I mow yards that are flat, hilly, hard, soft.
Early on, (years back) I thought I needed Ag tires. Matter of fact, my first garden tractor I mowed with was a Wheel Horse, five horsepower with dual rear Ags. Later, I progressed through a long series of CC's. The first had Ag tires on it and I swapped them for Turfs as I didn't like the bumpy ride and I found my grass wearing thin where I was making sharp turns and tearing up the grass. The Turfs took care of both problems plus I found that applying extra weight on the side of the seat would take care of any loss of traction problems.
I bought a 1650 that had Ags on it. I added the big, heavy wheels weights(75 ea?) and hung a blower off the front. Couldn't do much without tire chains though. Having several other tractors with chains, weights and a blower, I found that the Turfs with chains had better traction in the snow than Ags with chains.
I have a friend that has a 2084 and he runs chains year around on the back tires. My thinking if he needs chains to cut the grass he'd be better off getting some billy goats and staking them in the yard.
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