tyre wear and hours

raindodger

have been looking around to buy second hand tractor.
on some the tyre wear does not match up with the clock hours for example 30% left on tyres and 2500 hours on the clock.
what is the most and least you would expect to get from a set of back tyres on a tractor with a loader

Casinoking

I have a tractor I bought new that has nearly 3000 hours on the clock, the rear tyres have about 35% thread left and the front tyres have about 75%. They're all original.

Tipp Man

It depends entirely on how much road work the tractor is doing.

you would expect a 200 acre farm in 1 block to have much less tyre wear than a farmer who has 200 acres several miles apart.

nothing burns tractor tyres like road work IMO

reilig

Casinoking wrote: »

I have a tractor I bought new that has nearly 3000 hours on the clock, the rear tyres have about 35% thread left and the front tyres have about 75%. They're all original.

That's very unusual for a tractor. I always thought that the front tyres would wear a lot faster than the rear ones????

pakalasa

If the tractor was doing a lot of road work, ie towing, in 2WD with little weight on the front, would the wear not all be on the back tyres. This especially if their wasnt enough front weights on the tractor.

True - tyres will outlive the tractor itself if doing only land work. I've seen it first-hand.

coronaextra

As said above it depends on many factors, road work, what its towing, front weights, tracking and tire quality all have effectts on tire wear.

dasheriff

If you only have cheap tyres on the tractor and you do all road work they wouldnt last 2500hrs op I know first hand myself so i honestly wouldnt worry about that when buying..

poor farmer

new holland on the farm from new, does a lot of roadwork
(tarmac farming) 6000 hours on origional tyres pirelli's .
front ones are bald still a bit left on back ones.

maidhc

3,700 or so on our tractor. Does a bit of everything, front are about 30% rear prob 50%-60%.

I have a '68 4000 which looks like it has one original Firestone on the back.