front tire size for 185

I have quad rib, 11L 15's on mine. HTH Tracy Martin

Measure the outside diameter of the tire and the width at the widest point. Maybe the rim width too. The look up the Goodyear Farm Tire handbook or the Firestone Farm Tire handbook and see which ones match your tires. We can only guess, I put 11L-16 on a MF-135 but those were wagon tires, lousy for steering in dirt. But they held up the front end with loader nicely. I moved loader and those tires to a JD4020 but the poor steering got to me while rotary hoeing, so I changed to 4 rib 11.00-16, not low profile. The are TALL. Picture at http://www.geraldj.networkiowa.com/images/leftside.jpg The rears in that picture are 12.4 -42, no taller than the factory 18.4-34 but narrower for happier crops after spraying. The front rims are 8" wide.

Gerald J.

My 180 had 7.50 truck tires on front and 18.4x28 on rear. I put 10.00X16 on front and then front was running high, I put 16.9X34 on rear and now it sits level. The bigger rubber makes it a lot nicer in the woodlot for gathering maple sap to make syrup. I had to turn the front wheels inside out for the bigger tires. I have about 600 lbs. weight hanging on the front end to keep it down with a 200 gallon milk tank on the 3 PH to gather the sap.

I like the four rib better than the three. At least a couple of the ribs hit the ground on the 4 rib, but only the center rib hits on the 3 rib most of the time. So there are more edges to turn corner in dirt with the 4 rib.

Gerald J.

I just got a 185 with 1375 actual hours so I assume the tires are original cause they are getting rotten, they are 9.5L 15s. maybe this helps.