The first link for the front tires is what I went with on the front. They work very well on turf and have traction without putting ruts in the ground (I am not using them for traction to plow so tri-ribs may be good if you plan on that). I initially balked at the price of the firestone's and ordered the carlisle rear ag tread. They got delivered, I took one look and said hell no that's going to make a mess of several places on the lawn were it can get a little mushy and might slip. I quickly returned those and ordered the firestone 6-12 and am happy about getting them. Mine had been restored some time ago and still had the original tires on all wheels, unless you are using it like a farm tractor I don't think the tires are really going to see much wear and should last maybe 15? 20? more? years. They look great and have a great turf tread that unless you take too high a slope and spin out are very good on the grass.
Order tubes for both tires, my local lawnmower guy swapped the tires for me since I don't have a hydraulic press or the good upper body strength you really need to put on those thick tires. We both initially thought the rears would be fine without tubes but the 4 ply's are so thick and heavy he wasn't able to get them to seat well in the rim to fill them with air, and they had to have tubes to seat the bead in. I couldn't find tubes that had the thicker valve stems that would fit the rear rims so you need to buy these little nylon bushing adapters that fill the large stem hole down to the more common smaller valve stem.
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Originally Posted by LAWN BOY
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