Tires / Ag Deestone

[Farmall450]

Originally Posted by green407

Why a 6 ply and not 4 ply? your cub can't weight that much.

It's only a few more bucks, but I'm sure I'll regret it when I go to mount them.

[green407]

Originally Posted by Farmall450

It's only a few more bucks, but I'm sure I'll regret it when I go to mount them.

I get that it's only a few buck, but the 6 ply tire is rated for 1800lbs, the 4 play is closer to 1200lbs. no way a cub warrants such heavy tire.

Don't get me wrong, they look good, and having the extra traction in the soft ground is amazing.

[ol'George]

Originally Posted by green407

I get that it's only a few buck, but the 6 ply tire is rated for 1800lbs, the 4 play is closer to 1200lbs. no way a cub warrants such heavy tire.

Don't get me wrong, they look good, and having the extra traction in the soft ground is amazing.

I agree 1000 %

Back in the day, they said steel wheels with lugs would out pull those silly soft tires anytime, but they lived to see that was not so.
As a kid, I remember seeing signs on rural roads saying:
"Tractors with lugs keep off"

[Cubcadet782desiel]

I was looking at deestone rears for my 782d I would like to put duals on for rolling lawn and pulling stuff where do I find cheap rims to put on it and what is the best spacer I was looking at the ones that are a steel ring that goes in between the tires and you would use carriage bolts to hold them together.or would a set from extreme motor works be better the only thing is they aren't cheap.

[Billy-O]

Originally Posted by Cubcadet782desiel

I was looking at deestone rears for my 782d I would like to put duals on for rolling lawn and pulling stuff where do I find cheap rims to put on it and what is the best spacer I was looking at the ones that are a steel ring that goes in between the tires and you would use carriage bolts to hold them together.or would a set from extreme motor works be better the only thing is they aren't cheap.

https://www.xtrememotorworks.com/col...nd-accessories

[Cubcadet782desiel]

Screenshot 2025-02-26 6.48.38 AM.jpg these are the tires that I have they are also deestone lugs on my 782d

[Farmall450]

Time to flip these onto the 1650.

[Ambush]

And ags look good front and back!

[Farmall450]

Originally Posted by Farmall450

Time to flip these onto the 1650.

Also took this opportunity to get the sleeve hitch casting mounted.

This machine had the frame bosses, so I cut a piece of 5/8 hot rolled at 11.5" and drilled 2x holes for the hitch pin clips.

These smaller Deestones certainly rake the tractor backwards more than it was before.

[PBIjim]

Originally Posted by green407

Why a 6 ply and not 4 ply? your cub can't weight that much.

My experience changing from 4 ply to 6 ply on a pick up truck was that the 6 ply tires were more stiff. When I towed a trailer with the 6 ply tires, I had a lot less trailer sway. Cornering was more solid.

In the case of a garden tractor, I would suspect that a 6 ply will bite in better and a softer tire will do less damage to soft surfaces.

The heaviest I have used on a pickup were 10 ply mudders. Even if I aired down to 12psi, those stayed stiff. The contact patch didn't grow. The off road guys who do a lot of "rock hopping" seem to like those because they are hard to tear up.

I think that R2 tread style tires in 10 ply are available in sizes that fit on the wide rear Cub Cadet rims. I don't know that super stiff industrial tires like that would provide an advantage here. I mostly see those tires on skid steer equipment.