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Allan in NE · Sep 16, 2009

I need to buy a set of tires fer my truck. What does a 10.00 X 20 farm tire with a new tube cost these days?

Oh, and I want 'em to last another 30 years like the first set. :>)

Allan

rustyfarmall · Sep 16, 2009

A couple of dollars and 98 cents. Give or take a hundred or so.

D7fever · Sep 16, 2009

What's a tube?

Allan in NE · Sep 16, 2009

Went and fetched a load of wheat seed the other day and these darned tires worry me.

Don't wanna end up upsidedown in a ditch. :>)

Wonder if I can still get american made tires?

Allan

Nancy Howell · Sep 16, 2009

While we're yakin' about tires, why do Michellins cost so much and are they worth the extra $$$$?

the tractor vet · Sep 16, 2009

Well back in the good old days a 10x20 would set ya back around 90 bucks with new tube and flap and a 10x22 would be 105 as i bought many . Now today you will be lucky to get off under 250 . And it is wise to not be cheap when buyen tires always go for the the better line . I always went with the best on the steering and drives and went one level below the top line for trailers and that method of buying severed me well over the years .Never used a recap on anything always the good stuff and had vary few tire problems .

Allan in NE · Sep 16, 2009

Yeah, kinda what I figured.

Like I say tho, one load of upsidedown wheat would sure have bought a set of tires easy enough. :>(

Allan

Mike (WA) · Sep 16, 2009

Took the ole 200,000 mile Lincoln in for a new set of shoes the other day- told him to put on the cheap ones, didn't want 'em to last longer than Mr. Lincoln. Bill was $440 plus tax for the set. Reminded him that I had asked for the cheap ones. "They are", he replied.

Kruse · Sep 16, 2009

It really HAS been awhile, hasn't it?

Seriously, I think they are out there, but you'll have to look. Probably the American made tires will have been made by a foreign-owned tire plant.

cornfarmer · Sep 16, 2009

Nancy, I replaced the set of 6 perfectly good Continental tires that came on my F350 from the factory with a set of Michelins, and they are worth every penny. They made a different truck out of it-better traction, ride and handling, and at least as good gas mileage. A friend of mine had the same experience. Over the years, I have found Michelins to be the best tires, although there has been an exception or two to this rule (there was one exceptionally good Kelly tire, I forget the model now).

M Nut · Sep 16, 2009

If traction is isn't a real concern, ever thought about used ones with lots of miles? Like from a bus or something? I got 8 tires from a local bus company for my farm dump truck. Tread was wore down from highway travel, but the tire caseings were like new. No weather checking at all. Have worked great for me, and best of all, they were free. tread was not legal for a passenger vehicle, but just fine for a farm truck that gets run 5 days a year.

Nancy Howell · Sep 16, 2009

Thanks. My 97 F350 (srw) has Michellins on it. Just wondered if they were worth 2x the $ of the tires I normally use.

RodinNS · Sep 16, 2009

Enough to spoil your month....

I don't know what the ten hunndredd twenties cost, but an 11R24.5 is in around the 350 mark for a Hercules, Aeolus etc. chicom tire. A Genuine Bridgestone or Michelin is going to cross the 500 mark here. With our exchange on the dollar it is a bit more here.... but still plenty for you I'm sure.
I can't really see the 10.00-20 being any less money and it's a lot less common today. I wouldn't bet on them having a cheap line in that size either.
I know around here you'd get some strange looks if you went to a tire shop looking for one. Strange will go to dirty when you bring them the wheels...

Rod

Bill(Wis) · Sep 16, 2009

Have you heard of an outfit called NEBRASKA TIRE?
1-800-234-5242 they list 10.00 X 20 new hiway for $189. New traction for $199. Tubes are extra, I think.

Anonymous-0 · Sep 16, 2009

189 to 199 from Nebraska tire. Looked it up on Google Allan.

