Re: classic tire tread/modern tires

Posted by Paul in Mich on October 14, 2004 at 05:32:19 from (66.188.26.29):

In Reply to: classic tire tread/modern tires posted by Mikey on October 12, 2004 at 18:55:34:

Mikey, I have recently restored 2 vintage Farmalls, one a 52 "H" the otyher a 40 "A". The hardest thing to find is original type tires. There are a couple of sources that sell 90 deg. rear tread, but there is a price tag to match. Many restored tractors have had cracked, checked, split, and worn tires mounted in order to maintain the integrety of the vintage tire, but it is a real adventure trying to find a decent old tire or a new tire that would match the original tread. I invested over $500.00 in tires for my "A", and I still dont have the original tread, nor do I think I ever will as they just don"t exist. Try finding a single rib front tire for a 14 in rim. I"m still holding out for a 12.4x38 Goodyear sure grip for my "H" to match the one I good one I have, but haven"t found one, so here I sit with mis-matches on the rear. I hope if you see my tractor at a show that you don"t judge my effort or the restoration by the fact that I have mis-matched tires. I think there are so many other things that make a restoration worthy of admiration other than tires. I like to talk to the owners and find out what they did to get their tractor to the point of where it is today and whether they did their own work or did they pay someone else to do the work, including painting. Frankly, as someone else posted here, I agree that some of these restorations are overdone. Farm tractors never came from the factory with automotive quality paint jobs. I also see good restorations with decals that shouldnt be there. I guess some folks think if the decal cam in the package, it was meant to be stuck on the tractor somewhere. Bottom line is that tires should be the least thing to be critical about when looking at a restored tractor.

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