[AT] tread design

[Ken Knierim]

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
>
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> From: "john hall" <jtchall at nc.rr.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2010 7:35 AM
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> Subject: [AT] tread design
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> > 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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