Are industrial tires worth the upgrade for Rocky terrain?

[DTB]

I'm looking at buying my first tractor, MX 5400 HST rops. I'm in Kerrville, Texas in the very rocky Texas Hill country. I have steep terrain and in some areas there is a 35° incline.

Is it worth upgrading from the AG tires?

 

[InTheWoods]

...I have steep terrain and in some areas there is a 50° incline...

No way this is safely going up that, regardless of the tires.

50% maybe?

 

[jimh406]

The carcass of the industrial tires is thicker and has higher load rating. I bought R4s for the toughness. I don't use the tractor when it is muddy since it makes deep ruts. If you were using it in mud, the AG tires are better.

I don't know if the R4s have more traction than R1s though.

 

[Mark_BX25D]

No way this is safely going up that, regardless of the tires.

50% maybe?

50% grade would be 45 degrees, so not much different from 50 degrees.

Not going to happen on a tractor!

 

[nave.lb]

I'm looking at buying my first tractor, MX 5400 HST rops. I'm in Kerrville, Texas in the very rocky Texas Hill country. I have steep terrain and in some areas there is a 35° incline.

Is it worth upgrading from the AG tires?

I'm looking at buying my first tractor, MX 5400 HST rops. I'm in Kerrville, Texas in the very rocky Texas Hill country. I have steep terrain and in some areas there is a 35° incline.

Is it worth upgrading from the AG tires?

I don't know if the move from ag to industrial would necessarily be an upgrade as they are a completely different type of tire. One could debate that a 10 ply ag tire would be an industrial grade tire over a more standard a six ply. It will be a tougher tire and stiffer as well. But those characteristics are not necessarily what you want for a rocky surface. Not stiff anyways. That being said why not an R- 14? no matter what you buy 35-45° incline is not where you want a tractor and I would be looking at trading for a rock crawler.

 

[jyoutz]

No way this is safely going up that, regardless of the tires.

50% maybe?

I wouldn’t consider taking a wheeled machine up any slope greater than 35%.