New Tire Surprise

Destroked 450 · Sep 17, 2019

Truck delivered the new tires I'd ordered today.
Haven't tried this brand before

I was pleasantly surprised at the writing on the side wall and the label.

Haven't seen Made in USA on the side of a tire in a while.

Price was competitive to other brands and much cheaper than the pair of Junkelins I purchased 8 years ago.

David G · Sep 17, 2019

Home of the Hart Parr (Oliver) and birthplace of my dad.

Gambles · Sep 17, 2019

A little research says it?s Czech-owned with factories in
Europe and one in Iowa. My local Coop has been advertising
them on the radio.

Josh-nhihguy · Sep 17, 2019

Mitas bought out Continental from what I
understand. Those tires look similar to my
Continentals I have on the 8970. I've been
happy so far with them.

jeffcat · Sep 17, 2019

Just kinda warms the little cockles of your
heart. Every little bit helps.

r.w.b. · Sep 17, 2019

I might spring for a pair,need 2 , 12.4x 28.

john in la · Sep 17, 2019

Built in the USA has always instilled a better product built by workers that take pride in their product made from better ingredients.

So now the question becomes is a product that is assembled in the USA by a company from a foreign country really better than the same product made in that foreign country and shipped here.

Or is it just a pig with lipstick.

Ultradog MN · Sep 18, 2019

Nice to see.
The trouble with any tire is it'll be
years from now before you know if they
were good or not.

showcrop · Sep 18, 2019

Looks like a rice and cane tread.

Tx Jim · Sep 18, 2019

(quoted from post at 07:52:15 09/18/19)
Looks like a rice and cane tread.

Tire in photo doesn't look like a rice & cane tire to me.

Tx Jim · Sep 18, 2019

I've had Continental radials on the rear of my JD 4255 for over 15 years. They've had unknown many,many miles of highway travel with little noticeable wear showing on the cleats. I wonder if Mitas tires will have as good highway travel wear?

wilson ind · Sep 18, 2019

Now you have got me curious. Is Junklins an oriental name of a brand or a slur of a company???

BarnyardEngineering · Sep 18, 2019

Mitas AC85's are the same as what Continental used to call their AC90. Excellent tire for hills and muddy conditions with the 45 degree lugs.

Destroked 450 · Sep 18, 2019

Slur for Michelin's, paid big money for a set 8 years ago to go on my 6610 cab tractor, all I do with it is bale hay.
Leaked out the side walls after the second year so put tubes in, side walls cracked and pinched the tubes at 4 years old.
Since then we've had 13 flats, left tire has 19 boots in the side walls, left tire has 10, plus we used the old tubes has liners the last time we had them off.
They still have over 60% thread but we've moved them over to the 5000 open station tractor with not fluid in the tires, next flat they will probably get trashed not matter how much thread they still have.

Had a old set of bias tires with less than 25% thread that we threw on the 6610 last spring, haven had a single flat since but don't have much traction.

These Mitas tires are 45 degree radials, this should help with road wear going between farms.

I have a set of Firestone SAT II 23 degree tires on my 4000, good traction but road use is wearing the thread away fast.

SVcummins · Sep 18, 2019

But a set of alliance brand tire and put em on a heavy tillage tractor and you?ll find out in about 6 months how good they aren?t

SVcummins · Sep 18, 2019

They look like rice and cane tires when compared to
the 15% tread bias plys a lot of old tractors are on
that aren?t used hard

SVcummins · Sep 18, 2019

Lately I?ve found the foreign made product to be better quality and cheaper than the us product probably mostly because to many guys in the us won?t go to work for less then 30$ an hour

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