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Front tire recommendations?

Mr580backhoe!

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Mar 26, 2020
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Connecticut
Ive only had mine on a few weeks so far so good ill have to give a better up date in a few months. As for mounting them the old tires were awful to take off i cut the bead to make it easier to remove. the new tires i used lots and lots of soap and they slid right on i did use a tire machine though they make a huge difference.
 

flyingpassage

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Nov 1, 2015
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Location
Waldoboro Maine
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retired UPS feeder driver
about 5 years ago I needed to replace a front and it was stamped made in India not sure of the name on it but that thing showed dry rot in the first year by the second year I had to replace it,I might put just over 100 hours on the hoe a year,the replacement was a China tire 4 years old all deep cracks all over it??????
 

Clawed Backster

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Sep 18, 2009
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Location
Sunny Valley, OR
about 5 years ago I needed to replace a front and it was stamped made in India not sure of the name on it but that thing showed dry rot in the first year by the second year I had to replace it,I might put just over 100 hours on the hoe a year,the replacement was a China tire 4 years old all deep cracks all over it??????
Well, I hope that I get better results than you did. As little use as Luwanda (my hoe) gets, I am sure that the tires will die of old age, rather than wear.
BTW, when I changed a stubborn motorcycle tire a while back, I figured out that my hydraulic wood splitter works perfectly for getting the bead loose from the wheel. Just used a couple of 4×4 blocks of wood against the tire.
 

Clawed Backster

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Sunny Valley, OR
Was going to try changing the front tires myself, but when I went out to start the project I noticed that one of the rear tires was low. Not interested in wrestling a rear tire, so I put the two front and one rear in my pickup and took them to a tire shop. I don't think they really wanted to mount tires that I purchased elsewhere, but since I was having them fix the flat rear, they went ahead and did it. They were able to patch the tube in the rear tire, so after I handed them A HUNDRED AND SIXTY DOLLARS!!!, I am back in business.
Luwanda be stylin' with her new shoes. 20200502_103138.jpg 20200502_155046.jpg
 

flyingpassage

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Nov 1, 2015
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Location
Waldoboro Maine
Occupation
retired UPS feeder driver
I had put my rears on myself tubeless and used ether to help set the bead, If I remember right my wife was watching my little show I heard that the old timers would do it this way and it will work thinking back it would of made a great video
 
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