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yellercub
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Joined: Wed Aug 22, 2018 8:55 pm
Zip Code: 17345
Tractors Owned: 1949 Farmall C !970 International Cub
Well my left rear tire bit the dust yesterday. I have been looking on Ebay (Simple tire And Priority tire, etc.) Can anyone recommend a brand? I prefer to buy anything but Chinese, but no info on country of manufacture. Is Carlisle still made in the U S? Has 9.5-24 on now but I am looking to go 8.3-24.
Check out Millertire.com They had the best prices on the front tires l just bought. I checked rears for a friend and 8.3 x 24 ag tires were $220 ea, l don't remember the brand.
Why is there never enough time to do the job right, but always enough time to do it over.
Tractors Owned: 1968 Cub Fast Hitch LF-1 Platform Carrier 144 Cultivators L-F194 Plow(s) F38 Disk L-F3 Spring Tooth Harrow CS Bell No. 60 Grain Mill on a unmodified Fast Hitch Disk hitch prong Home Made Fast Hitch Potato Plow 54A Blade
Couple 1948 Cubs 172 Runner Planter 53 Fertilizer Cub-3 Field Cultivator Cub-189 Two Way Plow Cub-22 Sickle Bar Mower Mechanical Transplanter with side mount barrel (needs a fast hitch adapter) :)
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Tractors Owned: '49 Farmall Cub purchased 1960 '59 International Lo-Boy purchased 1987 '48 Ford 8N family owned since new
L59 woods mower Mott Flail mower 4' Mott Flail mower 6' Prewitt post hole digger with mounts for Cub and Ford Grading and leveling blade with snow ext and hydraulic angle
It's probably been about 15 years since we bought rear tires for a tractor but ones on the Ford are Generals and they were made here. I also think Continental bought that division in the 80's so I don't know if that they are still making them here.
Firestone and Michellin are my preference on all my farm tractors. Both of my cubs came with new generic rears, to be honest I couldn't tell you the brand.
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Unless you are doing some serious hard pulling with your Cub, such as plowing soil, you won't wear them out in 30 or 40 years.
As far as US made, many US brand name tires are also manufactured in other countries. And then, the same tire is frequently manufactured with a different name.
Suggest your local tire shops. If you like the looks and the price is reasonable, buy them. Frequently, mounting the tire is included in the sale price.
Tractors Owned: 1948 6v - Dozer 1949 with kub klipper belly mower. mag 6v - Mom 1950 with plow, 54 blade, mott mag 6v - Roxanne 1953 54 blade, c22, wood 42 6v 1957 6v - barn Queen 1965 lo-boy with c-3 mower 12 v - Loboy 1974 Horse II 12 v c-2 1975 with woods 42-6 12 v - Horse 1979 long strip 12 v stuck engine 130 with international 1000 loader 6 v 1969 140 with bush hog tow behind mower 12 v Terramite T-6 4WD Backhoe Perkins diesel Memberships: Rough and Tumble Engineers Historical Association;Chapter 8 IH Collectors; IH Collectors Worldwide
I would take the rims to a truck/equipment tire place and order what you want from them. I did this last time I looked into new tires and the tires were mounted for the same price I would have paid online for just the tire without shipping. I guess their discount is more than the shipping cost so the mounting was included.
When you only have 9 horsepower you need to know the names of all of the ponies!