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Doug Wi

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The post abit ago about 43 yr old goodyears got me thinking. We have a 1942 H farmall that was bought new on this farm. Bought it from the original owner with the farm. it was originally on full steel with 5th gear either missing or locked out. He said he put rubber on it in 46 or 47. we bought it in 72. He said that those were the original tires he put on. they are 11x38 with the S3 designation which I believe indicated an early post war tire. If I'm wrong please correct me on that. One has been off once .Rim rusted out and had to change it. Stiff old tire, had to crush one side of the rim to get it off. Went on the replacement rim ok. Other one hasn't been touched since we have owned it. As you can see by the pictures one is starting to flake off the side wall in one spot. pretty good old tires. doesn't get used much anymore, but has rarely been in the shed.
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I have a 49 Case VAC with the matching original 10-28 Firestone traction center tires. They are cracked, but still hold up pretty well and it is used regularly during the spring, summer and fall.
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WOW, i haven't seen a set of them for a long time,I got a 45 B Farmall with original Good Years tires on it, but sits inside when not being used !!
 

I have a 1945 Allis Chalmers WC that I bought from the original owners son. It spent most of its life in a barn, still has excellent bakelite knobs and all four original tires.
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I own a IH model H that has the 10x38 s3 tires on also. My dad bought it that way.It still has the original wire on the governor housing bolts. The tires are about junk now but that not bad for age.
 
I would say you got your use out of those tires. Do tractor tires have dates of mfg. I still have Dad's F12. I don't ever remember the tires being changed. Stan
 
My uncle has a Farmall F20 that belonged to my grandfather. Back during WW 2 people were supposed to turn rubber tires back in for the war effort. The tire shop back then didn't and hid a pair of brand new tires. Someone found out and turned them in. The owner went to my grandfather and begged him to let him mount the tires on his tractor. They're still on there to this day. My uncle also has a JD 630 with the original rear tires. I think it has around 1,700 hours on it.
 
If I tried to run tires like those I would be walking back to the house. The H used to have those B.F.Goodrich sivertowns on with the Number 7 looking lugs on them they finally split in the tread so had to change them. It is on it's3rd set of tires now. The second set cracke real quick so had to change them also. The ones now are old 10ply sprayer tires.
 
I've got a 1945 Dodge weapons carrier and it still has two 1944 dated Goodyear military bar grips on it. They are pretty worn down and weather checked but I've never put air in them. They are also rock hard, so will be fun to change eventually.
 

So, does anybody here know why these old tires lasted many decades, but knew ones won't last 20 years? Just curious.

Thanks,

Neil
 
I believe S3 tires indicated synthetic rubber made during WW2. Growing up we always had 5 or 6 spare tires in the barn for the cars, wagons, trailers etc. One was a U.S. Royal 6:00x16 4 ply S3. My father claimed that was synthetic rubber.
A side story. When my wife got her new '80 Chevy Citation, I started driving her '73 Ford Maverick to work. It had always been good on fuel economy but I decided to play with it.
Original tires were 14". The 5 lug pattern and size was the same as the 16" tires and wheels still in the barn. Oh oh.
I put a pair on the back of the Maverick. One was the S3. It was so close to the inner fender that I joked that I could not put a piece of paper on the back seat.
I drove it that way for several months until one night, coming home late, the S3 decided that it did not like expressways. Fortunately, I had just gotten off the highway went it let loose.
I sold the car a few months later with 15" tires on the rear.
ps I just looked it up. Yup, synthetic rubber.
 
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