[AT] tread design

[Larry Goss]

The diamond treads were popular prior to turf tread tires.  Both tread styles have excessive slippage and will wear out established sod on hillsides.  If you want to preserve your sod and save gas at the same time, convert to low-lug high-flotation ag tires.  Your grass will grow back,  you'll consume 25% less gas, and similarly take 25% less time to do the job at hand.

Larry


----- Original Message -----
From: Ken Knierim <ken.knierim at gmail.com>
Date: Saturday, September 4, 2010 11:56
Subject: Re: [AT] tread design
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>

> Dad's New Holland 970 combine had diamond pattern tires on it 
> (in eastern
> Montana). Not a sidehill model but it had those tires. I used to 
> see a lot
> of tractors on golf courses in AZ with those diamond tires. They 
> don't tear
> up the landscape as much. They were used on the drive wheels. 
> Now they use
> the ZTR mowers a lot and you don't see much for tractors anymore.
> 
> Ken in AZ
> 
> On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 5:07 AM, charlie hill 
> <charliehill at embarqmail.com>wrote:
> > I don't remember ever seeing those John.
> >
> > Charlie
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > From: "john hall" <jtchall at nc.rr.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2010 7:35 AM
> > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
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> > >
> > Subject: [AT] tread design
> >
> > > Got to thinking about tire tread design on my last post 
> about sidehill
> > > combines. Back in the 70's and maybe 80's I remember seeing
> > advertisements
> > > for Ford tractors with diamond style tread tires. Can't 
> remember if they
> > > were on the front and back or just the front. I never saw 
> another brand
> > > use that style of tread. These were big tractors--100+ hp. 
> What was the
> > > reasoning for using that style of tire?
> > >
> > > John Hall
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