Best Rear Tire?

[Flatbedford]

If you all had to choose between these two rear tires which would you pick and why. Both are the same size and about the same condition.

Tire #1


Tire#2

[cmatthew]

those bottom tires looks weather cracked pretty good. i have the same top tires and i like them. they have good traction and wont tear up the yard. but you arent going to plow any fields with them alone. those tires look to be in much better shape than the tires on the bottom

[Jeff in Pa]

Tire #1. I have both on my 122 and 125. Tire #1 has much better traction ( I have not plowed with either )

[PaulS]

I also would pick #1 for two reasons as mentioned before the rubber looks better and I have the #2 tread and even if the grass is wet they just don't have much traction without chains. Mine are way over due for replacement as they are the original tires and I have only owned the tractor since about 1974.

[TheIHMan]

I would choose #2. I have both and seem to get a lot better traction with #2.

[ksanders]

Not to argue with my buddy Jeff but I get much better traction with number 2 on hill sides when wet, which is what I have all around here (hillsides). The #1 Goodyear style spins like crazy on uneven hills when there's much moisture. The Firestone Town and Country style tread in number 2 gets better hillside traction in my experience overall. If you're on flat ground, honestly its just whatever you like as far as looks in my opinion. If you're comparing these two specific sets you have though, make note that the town and countries split open when that dry-rotted a lot easier than the goodyears by tread design from what I've seen.

[cub149]

I have to go with #2, it is an all terrain/trail tread and is what I have on my 149. It has great traction around here on the hills. The #1 is a turf saver tread and just spins out on me on the hills (reason for switching them out).
But, I like the looks of #1 better. They look wider (even though they aren't) than #2 on the tractor. I guess because the edges aren't as rounded as #2.

[Donovan M.]

#2 is more of a light snow tire. i had them on my 1450. and with no weights they went through the snow good.

[zippy1]

I've got the ones on the top on my 100. And I used it to plow the garden and a small food-plot last year without any trouble.
I guess it depends on what your going to do, or want to do with them.

[Jeff in Pa]

Originally Posted by ksanders

Not to argue with my buddy Jeff but I get much better traction with number 2 on hill sides when wet, which is what I have all around here (hillsides). The #1 Goodyear style spins like crazy on uneven hills when there's much moisture. The Firestone Town and Country style tread in number 2 gets better hillside traction in my experience overall. If you're on flat ground, honestly its just whatever you like as far as looks in my opinion. If you're comparing these two specific sets you have though, make note that the town and countries split open when that dry-rotted a lot easier than the goodyears by tread design from what I've seen.

Oh yeah



I guess it comes down to the age of the tires and exactly what the conditions are. Perhaps my "snow tire" tread tires (#2) were hard as rock compared to the #1's

What I did that made a big difference was start running fluid filled tires. I needed a set of tires since my #2's were cracking badly.
( volume discount ) 2 sets of 8.50's and a set of 10.50's plus those 8.50 ags.



Now if we get a decent snow this year, I can do a comparison with the 125 with the QA-42