Rear tires - when do you replace them?

[Mad Mackie]

Carlisle tires on my 2008 Scag Tiger Cub are getting a little hard but still OK. Date code on the tires is 4/07, 800 hours on the machine.

 

[clay45]

What brand are the tires?

They're Kenda Super Turfs. I doubt they're some kind of odd duds; I purchased her in December 2013 but didn't start running until Spring of 2014. When ground is really dry I don't spin very often but I avoid cutting the fields when they're wet. Sometimes its mid-afternoon before I can get to work. When we've had plenty rain and the grass and weeds are green I have places where I have to come to a crawl to avoid spinning.

Reckon I'll just have to live with it then.

 

[Carscw]

They're Kenda Super Turfs. I doubt they're some kind of odd duds; I purchased her in December 2013 but didn't start running until Spring of 2014. When ground is really dry I don't spin very often but I avoid cutting the fields when they're wet. Sometimes its mid-afternoon before I can get to work. When we've had plenty rain and the grass and weeds are green I have places where I have to come to a crawl to avoid spinning. Reckon I'll just have to live with it then.

They good tires.
Any thing more aggressive will still spin but tear up the grass more.

Guess you are going to have to live with it.

 

[scagman2]

My Tiger Cat has just under 140 hrs so its almost new still. My tires look just fine but they no longer grab like they did and its getting annoying. My place is more pasture than lawn so skinning it up here and there hasn't been a problem but I get tired of continuously having difficulty turning or backing up when I lease expect it. Is it the clover-leave type tread? Starting to wonder if I'd be better off with ATV tires.

I have surfed the net a bit and found mention of it but no strong following. Do the stock rears loose their traction holding ability long before they actually look worn out? At approximately how many hours do they start slipping in your experience?

Curious what the pros do.

Heard of several people with your issue...they filled their tires with RV coolant for better stability.

 

[finnfur]

I notice it some on our Tiger Cub but not so much on the Saber tooth because you have more weight in rear.