Switching to turf tires

[kjrobinson]

Good morning, folks,

I am wanting some info on the plus and minus of switching my current ag tires out for turf tires, I am assuming I would need both tires and rims. Currently I have liquid filled ag tires and it tears the yard up when doing work, BUT I also need the tractor to plow snow, I live in Iowa and get a fair amount every year. Or would it be better to get the wider bar tires? Thanks for the help

 

[Bee-Positive]

I have turfs only, not filled, very nice on the lawn.
Better than expected in the snow but I do use chains when it gets slick, especially in front for steering.
Turfs are awful in the mud or if you need to bite in to move a pile, even on grass.

 

[Scottly]

I bought my b2601 about 10 years ago. I have turfs with the rears loaded. It does great!
I got around fine last winter after a 14" snow and cleared everything I wanted. They are easy on the lawn as stated before.
I do loader work and use a land plane. You can spin out/lose traction with a big load, but I can do that on a friends MX5200 with ag tires.
I like my turfs.

 

[Caden]

Turfs are great for not making a mess and are surprisingly not bad in snow. (at least 3in Virginia snow)

But they are horrible for dragging or scooping material. Also, once they get in the mud, they will hold onto mud and become slicks, essentially.

I have turf tires and am planning to get a set of ags. One their own rims, so that a 20 minute swap either way is all thats needed for the situation at hand.

 

[bird dogger]

I purchased a full set of both R3 and R4 tires/wheels with the B2650 tractor. The R3 turfs are much better in snow than the R4s. Neither set is filled with liquid. My ground is level, so the turfs do quite well without chains in the winter. They are useless in mud, though.

My R4s only get mounted if I've got alot of backhoe work lined up in the woods or some heavy duty loader work. In dry ground, the turf tires work just fine for my cultivating, mowing, roto tilling, etc., etc., etc.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Look at R14's they are a cross of R4 industrials and R1's Ag's

 

[Tim Horton]

Both my ...compact... tractors had liquid loaded turf rear tires.. They worked well enough for all the jobs I needed done.. In the ...far frozen north... I ran 2 link, V bar ladder chains on the rears.. Some people said ..that won't work.. Then they would have a hard time keeping up with me..
My 5 cents of experience..

 

[BAP]

Turf tires with 2 link chains will give you as much or more traction than other versions of tires in the winter because the chains stay on the surface and don’t fall in between the treads. I have a B2920 that I have had since fall of 2012. I run chains on all 4 wheels. I have no problems pushing my 6’ plow through 30” of snow, or dragging trees out of the woods.

 

[kjrobinson]

Thanks everyone for the information.