Tiger Joe said: (quoted from post at 07:57:21 09/25/15) couple things here.
1- marty you must have a pretty boring life because you spent entirely too much time worrying about tires. I wouldn't have even changed the tires on your machine now based on the pics you posted.
2- what are you trying to mow that first gear is too fast? unless you are in extremely tight corners trying to maneuver around things 1st gear should be fine for finish mowing.
I don't know about too much time on my hands or boring life but I have serious OCD. If you saw a closeup of my rear tires you'd understand why I want them off. The pictures I have posted make the rear tires look MUCH nicer than they are. The tractor is that nice and deserves better than the tires that are on it. As for speed, using the John Deere 770 w/60" belly mower as well as a 54" deck on a Cub Cadet, we took a parcel from jungle to almost golf course in short order. We bought an adjacent 12 acres of jungle and have it reduced to simple grass fields already. We want to maintain a high quality cut job and not scar the ground and want to do it with the Ford 640 and 72" finish mower. So, first to go are the 3 rib front tires which are visibly leaving an impression in the ground when traveling straight and scarring in tight turns. Believe me, compared to every video I have seen of people "mowing" on old Ford tractors, I am going much slower and much more deliberate and careful with my turns. I'd like to be able to go a little slower ground speed at full pto speed to give the finish mower a little more dwell time. Once the fronts are on I'll pull the trigger on the rear. It's worth the time to try to get this right as they will be with me for years to come. I'm not a buyer/seller sort of guy. Once I own something, I generally have it for a long time.
We went from several years of very successful hydroplane racing and a lot of travel to staying home and focusing on a 22 acre property in rural Indiana. I've sort of replaced the race boat with a Ford 640. I'll probably have an 8N some day and no doubt will have an 800 series too. I don't NEED them, I want to help preserve them for the future.
This post was edited by martyh at 09:50:12 09/25/15 3 times.
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