Locking rear diff.
 

I was tugging a small lawn thatcher weighted down with two cinder blocks around my yard this morning. Climbing a decent grade hill the GT 2544 Cub lost traction on one of it's rear drive wheels. It sat there and spun. Is there any way to convert the rear end over to a locker or at least limited slip? I'm a little disappointed the machine wasn't built that way from the factory. If the short answer is no, what kind of rear rubber would you recommend to gain traction and not tear up my lawn when I mow and where online do you go for lawn tires?
Thanks in advance, :beerchug:
Mike

Afaik all ya can really do is throw on some rear ags

Carlisle all trail

Mike I doubt without spending a crazy amount of money the rear change is not possible. I do know that some of the new CC tractors had a differential lock. As far as best traction this is what I have found. I have a 1572 with filled turf tire and 75lb wheel weights. It has never been a problem as far as traction goes. I pull a 48" DR power grader in my 300' driveway and never lose traction. When I go to plow day I add chains and have never spun or got stuck my 1772 with filled ag tires and weights got stuck and spun a bunch of times as well as many others with ags. As far as snow I plow with the 1572 as well and have no problem when chains are on. I am sure others are going to recommend Ags but I have and have tried all combos side by side and for me Filled turfs with weights and chains work the best. Now the obvious is that I weigh 150lbs more than my son but we switch tractors all day and the results remain contant. The ags can tear up the lawn alittle if wet or soft no problem with turfs.

if it has disc brakes and u can do some creative cobbling, you can have a manually actuated "locking diff".

I use my carlisle all trail to plow the garden and cut and pull a cart on a very steep grade without wheel weights or chains my front and rear tires are loaded the only time I used my diif lock is when I was at my neighbors and the plow tore up a tree root,, IMO I I find these tires to be best for my use

you could open up the rear and weld the spider gears together permanently locking the diff. might be a bit drastic tho.

I would just try the tires be sure to fill them for weight I use this from napa

Napa store and I used washer fluid

Or pop the bead loose on one side and just pour the fluid in, then add air and reseal it.