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Dave in PA 
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Posted: 12 Aug 2014 at 4:10pm |
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I have a garden tractor, for just plowing snow. I was in need of some info, can I put ATV tires on the rear with proper size etc. for better traction? I sure do hate to pay the cost for new AG tires, when a set of used quad tire are next to nothing?? Just wanting to know if anyone has, input??
thanks, dave
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Coke-in-MN
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Posted: 12 Aug 2014 at 4:19pm |
If they fit the rims go for it . I gave my grandson a set of turf tires for his dune buggy cart and he ran them until he could afford the lig tires he wanted . Look at tubes in them and then fluid for weight and then set of chains .
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Dave in PA
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Posted: 12 Aug 2014 at 5:18pm |
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YEP! I figure $20 rather than $100 per tire, I can do lots of changing over the next few years! The beer might add up! I was just concerned about any safety issues? Driveway flat, no hills!
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Posted: 12 Aug 2014 at 5:44pm |
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Dave I put utv tires on my cub cadet... they are oversized but they work great. a lot better traction than the originals and they were free. someone with a utv had them swapped out and my buddie worked at the dealership ....
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Posted: 19 Aug 2014 at 9:11pm |
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I put trailer tires/wheels on my EZ-Go golf cart, can turn sharper and they last longer than the originals!
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Posted: 29 Aug 2014 at 4:17pm |
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As long as they fit, I don't see why it wouldn't work.
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Posted: 29 Aug 2014 at 6:45pm |
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They are often of a thinner ply, and are softer than L&G tires, but I use them on my Dixie Chopper zero turn lawn mower, cause they are cheaper than the $160 that Dixie wants for their pulling tires...
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Posted: 30 Aug 2014 at 9:42pm |
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keep checking "flea-mkts" I bought a good set of AG TIRES for my 712H for $25.00 for the pair. at a flea mkt.
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Posted: 02 Sep 2014 at 8:33pm |
I plowed snow with my 716H for about 5 years. That's exactly what I did. I installed a large set of ATV aggrasive tread tires on the rear of it cause' I didn't want to mar up the driveway with chain marks. The ATV tires worked excellent! Out of the 5 years I plowed with it, I got stuck about a half dozen times and that was my own fault because of the ice under the snow. The wife had a ball. Go For it!  
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Posted: 06 Sep 2014 at 9:04pm |
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my grandpa used to pull with garden tractors. he took a chain saw and cut lugs into the tires, though i wouldn't try it unless your certain you will replace them if you goof up
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Posted: 07 Sep 2014 at 11:09pm |
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Posted: 09 Sep 2014 at 7:03pm |
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