Goose · Sep 16, 2009

I gave up on Nebraska Tire. A local store closed and it didn"t surprise me. They never could balance a tire. I don"t know if it was the machine or the operator, but I could take a wheel straight off their hi-tech machine, put it on my bubble balancer, and it would be out of the bubble.

Wilson · Sep 16, 2009

buss tires have to have 4/32 rubber jc whitney had a regroving iron very reasonable cut your own pattern for more tred as most good tires say regroovable on side good solid tire for farm

dhermesc · Sep 16, 2009

I seriously doubt they were "perfectly good" if they were Continentals.

e · Sep 16, 2009

You might want to consider just going to radials and being done with it. Went through a similar experience with my IH a couple years ago. Options for 10-20's were few and price was comparable to a radial. Got some used tires and rims off a school bus. Virgin goodyear radials and rims for $750 total - all 4 corners. Fronts were 40% and rears were 60%.

e · Sep 16, 2009

here's the truck

LEH · Sep 16, 2009

Nice looking old Loadstar !! 1600?

BrianNRM · Sep 16, 2009

Allan- How come the truck has Wisconsin plates? I thought you lived in Nebraska.

trucker40 · Sep 16, 2009

Cross-Dillon tire in Omaha and Lincoln.The best thing to do would be call and see what they would sell 10.00x20s for with tubes and what 22.5 and tubeless wheels would be.If you can you would be better off to go to tubeless wheels and tires because you cant hardly find anyplace but a big tire shop that can fix them unless you do it yourself.Split rims are getting rare,and 22.5 tires from a good tire place might be cheaper than 10.00x20s anyway.You could buy a 22.5 steer tire for 200 dollars a couple years ago.Cross Midwest tire has several places around Kansas City and TCI who recap tires,also sell new tires for trucks in Kansas City.Whatever is at Kansas City is probably at Topeka and Lincoln and Omaha too.You want to get some tires that arent real hard rubber like the over the road trucks use,but you want as much tread as you can get.The over the road tires dont last very well on gravel roads.If you dont run gravel roads,they will last a long time.Ive got 140,000 miles out of BF Goodrich steer tires on the Highway.You have to rotate them and balance them when you put them on or they wont last half as long.

e · Sep 16, 2009

Yup, it's a 1600. It's a clean little truck, but wish it had a little more than a 304 in it. Thankfully the road to the mill is flat!

El Toro · Sep 17, 2009

I think they used the same engine in the IH Scouts.
Hal

Anonymous-0 · Sep 17, 2009

With all that you do how do you find time to make the engine campartment on a 30 year old truck look like that. Heard that you were to have frost by the end of the week is that so
and if so how about your beans,,? Jerry

Have started corn but been real wet and cold for last 10 days in middle Tn. Not a perfect fall so far

LEH · Sep 17, 2009

A 345 or a 392 would make her scoot a little better. But, the 304 is not as thirsty !! Super Nice old binder !! I have a 1700 dump truck. I drove it off the lot at the Springfield Ohio Assembly plant in Nov. of '76 with 1 mile on the clock. They run them 1 mile on rollers inside at the end of the line to check them out. I took pictures before leaving that day out side the gate.

e · Sep 17, 2009

That's a really neat story! I bet only a few folks got to go pick one up at the factory.

I had an 1800 with a 446 in it a few years back. It got 4mpg all the time. Loaded at 32k...it got 4mpg. Empty.....it got 4mpg. Occasionally I could squeeze 4.2 out of it. However, even overweight, I could never find a use for the two speed rear end! That engine was a monster.

Owen Aaland · Sep 17, 2009

(quoted from post at 23:27:32 09/16/09) Yup, it's a 1600. It's a clean little truck, but wish it had a little more than a 304 in it. Thankfully the road to the mill is flat!

You might want to reroute that number seven plug wire around that back side of carburetor. IH routed it that way to avoid cross firing with number five that would occur as those two wire ran next to each other for that distance.

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