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Morris, IL | Just trying to do some figuring this afternoon. Anyone priced any 18.4x42 radials lately, tire guy we deal with likes Firestone and we have had good luck with them but open to others. Rear of the 8940 needs some new shoes, these have 6200 hours on them. We don't ask a lot of this tractor anymore, side dressing is heaviest load, but need to be good quality tires as we'll be keeping it a while. Thanks
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Hennepin, IL | No idea on 42s, but we just got a set of 18.4x30s for the back of a loader tractor. Options were slim as two different tire guys could only find that size from Firestone and alliance. Firestone was either 1050 or 1100 a piece and alliance was either 750 or 800 apiece. I'm sure 42s will be more but I'm willing to bet that would be in line with 38s right now. |
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| http://www.nebraskatire.com/agriculture/radial-rear |
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Central Sask. RM#254, Canada | If you were closer and are going to throw those away with what looks like 40% tread left I would sure be glad to haul them away for you .. |
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Morris, IL | No 40%, you don't want these, their few miles from being racing slicks. You just can't see from those pictures. |
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Wi | Priced 520/85R42s this fall. Michelin Agribibs 1700, Firestone Deep Tread with lighter load rating 1600, higher was 1850, BKTs were around 1300. Numbers are rounded and based off my memory, could be off a bit. 480/80R42 would be a bit cheaper overall but that doesn't mean the prices will have similar spreads, there's a lot of factors at play and it never makes sense.
Make sure you know what you are actually comparing too. It's easy to see an attractive price and not realize what the difference may be. This is common with Firestone because they offer so many different tires. Michelin only offers the Agribib in that size which has R1W tread and a 156 load index. The BKT will likely be the Agrimax RT855 with R1W tread and 151 load index. The Mitas will be their AC85 which is also R1W with 151 load. Then there's Firestone. They have the Radial All Traction 23* which they offer in R1 and R1W (DT) both of which offer either a 151 or 154 load index. That's 4 different tires, but there's still more. They also offer the Radial 23* which is an economy tire with R1 tread and a 153 load index. The price of these 5 choices will vary drastically, so you can't really just say "Firestone" when comparing with other brands that only offer one choice.
The nice thing about the choice is you can buy the tire that suits your needs. Load index needs will be based on what you are doing. R1W versus R1 also depends on what you are doing. R1W typically wears longer and has better wet traction, but the R1 tires will usually be cheaper and can have better traction in hard ground due to having more lugs. The added lugs provide a smoother ride when comparing like tires. The Firestone's will all be 23* tread angle, the other brands are around 45* or so. The only advantage the 23* bar has is traction on hard dry ground, which is why it's only a North American tire for the most part and the brochures always state it's better for the soils in NA. The advantage is with R1 23*s,the R1Ws have less of an advantage. Outside of that, the steeper lugs tend to be better in wetter conditions, on side Hills, and on the road, plus they ride smoother.
As long as you know what you need and what you are comparing, you will be able to make a good decision. I tend to not like the 23* but that's for what we do which involves a lot of road time and wetter conditions. I tend to prefer the Michelins if it's going to get a lot of hours, otherwise I'd go with Mitas or BKT. On bigger tires Trelleborg is another great option, don't know if their Row crop tires have been as good but I can only imagine they would be. |
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Central IL | We've had really good luck with our agribibs two main tractors have them, ride good and good traction |
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central Minnesota | Funny you ask, dropped off 7120 today at tire shop. 18.4 x 42 firestone 23 degree radial 10 ply 1289 a piece. 14.9 x 30 same tire 910. |
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NW central IL | around here its firestone or mitas. matter how much you use it or how much you want to spend, the mitas are very good tires for the money, know acouple guys who were that way with good results and a lot of savings
Edited by tj_farmer 10/31/2015 21:01
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Morris, IL | Wow, good timing i guess. Know what install is going to cost by chance? That doesn't seem as bad as i was expecting. Front tires are only few years old so they will last a while yet. |
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| Petlas. Try a pair. German engineered and made in Turkey. That's all we've been buying lately. Cheaper to buy and far more rubber in the lug than many other popular tires.... |
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Eastern Half of Kansas | I was going to say almost $1,300 too, it's been a year since I priced. If you can wait til January-March, they'll be the usual $100 a tire rebate. |
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south central kansas | TLSJR - 10/31/2015 19:43
Funny you ask, dropped off 7120 today at tire shop. 18.4 x 42 firestone 23 degree radial 10 ply 1289 a piece. 14.9 x 30 same tire 910.
Paid the same price earlier this summer for rears on my 7120 |
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Lancaster, Pa | I'll sell you all you want for $1176 Firestone radial all traction 23 load range 151a8. |
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Wi | TLSJR - 10/31/2015 20:43
Funny you ask, dropped off 7120 today at tire shop. 18.4 x 42 firestone 23 degree radial 10 ply 1289 a piece. 14.9 x 30 same tire 910.
So what did you actually get then? Radial all traction 23*? Or just radial 23*? R1 or R1W tread? Mounted cost or no?
What load rating? Ply rating is old school bias talk, if you bought new radials they have an ISO load index number on them.
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Edited by durallymax 11/1/2015 02:44
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central Minnesota | they are radial all traction 23, not sure of load rating. Only saw tires for a second. The rest will be a mystery until I pick it up late monday. |
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central Minnesota | As far as I know right now that is the mounted price, I am picking tractor up late monday. |
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Ohio | Good luck ! Last time we purchased tires from over the pond like that , it didn't work out very good . Rubber looked great and lugs were beefy , none of that mattered when the sidewalls started failing . But that was Taurus and Hungary , hopefully your results will be different . |
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CIL | +1 on the tire rebate. Got four 18.4R38 firestones for our JD 7810 in February and got a $400 rebate. Total cost installed plus the service call was a little over $4700. Don Owen Tire in Bloomington is our go to place for truck and tractor tires. They really know their stuff and do a great job. |
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Central Ohio | Just put 4 on an 8770 Deere.
Firestone 18.4x42...around $1200 each installed.
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Northern Illinois | We priced some 480x50's about the early farm shows time frame. Wanted Firestones. Quotes were 8500-9000.00 for 4. Found a dealer in Dyersburg Tn who had some on Ebay. Paid 6000.00 delivered. We mounted them ourselves this spring. Pulled them off the tractor. Used the skiddy to break the beads loose. Plenty of lube and a couple of truck irons to get the first bead off, flipped the tire over, hooked the rim to the forklift and lifted the rim out of the second bead. Lubed the bead and the edge of the rim. Basically rolled the tire up to the rim in the floor and slammed it down on the rim. The first bead would slide right on. Lubed the second bead and took the tire tools and put that side on. Put a couple of blocks under the center of the rim, just enough to lift the rim up to seal the bottom bead. We took the valve stem adaptor off and screwed a Milton male fitting with a 1/4" female thread. We then hooked the 1" hose from our 185 CFM IR compressor and let it go. In a minute or two with that volume of air it sealed right up. |
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