Tire opinions

[whitneyr78]

So, I need new tires for my 125. This is almost strictly a mowing tractor for my lawn. Should I go with turf tires? I'd love some agro tires, but will they tear up my lawn?

Should I mix a different tread for the front tires? Rib style? Highway? Agro? Turf?

I do have a snowblower attachment, and may try that out this winter. I'm in central Maine, and we can easily get a foot or more of snow in a storm, so I'm not sure it's up to that.

On a side note, anyone know where to buy wheel weights?

Thanks,
Rob

[truckntran]

I'd go with turfs, and a set of chains if you decide to use it in snow. Ags are nice looking but if you mow in the wet you can make tracks....and they are not good with the usual snow chains.

If you were going to do any dirt work,, plowing, rototilling, etc, then the ags would be the way to go.

As far as fronts, for strictly mowing, the smoother the tire the less lawn tracking. Something like the stock tire would be best for lawn use.

[nix1650]

Originally Posted by truckntran

I'd go with turfs, and a set of chains if you decide to use it in snow. Ags are nice looking but if you mow in the wet you can make tracks....and they are not good with the usual snow chains.

If you were going to do any dirt work,, plowing, rototilling, etc, then the ags would be the way to go.

As far as fronts, for strictly mowing, the smoother the tire the less lawn tracking. Something like the stock tire would be best for lawn use.

I have ags all the way around on my 1250 and you cant see a wheel track in the grass after I mow. Cant say that for turf tires. Ags dont flatten the grass and leave wheel tracks like the turfs do.

[Cub Cadet 123]

First, my opinion about tires.......I think that you should have them and that really you need them. I've never seen anyone try to run their cub without tires, but I can imagine that it would not move too well and cause undo stress on the engine. So, definitely, get you some tires for both front and back of your cub...4 of them would work best.

Now, about the type of tire. Why not get you a set of ags and a set of turfs. I have both for mine and they are already mounted on rims so the change over takes only a few minutes and I can run my cub no matter what the condition. The Tru Power Carlisle's have the thick bars that taper and slant......I think that they work very well. Had mine in snow (about 14-18") this past season....slipped a little while I had my 42" snow blower on until I put on the chains. My zero turn has turfs on it and when I turn it leaves divits in the yard. My neighbor laughed at them and thought it was funny.......did I get mad, heck no----I went over and mowed his yard next, then he wasn't laughing anymore!!!!:biggrin2.gif::biggrin2.gif:

I wish my zero turn had ags to help prevent those divits. Long story short (too late), having an extra set of tires will help you rise to the occasion so that your cub will perform best no matter what the conditions are and that in turn will help you get the most out of your cub. Well, hope some of this advice helps. I'm sure others who post will have mixed reviews, kind of like Ford vs. Chevy. If you own both, then you can decide which one works best for your situation!!

Cub Cadet 123

[bsyphrit]

i have aggs on my cub 125, if you have any kind of hills to go up or down the turfs will slip and spin where as the aggs will grip and i have no tire marks. you will see marks if the lawn is soggy or wet but i think that is the case for all tires.front tires on the 125 i went with the wide smooth ones that look stock and distribute the tractor weight over a larger area.
and as far as agg tires and marks i cut my main part of the 3 acres with a 42 hp jd diesel with a 72 inch woods mower on the 3pt hitch, tractor has a front loader and the whole package weighs in at around 6000 lbs. have agg tires with 50 gallons of calcium in each and lawn holds up well to that, i get my 3 acres cut in about 2 hours.

[truckntran]

Originally Posted by nix1650

I have ags all the way around on my 1250 and you cant see a wheel track in the grass after I mow. Cant say that for turf tires. Ags dont flatten the grass and leave wheel tracks like the turfs do.

I guess it depends on your soil....In soggy Texas clay/dirt, my experience is the turf may flatten grass but it won't leave divots in the dirt . It all goes to ground pressure, the more area the less PSI at the soil. Less PSI means less traction, but I have no hills to worry about .

When it is dry out either will do. I have deestones on my 122 which is a pulling tractor and also does any dirt work, while my quietlines all have the factory tires on them.