which tire better for pulling?
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Topic: which tire better for pulling?
Posted By: JM
Subject: which tire better for pulling?
Date Posted: 12 Feb 2012 at 11:38am
| Assuming both are new and same tread, 12.4-38 or 14.9-28? Tall skinny, or short and wide? Someone suggested to run skinny tall because the WC would have enough slip to keep from running out of power instead of running 15.5-38 that would hook to hard and pull me down. He said he runs 12.4-38 on his moline and could usually out pull another guy with a wc on 14.9-28s. What do you guys suggest? Tires are $$$$$$$$$ want to make sure I make the right choice. PS. our track is hard clay and I have 55-60 hp. Thanks, JM |
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Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 12 Feb 2012 at 12:00pm
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Don't buy new for pullin. Buy some that have good casings but wore down half way.
------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: Dick L
Date Posted: 12 Feb 2012 at 12:13pm
| I did the best on new tires in the 3.5 MPH classes. Narrow or wide is a good question. If you pull over a large area one will work better on some tracks and the other will work better on others. I found the narrow tires did better on hard tracks. My C Farmall with the narrow tires would out pull my Allis Chalmers C on wider tires in the same class on the same track on the same day. On a different track it was the other way around. |
Posted By: HagerAC
Date Posted: 12 Feb 2012 at 12:22pm
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Running new Duratorque 14.9x28 good years on my 45 farmstock. Most tracks they work awesome except for very hard tracks. Usually outpull competition by a good distance, and I can even the beat the "hot" super 88's most of the time. ------------- 30+ A-Cs ranging from a 1928 20-35, to a 1984 8070FWA, Gleaner R52 |
Posted By: EricSWPA
Date Posted: 12 Feb 2012 at 12:27pm
| 13.6 38 is what i run on my wc there real good except for muddy tracks there armstrongs |
Posted By: JM
Date Posted: 12 Feb 2012 at 12:46pm
| I cant find any good used tires, usually they are rotting apart or mismachted. The WC came with nice set of old firestone 45 degree champion ground grips, they are old but look new, very little use and not sun rotted. They are 12.4-28, they look like they would really dig into a hard track. But with such a small foot print I dont think they would compete well against 38 rubber everyone else is running. I havent pulled yet so I dont have any experiance with tires and tracks. Should I give them a try and see what happens? I sure wont run out of power with them. Thanks,JM. |
Posted By: EricSWPA
Date Posted: 12 Feb 2012 at 1:37pm
| Just my opinion but id keep searching for 38s to be honest i dont no what weight your going to pull but im gona guess around 3500 to 4000 with your hp as long as your around a 3 mph speed limit you could run 15.5 i would think ive seen it done around here. Lol in fact ive been beat by them im thinking about changing mine id just have to buy more rims. Rarely do i see 28 inch tires do real good minus a few exceptions. |
Posted By: MACK
Date Posted: 12 Feb 2012 at 3:20pm
| Which is easiest to role out of a ditch (Barrel or a stock tank)? MACK |
Posted By: allismanamp
Date Posted: 12 Feb 2012 at 6:11pm
| my 2 cents i have only pulled for 6 years until i quit but if it is a wc with the true wc rear end in it yet not a rc rear end i had the best luck pulling a set of original good year tires 10 28 tires i had that were plump full of fluid and i had cast iron rims the lugs on those tires were less than half and cracks every where but would pack not dig when i would spin alot that was just that much more dirt to pull down the track in front of the sled skid plate. the last set of brand new firestone 8 ply tires i had just dug and dug but i still think the older half bald tires had less digging and way less of a chance of the lugs rolling over when you really get pulling hard and are pulling low air pressure new tires seam to do the best in muddy wet dirt tracks were packing is not the issue thats my opinion had lots of fun though i miss it thats for sure |
Posted By: RPSallispullinmd
Date Posted: 12 Feb 2012 at 7:18pm
| I would make my decision based on the gearing that best suited the MPH rule I was pulling in. |
Posted By: AC WD45
Date Posted: 12 Feb 2012 at 7:26pm
Used to run these on a John Deere AR with an R block: Would out pull damn near everyone, even those with the 100hp A's running air plane fuel. loved a wet track. ------------- German Shepherd dad 1957 Allis Chalmers WD45 #WD234847 1951 Allis Chalmers WD #WD88193 |
Posted By: Brampton 02 gt
Date Posted: 12 Feb 2012 at 7:53pm
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AC WD45 wrote: