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DSeries4 
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 Posted: 14 Oct 2023 at 8:28pm |
I ended up going with Galaxy Earth Pros front and back. I have them on a couple of my WD45s and have held up pretty well (even though they do not get a lot of use). They priced out pretty well too.
My tractors stay inside all the time, so they should last.
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'49 G, '54 WD45, '55 CA, '56 WD45D, '57 WD45, '58 D14, '59 D14, '60 D14, '61 D15D, '66 D15II, '66 D21II, '67 D17IV, '67 D17IVD, '67 190XTD, '73 620, '76 185, '77 175, '84 8030, '85 6080
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 14 Oct 2023 at 9:32pm |
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well, they seem to have a pretty good REVIEW on several sites, and a LOT of places sell that brand..
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Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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IBWD MIke
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Posted: 15 Oct 2023 at 5:39am |
Here's a few pics of the process yesterday.
Edited by IBWD MIke - 15 Oct 2023 at 5:44am
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 15 Oct 2023 at 8:36am |
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Mike, what do you use as a bead breaker since the tire is setting upright ?
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Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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IBWD MIke
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Posted: 15 Oct 2023 at 10:02am |
Steve, you made me have to go out to the shop to take some pictures. That's ok, it's a good question and deserves an answer. This, (don't know what they call them) is the bead breaker. Got it on Amazon. When I changed tires on the 'H' this summer I could not get the beads broke for love nor money! They were glued. Not sure how they even got them to seat, 15.5's on 16" rims, suspect either. Anyway, research led me to this style and it works like a charm!
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AC720Man
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Posted: 15 Oct 2023 at 2:29pm |
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Nice looking tire Mike. I’m late to the party but my XT has BKT’s on it and I have been very happy with them. Firestone’s are nice tires and I’m sure you will be happy with them. My tire guy prices a new tube and free mounting when I purchase tires. I don’t wanna have anything to do with mounting other than mounting the rim on the tractor when the tire is in place lol. If I’m replacing tires I have him remove the old ones so I can take the rims home to give them a fresh coat of paint. Take them back in a few days and have him mount the tires.
Edited by AC720Man - 15 Oct 2023 at 2:46pm
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1968 B-208, 1976 720 (2 of them)Danco brush hog, single bottom plow,52" snow thrower, belly mower,rear tine tiller, rear blade, front blade, 57"sickle bar,1983 917 hydro, 1968 7hp sno-bee, 1968 190XTD
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IBWD MIke
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Posted: 16 Oct 2023 at 5:41am |
There's kind of a trade off there. Thought about having the tire shop mount them, definitely less work except now you have to get the tire and at least rim off the tractor. Load them on the trailer and haul both directions and wait for them to do the job. Some-days that doesn't take long, others you wait quite awhile. Mounting the new ones wasn't bad at all. Getting the old ones off was the hard part and getting the tubes out was the worst part by far!
I don't know, it's done and over with and didn't kill me. My prediction, I will do something like this again in the future. Not sure how much bigger I could tackle without at least having someone around to help?
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