Tractor tires

The only thing I could see is maybe when you have to drive on designated roads (dirt, not paved) like at URE someone giving you crap about them not being street legal.
 
jrraw23 runs them and they do well from what I've seen. I remember there being a write up he found on pirate
 
Mac5005 said:
How many people are running not DOT approved wheels at URE?
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Non DOT approved wheels stand out much less than tractor tires. You may never get bothered, but there's always that one cocksucker that wants to prove a point with his badge. Don't get me wrong. I'd love to see 'em out there. Just saying you might have problems with the man.
 
I don't think they can say much about tractor tires. Tractors drive on the road, after all. Legalities of tractor tires on the road isn't the issue I was trying to bring up.

What does it take to run them on a rig? I'm assuming the biggest setback would be having tractor wheels recentered with a bolt pattern and offset suitable for your axles. Would that be correct?

Is there any real advantage to running them?
 
you can get smaller sizes for 15 and 16 inch wheels. There are alot of larger sizes for 20 inch wheels if you plan to run a 40 or 50ish inch tall.
 
Just get some swampers man....If tractor tires where so great then more people would run them.
 
I don't think they have enough flex, and they are not gummy
 
From what ive heard they dont stick to rocks well, and most guys say that a smaller IROK or similar tire made just for rocks works much better that just a humongous tractor tire. In the mud however...tractor tires truly shine.
 
Rockcrawler1832 said:
From what ive heard they dont stick to rocks well, and most guys say that a smaller IROK or similar tire made just for rocks works much better that just a humongous tractor tire. In the mud however...tractor tires truly shine.
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x2 they will not do up a rock when wet
 
Here's what I know:

basically if you want to run a tracto tire on a normal size rim you have two options, theres a small sized like 33 i think tractor tire that will fit on a 15" rim

then there's mine 18.4-16.1 is the measurement, they fit on 16" rims are about 46" tall and 18" wide

My particular tires are mixed brand but American Farmer is the one who makes them now

the ones in my size are actually not stiff like other tractor tires, I would compare them to a gumbo or ground hawg in stiffness, if you air them down on bead locks they will flex like a normal tire

in mud, loose dirt, trails, etc they do outstanding

rocks as long as its dry they do really well, I got all the way up on top of the big pipe that all the buggies had a hard time with at the uwharrie stables rock pile with my jeep no issues at 30 psi

when wet your gonna have issues on rocks big time unless you air down very low with beadlocks

if you do alot of rocks I would suggest running the front tires backwards and they tend to grab the rocks better since the tread kinda funnels the rock to the middle of the tire rather than out the sides when ran forward

on the road actually not bad at all they ride really smooth which was a surprise to me

I believe the limit on my tires to legally road drive is like 17 mph, I've had em to about 30mph

good luck trying to drive with them on the road though, I spent alot of time researching this myself and technically yes it is legal, but an officer will more than likely pull you over and ticket you for driving and unsafe vehicle on the road or similar then you have court costs and lawyer costs to pay and all of your time just to prove you were legally right in the first place.
 
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