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AL Farmall Boy
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Re: tires

Postby AL Farmall Boy » Tue Jul 29, 2014 9:02 am

Hmm...this is intresting information. I guess with only one digit for the year one could get close and assume they could be original but who's to say they're just 10 or 20 years younger than the tractor? It is a shame that they only used one number for the year. Maybe they did it differently for the farm tires prior to the year 2000......or even back in the 40s and 50s when these tractors were made. Of course those articles won't mention that far back.

I think it would be fun for several folks to post their year model tractor, the tire numbers and pictures of their tires to see what is out there.
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Re: tires

Postby Arthur Dent » Tue Jul 29, 2014 10:11 am

AL Farmall Boy wrote:I think it would be fun for several folks to post their year model tractor, the tire numbers and pictures of their tires to see what is out there.


That might be educational, or at least entertaining. I would participate. I'll have to take a couple pics.


Scrivet wrote:Sometimes in a small indented or outlined area. Is your suspected date code raised or set in? It is also possible they didn't follow the rules. :shock:


Best I can remember, these were small barely raised characters set onto a raised (or possibly recessed) oval, separate from the other lines. I do remember that the suspected date code was hard to read, I'll admit that I might have made an error deciphering a character or two. I'll have to take a better look and make sure, will double check the info on both tires against each other.

Edit later that night...

The characters are stamped into the oval as you said, not raised. The last characters on the right tire match the one on the left, being 3Y598. I don't see how this can be week/year.

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Re: tires

Postby Arthur Dent » Tue Jul 29, 2014 10:38 pm

All right, this has been bugging me so I went out and really cleaned that area on both tires and read them again very carefully.
The right tire reads: 3891 3Y598
The left tire reads: 0883 3Y598
I thought maybe the first digits might be the date code, but that doesn't really make sense either, at least when using the week/year method.
Sorry for taking over the thread.

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Re: tires

Postby Matt Kirsch » Wed Jul 30, 2014 11:59 am

I believe 3Y598 is the mold used to make the tire.

The other numbers indicate 38th week of 1991 and 8th week of 1983, respectively. Not sure why that doesn't make sense. Tires can easily be the same size/style/brand and be 8 years apart. Odds are the 0883 tire's predecessor wore out and went flat first, and the other tire held on for another 8-9 years.

Remember that tractor tires don't necessarily comply with DOT regulations. BG Goodrich may well have been using 4-digit codes for offroad tires for a long time.

BTW, your tires probably aren't original.

Back when $$$ was tight, we'd only replace the tire that needed replacin' on a tractor. None of this fancy-pants replacing in pairs BS.

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Re: tires

Postby Arthur Dent » Wed Jul 30, 2014 12:07 pm

Thanks for your thoughts Matt.
I thought about reading it that way, but discarded that solution because the tires are so dry rotted that I didn't think they could be that new.
I guess weather and neglect can take more of a toll than I thought.

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Re: tires

Postby danovercash » Wed Jul 30, 2014 12:20 pm

My 63 still has the original 9.5 Goodyears. RR has two shoes, both very stiff but still working.
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Re: tires

Postby Kirk-NJ » Thu Jul 31, 2014 3:25 am

AL Farmall Boy wrote:How can one "date" the tires?


Sometimes you can tell by style tread on the tire. Here is the original tires on my 1948 8n. 23 degree angle tires didn't come out until 1960. So if you have a 40's or 50's tractor with 23 degree tires on it you will know, even though they may look old, they have been replace. I think the code was also different on earlier tires like 8-24 10-28 12-28.
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Re: tires

Postby Matt Kirsch » Thu Jul 31, 2014 12:19 pm

Wow, that's got to be one sweet low-houred 8N. You don't see that style of tire with that much tread or in that good a shape very often. Usually they are worn almost bald and/or dry rotted.


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