RTV 900 tires -what to get

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vintovka1

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Well the tires on the 2004 are about shot and I'm looking for advice on what to buy. It came with worksites and hasn't been lifted. I Need more traction for mildly muddy/rocky fields and crossing streams. Taller than 25x12-10 would be nice. Occaisionally driven on 3/4 mile asphalt to get mail. Cost is really an issue right now. Any recommendations?
 
Do you drive through lawn areas you don't want to tear up?

Why do you want taller?

I'm a big fan of Maxxis Bighorn's for all-season, all-terrain use. I took off the OEM worksite at about 20 hours and here I am, 5-years later running the same Bighorn's and they have plenty of tread. Outside of going "belly-up" on a snow bank, I've never gotten stuck.

A good set of R1 (bar) type tires are nice unless you want to go someplace you don't want to leave ruts.
 
Hi, Bczoom has very good points, I also had the WS tires and got stuck all the time. I have been thru several different sets of tires since I use the RTV daily on the farm. I have had the WS which were taken off after I got stuck all the time, then I went to the Mudlite XLs, XTRs, and now the 589's. All of these have deep tread and will tear up nice yards if turned sharply. The oem type or big horns atv tire may do what you need. I think you can buy them on line at a fair price. I am sure that one of our members will mention a good source. I bought mine on ebay. If I remember right , my XTR's were just over $400 with free shipping.. The 26" are plenty big. I have had the 9x27 in front 11 x 27 in back. No rubbing. Now I have the 26" _9 " in front and 11" in back and think they are better and slightly less$. Good Luck. Bordercollie
 
Have zero (0) grass but worried r-1 type tires would wear out too fast especially on very rocky terrain. Also saw they offer different front and rear tires on some sites. Is that why you run different sizes front and rear? All of these are tubeless right? Anyway will look at xtrs.

Funny you should ask about grass as I own (and will never need to use) the 500 pound, 60" Brush bull that came with my new tractor.
 
Thanks I Want to sell, but "boss" currently says no. think she has other plans in works.

Son just bought a $1.2 mil, fully equipped, 10 acre+ luxury estate/ horse ranch (@2/3rds off!!!) and might get drafted for mowing arenas, pastures and corralls.

What do you think of Artrax tires? Don't need r-1s so mildly agressives should be fine.
 
We are now running the OEM recreational tires on the RTV ( the ones that came with it when purchased ) during the warmer months. When these wear, I will probobly be replaceing them with something like bczoom has or something in that area. But, will not go over the 26 inch mark. No need to. I have for the winter months 27 inchers. Would have done just as good with the 26's.

Also been looking at the Interco Raptiles . Like there treads for " the all terrain " use.
Have purchased tires, and other things at :

http://www.allterrainonline.com/

They have ALWAYS treated us good with great customer service .... They are great people !!!!

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The 589's that I am running now were in the neighborhood of 420 $ delivered. They are tubeless and have deep tread. If you can do a search on tires on this forum, you might can find a lot of info on tires and comments on them that way. I would not recommend the XTR's anymore since I had to use the warranty on the rears. and then the same thing happened again. In all respect though, the ITP/Carlisle folks were very nice to deal with regarding the trouble I had with the XTR radials. The oem recreational tire has shallower tread but I have heard they will do ok in general mud and are made for the weight of the RTV. Bordercollie
 
Something to consider when you're looking at tires. A lot of what you may run across are "ATV" tires. They're not rated for the weight of the RTV. Just watch the load range and weight capacity.
 
The 589's are great for mud. And I wil always have a set for winter use.
The OEM recreational is good for our summer months. The will get you around
as long as you don't go into a deep disc up field, deep mud, running in ruts, etc ....

Know at one time, one could purchase the " wheel & tire " from the Kubota dealer for under $100.00 apiece. Together is the way they came.

Bczoom is very much correct about the atv tire statement !!!!

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I run the essex surefoot tires 25" and love them they are rated for 1100lbs. Be carfull with bigger tires they will rob power. The 25" surefoot tires are a little taller than stock. I had 27 itp 589 and hated them for two reason, one they rated at around 460lbs kubota weighs allmost 2000lbs so they are over taxed with out a load on. Two they were way to big, no rubbing but if you think the bota is weak with stocks on try it out with the 27" there is no backing up a hill with a load on anymore. Just my 2cents
 
Would imagine the Kubota RTV's have different personalities like many things in life.
And will agree that the Surefoots are some great tires, and also have more carring capacity.
On our units down here, we been running the 589's and yet to have any trouble out of them. Will agree, like any other machine, if you go bigger, you will loose some power. But we have never lost power that it would not climb a hill, forward or backwards. But then again, different machines act differently. When it comes time to purchase another set, I will go down a size on the tires, but again, they will be 589's, for they serve us well.

If it was not in the winter time needing some feet that will digg and pulling. I just as happy with the OEM recreational tires. But they will not let you go really to far in the mud as we need down here. Also, the only reason we went with the 27 inchers was to get the axles up a little bit where the machine wouldn't high center and/or drag >>>>

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