good pulling tire?

[henry rit]

I've been trying to decide what tire's to buy for my farmall m I currently have 15.5-38's on 14" rims but was thinking of going to 14.9's and have been tossing up about 23 deg. or field & road's but someone told me to put 45 deg. tires on it. 95% of the tractor's run field and road. but none run the 23 deg. the track I plan on pulling is hard and dry. any suggestions on what would be the best tire to run.

 

[PretendFarmer]

(quoted from post at 03:54:56 08/13/13) I've been trying to decide what tire's to buy for my farmall m I currently have 15.5-38's on 14" rims but was thinking of going to 14.9's and have been tossing up about 23 deg. or field & road's but someone told me to put 45 deg. tires on it. 95% of the tractor's run field and road. but none run the 23 deg. the track I plan on pulling is hard and dry. any suggestions on what would be the best tire to run.

I would strongly recommend finding used road worn tires. My H pulls surprisingly well with worn down tires at about 12psi. There is some tread left but not much. I pull on various tracks and everyone is always very surprised.(it has a super low first as well.)

 

[buickanddeere]

All other factors identical. Usually the taller the tire is, the better it pulls.
I had my road worn tires that usually place in the top three while in the clay power tracks on a dry sand track a couple of weeks ago. Completely and totally useless. Spun out at 1/2 track without even working the engine.
The brand new full bar height tires were winning that day.

 

[PretendFarmer]

I can't speak for you, but for me it's different. I usually pull on hard pack tracks at very slow speeds. In my association you can pull as slow as you want and speed is frowned upon.
With that said, worn down tires are the way to go over here, may not be over there.

 

[Robert Major]

I had very even road worn klieber radials on my puller about 3/4" tread left, 18 " wide tires on 18" rim so sat flat on the ground at a good pressures. It would pull top end on most tracks.
An older guy told me once new tires are ok but you got to try pull the sled over all the dirt you dig up!. In my case I was on the right side, not much dirt in front of the pan at the finish, compared to 2 truck loads some guys had in my class at half way with newer lugs.
Regards Robert