Rear Tires

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Gary(VA)

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• Oct 29, 2020

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I can get Firestone 6 ply for $505 each or Harvest King 8 Ply for $400 each. Dealer said Firestones are made in USA.
Tractor mainly rakes hay and pulls wagons. What would you go with?

 

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old

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Location

Camdenton Missouri

• Oct 29, 2020

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I'd go with the cheaper ones 8 ply hold up better then 6 do

 

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Adirondack case guy

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• Oct 29, 2020

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I would say that that ply rating only applies if the plys are of equal thickness. I would think that comparing actual tire weight would be a better comparison.
Loren

 

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old

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Location

Camdenton Missouri

• Oct 29, 2020

• #1

True but unless you can see them side by side hard to do. Most place at least in my area have to order the tires in so hard to compare them. Plus I have never had good luck with Firestone tires

 

BarnyardEngineering

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Location

Rochester, NY

• Oct 29, 2020

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Firestones may be made in the USA but they aren't all that and a bag of potato chips either. You pay a lot of money for the right to thump your chest because you spent the most money and did your "civic duty." You didn't necessarily get the best tires or the best value.

In my experience Harvest King is a decent tire. A good value for the money. Yes, they are foreign made, in China, but if American companies want our business they need to COMPETE for it. $210 difference pays for the tubes and a week's groceries.

If you can find a local dealer that handles them, look into CEAT Farmax tires as well. Made in India, so at least you're not sending your dollars to "evil China."

 

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Traditional Farmer

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Location

Virginia

• Oct 29, 2020

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For a low usage tire that won't be doing any hard work I'd be looking on CL and FB MP for some good used ones.What size are they?

 

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old

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Location

Camdenton Missouri

• Oct 29, 2020

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From what I have heard Firestone is owned by Brigdestone so while the tire maybe made in the U.S. the money goes over seas

 

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Gary(VA)

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• Oct 29, 2020

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Thanks for the replys. They're 14.9x28's. I bought new rims and did look for used but didn't really see any. I've heard ok things about BKT? Didn't see any local dealers though.

 

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old

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Location

Camdenton Missouri

• Oct 29, 2020

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You might also look at 13.6X28 there pretty much the same size and easier to find and cheaper

 

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Mark-Ia

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• Oct 29, 2020

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BKT are good tires. I restored a John Deere tractor for a man in the Netherlands. He preferred I put BKT tires on it. The preferred tire in Europe.

 

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mtf

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Location

Bottom of the Bluegrass State

• Oct 29, 2020

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Those harvest kings are good tires. I have a couple. They look just like firestone field and road.

 

MarkB_MI

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Location

Motown USA

• Oct 29, 2020

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I'm happy with the Firestones I bought a couple of years ago.

 

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SVcummins

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• Oct 29, 2020

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Hard tfor the companies to compete when nobody in the USA
will get out of bed for less than 35$ an hour

 

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VicS

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SE Il.

• Oct 29, 2020

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Most antique pullers run 23deg Firestones.Seem to have stood the test of time.

 

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Hockeygoon

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• Oct 29, 2020

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I just remember my younger brother showing me the corn stalks that poked though the sidewall of his Firestone combine tires.

 

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NEKS

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• Oct 30, 2020

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Have a Goodyear tire on the right side of my 450 IH. Been on there for years. Bought a new Harvest King for the left side and the circumference is 5 inches shorter then the Goodyear that is wore down some.

 

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jddrawbar

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• Oct 30, 2020

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I'd go with the Harvest King....save the $210 for something else.

 

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DR. EVIL

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• Oct 30, 2020

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Have your dealer quote a pair of MITAS tires. The name sounds foreign, but they are made in CHARLES CITY IOWA. Same town Oliver tractors were built in.
I had my dealer quote Firestone Super All Traction 2's, they have a newer tread style, the old fashioned 23 degree tires are no longer made. And the dealer guoted BKT's, and he did finally get me prices on MITAS, all 13.6x38 6 ply. The BKT's were cheapest, the Mitas next, and Firestones most expensive of course. That was 2 years ago. Prices have changed. Several times.

 

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ASG

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• Oct 30, 2020

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By the time you spend $75 ea for tubes and $100 ea for mounting you might as well spend $2-300 more buy new tubeless tire that will last 20-25 ys vs 10 yrs.

 

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8NChris

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• Nov 4, 2020

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(quoted from post at 05:40:37 10/30/20) Have a Goodyear tire on the right side of my 450 IH. Been on there for years. Bought a new Harvest King for the left side and the circumference is 5 inches shorter then the Goodyear that is wore down some.

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bought this tractor with these tires. No history of when these tires were mounted or how it was stored. I do know is the Harvest King is 9 1/2 years newer, has more cracks and is seperating. See photos.

HARVEST KING:

GOODYEAR:

 

Destroked 450

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Location

Harned, Ky

• Nov 4, 2020

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Any of the newer tires don't have the oil in the rubber like the older tires and they will dry check much sooner than the older tires.
No experience with Harvest King.
BKT is a good tire
Bought my first set of Mitas this year for a project tractor that isn't running yet, so can't say good or bad.
Firestone SAT II tires offer good traction but if you do any road traveling they will wear fast.
Had a set of Armstrong Titan 16.9-30's on my 4000 for over 20 years, they still had 30-40% thread when the cracks got to bad, 7 years on the SAT II's and already down to 50% thread.