Front Tires

[SGragg]

Need your experience with front tires. Never had any of the smooth, ribbed front tires like you see on some of the old CCs (below left). I've always had Carlisle Turf Saver or Turf Master (below right) treaded tires.

Do you all that have the ribbed tires find that they cause the tractor to wander off course or do they track pretty straight?

Thanks.

[mortten]

I put a set of Vredestein V61 tires on my 1250. Very easy to steer. They don’t rip up the grass. I find turf tires to be hard steering.

[Cub Cadet 123]

Stanton,

The ones on the left I have often heard referred to as the "flotation" tires. I've had those on several cubs and I think they are good for only two things.....squashing down the clover before I get a chance to mow over it--giving me a bad cut to the lawn and removing from the cub to replace with something better.

I've had great luck with the skinnies tri-ribs on the front. As mentioned, they make steering easier, as if you have power steering and they track very nicely to guide the cub through snow and turf. I've never used them for dirt plowing, so I cannot speak to their effectiveness there. When I put them on one of my 129's years ago, I was laughing on my victory lap with them because it seemed as though the front of my cub was resting on a cinder block and I was moving the steering wheel freely. The skinny tri-ribs sell new for between $40-$65 with tubes in them.

Cub Cadet 123

[Mike McKown]

Originally Posted by Cub Cadet 123

Stanton,

The ones on the left I have often heard referred to as the "flotation" tires. I've had those on several cubs and I think they are good for only two things.....squashing down the clover before I get a chance to mow over it--giving me a bad cut to the lawn and removing from the cub to replace with something better.

I've had great luck with the skinnies tri-ribs on the front. As mentioned, they make steering easier, as if you have power steering and they track very nicely to guide the cub through snow and turf. I've never used them for dirt plowing, so I cannot speak to their effectiveness there. When I put them on one of my 129's years ago, I was laughing on my victory lap with them because it seemed as though the front of my cub was resting on a cinder block and I was moving the steering wheel freely. The skinny tri-ribs sell new for between $40-$65 with tubes in them.

Cub Cadet 123

I agree with all this.

[Mike McKown]

Originally Posted by Cub Cadet 123

Stanton,

The ones on the left I have often heard referred to as the "flotation" tires. I've had those on several cubs and I think they are good for only two things.....squashing down the clover before I get a chance to mow over it--giving me a bad cut to the lawn and removing from the cub to replace with something better.

I've had great luck with the skinnies tri-ribs on the front. As mentioned, they make steering easier, as if you have power steering and they track very nicely to guide the cub through snow and turf. I've never used them for dirt plowing, so I cannot speak to their effectiveness there. When I put them on one of my 129's years ago, I was laughing on my victory lap with them because it seemed as though the front of my cub was resting on a cinder block and I was moving the steering wheel freely. The skinny tri-ribs sell new for between $40-$65 with tubes in them.

Cub Cadet 123

I agree with all this. I second the harder steering part for the "flotation" tires.

[SGragg]

Originally Posted by Mike McKown

I agree with all this. I second the harder steering part for the "flotation" tires.

Would you all consider the V61 tires in the “floatation” category or do they provide good tracking as well as steering?

[Mike McKown]

I would recommend you try these. They will work on wide rims with tubes.

https://www.bestusedtires.com/deesto...id=EAIaIQobChM

[Cubcadet_107]

All of mine have the smooth rib tires except my O, which has the narrow style ones. 106 and 107 both using original ones, not new, never had any problems. Don't seem to tear up grass, and aren't hard at all to steer with (definitely easy enough to steer 1-handed without trouble). I like the look of those tires, though not sure how they'd look on an 82 series. Just my

[Billy-O]

The floatation tires, in my opinion, are terrible in the snow and muddy ground. It gives my tractor a bad case of understeer. I prefer wide turfs for summer grass cutting and skinnies for the winter snow plowing and throwing.

[SGragg]

Thanks for everyone's input.