Gauge wheels

[DaveBN]

I have a Landpride 3 point finish mower with pneumatic gauge wheels. I'm constantly battling flat tires. I'm considering getting solid rubber tires. Anyone use these tires? Any pros or cons about them?
Dave

 

[Steve in VA]

My Woods 6 ft [now sold] had solid tires
from the jump. Never had an issue.

 

[nh1520]

sjequipmentparts.com

Excellent folks to deal with. I've
gotten several solid gauge wheels and
yokes for my Patriot FDR1660 Landpride
finish mower from them.

 

[Janicholson]

google Mower deck gauge wheels. thousands. One recommendation is ball bearing hub with grease zerk. Jim

 

[Blackhole49]

Just FYI. I bought this mower for the City I worked for (to mow parks) many years ago then bought
it for myself when they sold it. I ordered it with solid tires because we were having flats with
our previous pneumatic tires. It solved our flat issue, but a year later we went back to pneumatic
because the solid tires were beating the machine to death. If you are mowing a nice smooth area
you'll probably be fine. But then, you probably wouldn't be having flats either.

 

[DaveBN]

Blackhole, my Landpride AT2572 looks just like your mower. I love it but I spend too much time working on tires. Also, the valve stems are sooo hard to get to and those darn bearings are a pain. The area I mow is about 5 acres and is not a manicured lawn, more of a grassy field so maybe solid tires are not the answer. Also, changing those small tires or putting tubes in them is a real hard task. They are only 4 in rims!
Thank you all for your input.
Dave

 

[Blackhole49]

I agree with you about working on them. Are you poking holes in them or other failures? My mower
was very well used before I got it and I've only had 2 flats in 15 years mowing a fairly bumpy 2
acre trail weekly. Surprisingly, I have never had to mess with the bearings. A couple of years
ago, I snagged this for $1,300 to take over trail duty.