Front Tires

[J-Mech]

Hey guys,
Went out and tried out the tiller today. Was impressed, but now I know some area's I want to improve! Anyway, I've seen some of you guys have the narrower tires/rims on your gt's. Which rims do you use? Or off what models will fit the larger shaft. I know that the older, smaller cubs with the narrow fronts had a smaller axle shaft. How did you modify it to the larger one? I want to go to the narrow tires with 3 rib. Thanks!

[Yosemite Sam]

The Cub Cadet Originals had 7/8" spindles and the wheels had oil impregnated bronze bushings in them.

Until you get into the later Quietline models, everything else had 3/4" spindles and the wheels had real bearings in them.

I may be mistaken here but I believe all the 7hp tractors had narrow front wheels and all the others had the option of having either wide or narrow front wheels, someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

I personally, prefer narrow wheels over the wide ones because the narrow tires steer easier (by "steer easier" I mean it is easier to turn the steering wheel) than the wide ones do.

I always run narrow tires behind a blade when pushing snow because I find that with the blade at an angle the weight of the snow will push the front of the tractor sideways with wide tires.

The way it stands when tilling I normally run wide front tires because they don't seem to sink in as deep as the narrow tires do, they don't steer so great (partly because there is so much less weight on the front of the tractor).

Since we always till in straight lines steering isn't much of a factor until you are out of the hole and turning around, which isn't a very critical time because we have lots of room at both ends of the garden.

I do not own any of the wide 3 rib tires only because they are pretty spendy compared to the narrow tri ribs, but I am betting that they perform really well in almost all situations.

NOW, I'm not sure I answered any of your questions, but that is my opnion on Cub Cadet front tires and I welcome anyone with alternative views to voice them because I have lots of room left in my head to learn new things.

[J-Mech]

Thanks, Sam!

Yes, you answered the question. What i needed to know was that they offered the narrower tires with the 3/4" spindle/bearing set up! ..... Now, I just need to find a set!

[kdursus]

J-Mech - What model tractor are we talking about here? What other tasks do you use this tractor for?

Kenneth