Bandit

Leroy · Dec 6, 2015

What model spreader is it? All I ever know of had 7:50 X 24 tires on them. 3 parts 12A spreaders setting here and the 7:50 or replaced with 8.3 tractor tires. A 9 would have been too wide for rim. The corn pickers took same rim and was just a rib tire instead of traction tread in same 7:50 size.

Hank ABAB · Dec 6, 2015

My 1949 FORD 8N still has the original FIRESTONE tires on it both front and back.
This qualified it to be in the 2015 FIRESTONE Ag Calendar (Miss January).

This makes those tires about 68 years old.

Bruce from Can. · Dec 6, 2015

Have a front tire on my 1950 Case VA that is original , and though I can't prove it , I am purdy shur the rears on my 1953 McCormick W4 are the same one she started with. Bruce

wd9garymn · Dec 6, 2015

I restored my uncle's 1951 super C he bought new and used on 40 acres. Put on new fronts,and rears are about 50%and look good. 1 front was ok but the other had some sidewall issues--not bad for 64 years old, (all firestone tires).

GordoSD · Dec 6, 2015

I have a pair of 7.00x24 ag tread.$60 for the pair.

Blackhole49 · Dec 6, 2015

The rears on my 8n came off a 2n and I'm pretty sure they were original.

Eldon (WA) · Dec 6, 2015

(quoted from post at 05:46:23 12/06/15) I have a VAO Case that came from the Rudolph Farm ( Don is on here ) up in Door County WI. We got this tractor from the back row of our local Case Dealer in Newton WI. We have had this tractor nearly 40 years and never touched the rear wheels/tires. Obviously they were not new when we got the tractor, so perhaps they were 10 years old when we got the tractor, which would make the tires 50 years old now. How old are the oldest set of tires you have, or know of?????

I have a 1945 Allis Chalmers WC that has the original matching rubber on it....still pretty good tread, too. It also has all the original knobs and lights in excellent condition.

rustred · Dec 6, 2015

i have one original rear tire left on my i938 10-20 mccormick. came out with rubber from factory. tire is getting pretty rotten now but still holds air. i already had to replace the other one a few years ago. that puts it at 77 years old. it is a gum dipped firestone tire.

jm. · Dec 6, 2015

O>K> YOU WIN the prize I think.. long life for tires that is for sure.

Tom RS · Dec 6, 2015

I have a few tractors with pretty old rubber and I don't plan on replacing them unless I have to. And then I'll look around for some good used ones. I've replaced my share of tires, front and back. Never bought new yet. New tires aren't part of my low budget hobby.
Pictured is my 45 Case SC and my 51 Shaw. The SC has rear rubber I bought for $20 15 years ago. One has a good sized crack but I never had a problem with it. The Shaw has rear rubber that I believe is original. I recently replaced the fronts - again these were used tires but in great shape.

D beatty · Dec 6, 2015

I think these old girls still have original rubber on them. Some of them are close to needing replacing.

1206SWMO · Dec 6, 2015

I think that this late 1930's Graham Bradley may have the original rear tires..

Andy Martin · Dec 6, 2015

I have the original tires on my F-20. Don't know the year, the left rear is garbage, the right rear still holds air. If it's a '38 that's 77 years old? I haven't had it that long, but its the old style tread and when I bought it twenty years ago the tires looked the same as today.

By the way, most all my tires have cracked sidewalls, I'd sure like to get some of the tires others are throwing away because of age cracks.

MPK · Dec 6, 2015

I had a Allis round baler that my Dad bought new in 49 and the original tires are still on it. The tubes in these always held air really well. These tires are 66 years old now. My son has it now. I think they are B F Goodrich tires.

Trkr · Dec 6, 2015

My 53 Sheppard SD-2 has the original Goodyears on the rear.They're in really good shape

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Paul from MI · Dec 6, 2015

The tires on my Allis B were replaced in 1960, so 55 years ago. They are in great shape, no weather checking and minimal wear. I think my 1940 Allis 60 combine still has one original tire on it, the other one blew two years ago.

Super51 · Dec 7, 2015

My 54 Super-C still has three of the original BFGoodrich tires on it with good tread left on them,dad had to replace one of them because I punctured one of the front ones learning to drive it in my teen's!

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