Dad's 1951 FARMALL M had General tires on the back when he bought it brand new, only 2 weeks out of the FARMALL Plant, they had the "Check Mark" shaped lugs. They were replaced about 1958 or '59 with Gillette tires, not sure who or where they were made. Then about 1964 or '65 the Co-Op oil & fertilizer company started handling FIRESTONE tires, mostly blemish tires at a really good price, so the M got a pair of "TRACTION Field & Road's", not the usual ALL Traction Field&Road's. About the second fall picking corn Dad drove over a broken off steel post with one of the Firestones, and one of the Gillette's was put back on. The General's were put on our direct axle duals that we used every spring working ground till they were sold December of '72. They still held air year to year but the rubber was weathered, but no cracks down to the cords. The Gillette on the M is severely weather checked, zig-zag break between the inner ends of the lugs most of the way around, plus it leaks down every month or two. Oh, the FIRESTONE that was new in the mid-1960's still looks brand new. We had this same conversation on the Cub Cadet website the other day. ALL Cub Cadets for the first 8-10 years came on GY tires, and just about ALL those GY tires have failed now. The FIRESTONE and even B.F. Goodrich tires seemed to hold up much better than the GY. And this new guy wants New Old stock GY tires to put on his 55 year old Cubbie. Titan tire bought GY ag tire, also bought Carlisle tire too, so not sure how long either brand would last, I told him to buy Firestone tires from M.E. Miller, Planning on buying new pair of MITAS rear tires for the M this spring, made in Charles City, Iowa. I'd really like a 23 degree Firestone but Firestone doesn't make them anymore, so getting a straight bar 45 degree tire, Goin'Old School
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