Rear tractor tread design

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Looking for a new set of 13.6 x 36" rear tires for our Ford 4630 tractor. The front (MFWD) tires are Goodyear long bar/Short bar design and we want the rear tires to match.

From everything I have seen, not many tire companies are making Long bar/Short bar tires any more. Is there a reason for this? I think they ride smoother on a hard surface or gravel. We don't do much heavy drawbar pull with the tractor so if they don't pull quite as well it won't be a big deal.

I guess goodyear is no longer making tractor tires, they have sold out to Titan. Even in the Titan catalog we havn't found any 36" tires.

Any idea of a good tire manufacturer for Long Bar/Short bar?

In case any of you ask why we have 36" tires on it, it originally had 16.9x30's on it and since we are using it for row crops, 13.6x36's have the same rolling circumference.
 
If I remember right, the main problem with the long bar short/short bar design is that the short bar tends to wear out much quicker than the long bar. Some guys really do not like that.
 
There aren't many tractor tire manufacturers left at all, and they've all pretty much gone back to a modified 45 degree lug, maybe with a little dogleg hook thing going on...

Firestone still makes the classic 23 degree straight lug style, but that isn't what you want either...
 
I went to the Wheatland Poppin Johnnies Swap Meet in Wichita KS this weekend and was talking to Harlan Wilson of Wilson Tire out of Marengo, Ohio and was asking him about a set of 14.9 x 38 with 45 degree tread and he had a set with him so I brought them home with me and a pair of 6.00 x 16 front tires his number is 419-768-1515, really a great person to do business with.
Now the old 620 got new shoes.
 

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