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AG tires on a lawn tractor.
Original Message   Mar 14, 2005 3:07 pm
Hi. Last year I bought a tractor that is indentical to my Simplicity 12.5LTH, with a blown motor. I originally bought this as a parts tractor. I have been thinking of putting a 16HP B&S Vanguard V-twin on it to have a back up also. Wife loves this idea.  LOL   Anyway, I was thinking of putting AG or Lug tires on it and using it as a utility tractor. More for going through the neighbors fields for cutting firewood and hauling a cart. Just wondering if the AG tires are rough on the lawns and if I use my plow with it, how are they in the snow. Will it still require chains and can chains work on this kind of tire. Any info is appreciated.

                                                                    Thanks,   Kevin

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Vangellis


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Location: Factoryville, PA. (NE PA)
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Re: AG tires on a lawn tractor.
Reply #8   Mar 17, 2005 1:31 pm
Marshall wrote:
Hell yea, make it a dually. 


I was thinking of "tricking out" the spare tractor. I am trying to keep some perspective though.


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Vangellis


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Re: AG tires on a lawn tractor.
Reply #9   Mar 20, 2005 5:07 pm
snowshoveler wrote:
its kinda hard to tell from your pic but if your tractor has the 5 bolt wheels and the heavy duty trans .you could put on the extra set of wheels.

i mean 2 on each side .it wont turn as easy as before but will go just about anywhere and shouldnt mess up the lawn as long as you dont turn sharp.

later chris


Hi Chris. I actually had to go check on this. Since I've had my original tractor I have left the wheels weights on and really wasn't sure if it had bolts. No it doesn't. Shows you much attention I pay to the machine. It goes straight onto the axle and is held on with a clip pin. The tires are only 18x8.50x8. I am wondering though, how wide of a tire could I put on that, as long as it fits within the unit. Maybe even a higher tire. Is the size of the tire dictated by the width of the rim? The dually idea sounded nice though.  LOL.

                                                                                               Thanks,   Kevin

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Re: AG tires on a lawn tractor.
Reply #10   Mar 21, 2005 7:23 pm
the dual wheels are usually found on the tractors with 23x10.50 x12 tires.

they sometimes use a collar that fits between the 2 wheels where the bead is and then are fastened together with 4 bolts like used on your wheel weights.

the collar is about 2 inches wide,very similar to the collar used on semi truck only smaller.

there is another way that uses 4 small pieces of pipe  that are put on over the bolts between the wheels,sometimes there are strips of steel weilded to them for stability.

i hope you can picture what i mean.

you could do this to your tractor and would work pretty good. but it really depends on the transmission you have.

it needs to be a heavy duty unit. and im not familiar with your type of tractor.

later chris 

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