Tire question and year of tractor
 

will 10.50s fit on a 8.50 rim, or will it look stupid, and could some one tell me what year my 1450 was manufactured? heres the serial # 2050066U53121

Hopefully someone with greater resources than I can help more. I'll say October of 1974-June of 1980.

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the 8.5 rim is correct for the 10.5 tire. Actually carlisle recomende the 7 inch rim for their 23x10.5x12 tru powers, here are mine on a 8.5 rim.

http://jlefantephoto.smugmug.com/Mac...06_VYHAb-M.jpg

cool, those look nice, ive got a set of goodyears that are 10.50s off of a 682, my firestones are toast and the good years will get me by till winter. thanks for the pic.

Assuming that the digit missing from the number you posted is the last one and therefore your serial number is 53121_, it's November 1974.

just realized that matt, ill check later to see for sure, thanks for lookin it up

Those are sweet look'n tires! Any chance we get to see them mounted on the tractor? Those new rims or just repainted ones? Would love to get my hands on a set like that for my 982 (just bigger).

Tires
 

Thanks mountain!! Those rims were sandblasted and primed and painted with cub cadet paint with a hardener added. I have not mounted on tractor yet. My tractor (127) is at a buddies house the last 2 months because it needed a new wire harness and full fluid change and points and everything else. I found it in a garage and has not run in 4 years so he is a mechanic and said he would just get it started so we could make sure it was ok. So he is doing the wording and the tune up stuff for me. I should have it back Friday I hope.

Look forward to seeing them mounted!

Hey Matt,
The serial # is 533121, so im guessing dec. of 74?