Radials perform better in most situations but not necessarly all situations. A radial tends to have a lot of flex and squirm... and when you combine this with a hard surface like a gravel road it's entirely possible that a pretty poor bias tire will gain more traction. You also have to remember that where a radial has a larger footprint relative to most bias tires of the same size... it ALSO has lower ground pressure. Lower ground pressure can equate to less grip in some situations. It's the same as removing ballast... On the other side, if you take an R1-W like a Michelin Agribib, properly inflated... in soft, wet conditions where that tire will fully bite with it's deep lugs... it'll probably outpull a lot of bias tires by 3-5 to 1 and some other radials by 2-3 to 1. I pretty much install radials on everything other than one old utility tractor that sees little use anymore. All the rest spend a lot of time on asphalt... and the deep lugs on th radials provide a lot more wear and a lot smoother ride.
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Today's Featured Article - A 1937 John Deere Unstuck - by Gary Hickman. Here is my story of how I got the pistons out of a 1937 JD B that the engine had been stuck for about 14 years: About 12 years ago my Dad gave me one of the tractors I ran as I was growing up on our farm in central Nebraska. The engine on this tractor, a 1937 John Deere "B", had been stuck for 2 years before he gave it to me. This last spring (1999) I hauled the tractor to our 2 acre lot in St. Libory Nebraska where it joined my antique machinery collection, at that time a 1929 Caterpillar T
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