Widening the tread width on the front will help with cutting through the mud, not rolling over it. The weight on the tires is the same, and the contact patch with the ground is the same, so it will sink in the same.
The only way to increase floatation is to increase your contact patch in front. 40-50% of the tractor's weight is on those front wheels in your case. You've got acres of contact patch holding up 60% of the weight with the duals, but tiny fraction of that holding up the rest.
Going to 16" wheels will increase your contact patch by 20-25% maybe. You need to double or triple your contact patch to make a noticeable difference.
I've seen duals put on the front for added floatation. The camber of the front wheels means you'll have to use something smaller than the stock tire, maybe a wide 14" car tire. You'll have to fabricate the solution, because nothing commercial exists. The nice thing about this solution is that you retain the tri-rib fronts for steering, and the duals only contact the ground when the fronts sink in a little.
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