Replacement Rear Tires MF130

[Foolster]

I managed to pick up a working MF130 vineyard model. The tires are bad. It currently has 9.5x24 tires on seven inch rims. The rims are solid with no corrosion holes. It uses the standard four loop 24 inch rim that International and Allis Chalmers uses on their older models like the A and B.

I can buy a pair of used 11.2x24 radial tires. May I put these tires on the seven inch rims and go tubeless? Is there a difference between rims for bias tires and rims for tubeless radial tires?

If I decide to get new tires what is the best path forward? I would like to get 12.4x24 8 ply tires and space them out to make the tractor more stable on hillsides. Dare I put that size on a 7 inch width rim? Am I better off with bias tires and tubes, radial tires and tubes, or radial tire and tubeless?

All the local dealers recommend BKT tires so that is the brand I will use.

 

[Jim.ME]

(quoted from post at 06:13:13 08/15/21)
I managed to pick up a working MF130 vineyard model. The tires are bad. It currently has 9.5x24 tires on seven inch rims. The rims are solid with no corrosion holes. It uses the standard four loop 24 inch rim that International and Allis Chalmers uses on their older models like the A and B.

I can buy a pair of used 11.2x24 radial tires. May I put these tires on the seven inch rims and go tubeless? Is there a difference between rims for bias tires and rims for tubeless radial tires?

If I decide to get new tires what is the best path forward? I would like to get 12.4x24 8 ply tires and space them out to make the tractor more stable on hillsides. Dare I put that size on a 7 inch width rim? Am I better off with bias tires and tubes, radial tires and tubes, or radial tire and tubeless?

All the local dealers recommend BKT tires so that is the brand I will use.

Going tubeless is more than just mounting a tubeless tire. Tubeless tire rims are different than tube tire rims in the bead seating area. To do it properly you need to use tubes when mounting tubeless tires on rims intended for tube type tires. Some have done it but you take your chances if you mount them tubeless on tube type rims.

10 inch wide rims are the recommended size for 11.2 tires, 11 inch wide rims are the recommended size for 12.4 tires. Upping the tire size a step or two in width is one thing, to go to 11.2 or 12.4 on 7 inch rims is too much in my opinion. 9.5 is a size up on 7 inch rims, the chart I looked at recommended 8 inch for that size. The issue is the narrow rims make the tread want to be round across it rather than flat when in contact with the ground, reducing tire life and traction. If the rims are too narrow it can affect bead seating as well.

 

[Foolster]

I was looking on-line for radial rims and couldn't find any. All I saw were normal rims. Do you know
who makes rims designed for radial tires?

I would like to fill a tubeless tire with fluid for weight. On our farm in Michigan, which my
youngest brother runs, They used tubes inside the radial tires. I would really like to save money
buy not having tubes. The problem is that I am use to tubes failing inside the tire and then the
draining of the fluid, the patching of the tube, and the refilling of the tire are a royal pain.

 

[Jim.ME]

(quoted from post at 11:53:52 08/15/21) I was looking on-line for radial rims and couldn't find any. All I saw were normal rims. Do you know
who makes rims designed for radial tires?

I would like to fill a tubeless tire with fluid for weight. On our farm in Michigan, which my
youngest brother runs, They used tubes inside the radial tires. I would really like to save money
buy not having tubes. The problem is that I am use to tubes failing inside the tire and then the
draining of the fluid, the patching of the tube, and the refilling of the tire are a royal pain.

Radials can go on tube type rims, which I am guessing you are calling normal rims. You need to find 4 loop rims with the right bead seating area for tubeless tires.