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How many hours out of a set if rear tires?

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gwiz

05-25-2008 13:47:50




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OK guys, how many hours do you normally see out of a set of rear tractor tires? Not asking how fast you can wear them out on concrete or rock, but how long do they last under normal wear? Looking at a fairly small tractor (65 horse) used for hay, light field work, and general work around the place. James




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alabamafrog

05-27-2008 00:36:40




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 Re: How many hours out of a set if rear tires? in reply to gwiz, 05-25-2008 13:47:50  
We have a 140 acre cattle farm on flat ground that used to be ½ cotton farm. I’m 33 and can’t remember ever seeing a new tire so as best I can remember none of our original tractors have had the tires replaced in my lifetime. Dad has bought a couple tractors over the years that had mismatched or split tires on them that had to be replaced. I just got done repairing our old A and the tire on it have to be from well before my time and the tread still looks as good on them today as it did when I was in kindergarten. We are on pavement less than 1% of the time though. I’d say decades are a better measure than hours for what I call normal tractor use. Seems like letting them go flat and sit for long periods does more harm than anything.

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Leland

05-26-2008 21:08:38




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 Re: How many hours out of a set if rear tires? in reply to gwiz, 05-25-2008 13:47:50  
FIL's 29 case L still had the same rears that came on it from the factory .



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jCarroll

05-26-2008 06:37:55




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 Re: How many hours out of a set if rear tires? in reply to gwiz, 05-25-2008 13:47:50  
My 1957 JD 320U has the original Firestone rears and one of the fronts. Never on the road, and never stored in the sun. Don't expect these results at home.



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Walt davies

05-25-2008 21:23:51




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 Re: How many hours out of a set if rear tires? in reply to gwiz, 05-25-2008 13:47:50  
They should out last you if they are not miss used.
Walt



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Kevin in OK

05-25-2008 20:40:16




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 Re: How many hours out of a set if rear tires? in reply to gwiz, 05-25-2008 13:47:50  
Haven't a clue as to how many hours, but my grandpa got his Ford 631 from the state, previously used to mow highways. I've got pictures of me on it from 1993 with the same tires on it. It hasn't seen nearly as much wear in the last few years as I'm sure it had when it was still state property.

As for the tire, if I remember correctly, they are Firestone super road grip (or something like that). The tread pattern looks more like the modern R4 industrial tread, but they are so worn that I can't hardly tell. The age, well, I don't know when the tire sizes changed, but it is still labeled a 13.00-24 tire, which I think is now a 14.9 size.

Kevin

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Hugh MacKay

05-25-2008 18:36:06




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 Re: How many hours out of a set if rear tires? in reply to gwiz, 05-25-2008 13:47:50  
gwiz: Lot of variables involved in this question. I've found the two biggest culperts on wear are asphalt and not enough rubber for the horse power of the tractor.

I had new 1066 Farmall, completely wore out a set of 20.8x38 bias in 1,000 hours. Dualed it up using the same bias ply tires and got 9,000 hours out of the second set 4 tires. I should point out tire breakage was a bigger factor than tread wear. The original set of tires had so many bulges, one could hardly use road gear.

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RodInNS

05-25-2008 17:54:41




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 Re: How many hours out of a set if rear tires? in reply to gwiz, 05-25-2008 13:47:50  
Where a tractor spends a fair amount of time on black top, they last about 2000 hours give or take a bit. Radials will go probably more like 3000-4000.
It all depends on what the tire is doing, the lug design, weight and a few other factors... but this has been my observation.
Around here at least, if you aren't roading a tractor much you aren't farming much. That may not be true elsewhere, but we spend a lot of time on the road.

Rod

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massey333

05-26-2008 05:06:55




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 Re: How many hours out of a set if rear tires? in reply to RodInNS, 05-25-2008 17:54:41  
Rod and Rob have given the best answers for tractors that are "farmed"with on a regular order.Normal times for me and this area is 1000-1500 on Bias and 3000-3500 on radials,single or dualed.



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dwrk

05-25-2008 17:51:49




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 Re: How many hours out of a set if rear tires? in reply to gwiz, 05-25-2008 13:47:50  
Our 6400 got about 4500 out of the factory tires (mostly loader work) then we put a set of Stomils on and got about 10,000 out of them (went through lots of tubes before we figured out we needed natural rubber tubes in them though), now it's got about 2000 on the latest set and they'll probably do until it gets parted out.



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RobMD

05-25-2008 17:42:51




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 Re: How many hours out of a set if rear tires? in reply to gwiz, 05-25-2008 13:47:50  
Depends. If you're plowing, it's gonna wear 3 to 4 times as much as when mowing. Mowing uses the least amount of tread. They last FOREVER mowing flat fields.



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old

05-25-2008 15:09:02




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 Re: How many hours out of a set if rear tires? in reply to gwiz, 05-25-2008 13:47:50  
I'd say more like years not hours. I have a ford 841 that my dad put tires on back in the mid 80s and they are still doing just fine. They are starting to weather check a little bit but they should last another 10-15 years unless I hit a stub or some thing that would other wise cut a hole in one

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garytomaszewski

05-25-2008 14:37:06




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 Re: How many hours out of a set if rear tires? in reply to gwiz, 05-25-2008 13:47:50  
A lot of variables, tire slippage on field work, road travel, stubble (ever look at a year old combine), chains and snow, grade and type of tire. Kind of like answering if the wife looks fat in this dress. No good answer but the guys are about right at 4000.



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Steven f/AZ

05-25-2008 14:14:37




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 Re: How many hours out of a set if rear tires? in reply to gwiz, 05-25-2008 13:47:50  
Our 1978 IH 1086 had around 6000 hours on it when we replaced the factory tires. Pretty much all just field work on those tires. Pulling drills, discs, field cultivator, and a combine made up most of those hours.

It currently has around 9500 hours on it and is about due for another set, but we have run it down the road quite a bit on these along with more work in the hayfield, etc.

Our 4450 has around 6500 hours on it and came with a new set of tires - whether the previous set were factory originals, I don't know.

Our 2590 Case came with new tires on it around 5000 hours on it, I believe those replaced the factory originals...

I would say for field work you should get a minimum of 4000 hours with some road transport.

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John R. Bradeen

05-25-2008 14:03:26




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 Re: How many hours out of a set if rear tires? in reply to gwiz, 05-25-2008 13:47:50  
I have a 1985 John Deere with Firestone tires still in good shape. This tractor is under cover almost every night and is only occasionally driven on paved highways. It has 4000 hours on it.



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MSM

05-25-2008 14:00:43




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 Re: How many hours out of a set if rear tires? in reply to gwiz, 05-25-2008 13:47:50  
For what you describe,a decent brand name set of tires should last 4000+ hours.This is assuming a minimum of road running,no chemical exposure, properly inflated and out of the sun when not being used.



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