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Re: Some tire questions.
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Posted by H MN on September 19, 2000 at 04:35:15 from (207.115.63.12):
In Reply to: Some tire questions. posted by Karl Bader on September 18, 2000 at 12:14:25:
Karl: So called Self cleaning tire design while running in muddy conditions such as picking corn will make a believer out of most people real quick. Of course engineers will not always agree and so changes take place. Construction tractor backhoes tend to have other needs. The 45 degree open lugs was very common for many years in the cornbelt, I believe, due to muddy fall picking conditions. Rice tires tend to be closed I suppose because of their field conditions. etc. I tend not to agree that older designs were harder riding. Air pressure and amount of "plys" may have had a bigger role on hard riding. harvey
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