Discovery Dumper / Tractor Tyres

MHosDisco · Dec 3, 2015

Good Afternoon,

I am in need of some advise / help!

Have a old Discovery 300 on the farm, this has not MOT and will never go on the road again however I am in the market for some tyres. I have seen before you can get some tractor / dumper tyres however can anyone advise where to get them from and what size is required as I want them to fit on my 245/70 R16 Rims.

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards

Mark

discool · Dec 3, 2015

MHosDisco said:
Good Afternoon,

I am in need of some advise / help!

Have a old Discovery 300 on the farm, this has not MOT and will never go on the road again however I am in the market for some tyres. I have seen before you can get some tractor / dumper tyres however can anyone advise where to get them from and what size is required as I want them to fit on my 245/70 R16 Rims.

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards

Mark

You have given a tyre and not a rim size, it seems your just looking for an aggressive mud tyre which will fit your standard 16" x 7J rim. Loads of mud tyres on the 4 x4 tyre web sites.
This link will tell u what size u can fit, without or with body mods. http://web.archive.org/web/20100810045805/http://www.members.shaw.ca/jbarge/tires.html

Turboman · Dec 3, 2015

Some here, lots of other sites have them too. Or call in your local tyre place, ask what they can get.

https://www.bigtyres.co.uk/agricult...a_size=19323&gclid=COSmhsOzwMkCFU63GwodiTgBMA

MHosDisco · Dec 3, 2015

Thanks, sorry but tyres are something im not the best with as never fully understood the tyre and rim sizes. The Tyres I have on at the minute are 245/70 R16 however by what you are saying the rims are 16 x 7J thankyou, the problem is I don't want normal off road tyres I require tractor / dumper tyres if possible to fit on my rims but with them been different sizes I don't understand what size would fit!

freelance · Dec 3, 2015

6.50\ 16 or 7.50/ 16 would be a good starting point for chevron grip tyres

MHosDisco · Dec 3, 2015

would they fit on my standard rims? as only have the width? could I get away with putting a tube in them?

freelance · Dec 3, 2015

Yes tubes probably the way to go

Turboman · Dec 3, 2015

Yes, I would think they would need to be run with tubes. Not sure how well the half shafts would stand up to that sort of tyre either?

freelance · Dec 3, 2015

You might find 600/16 will suit your purpose, and they will have the smallest profile of a 16" tyre, if you could find 15" rims you will have more choice of profile and width!!

trax · Dec 3, 2015

for a farm.. i'd be tempted by cheap mud remoulds

Turboman · Dec 4, 2015

I would think a set of Insa Special Track or similar would be about same price as the tractor tyres. Not so heavy and aggressive, either, so less potential to damage the drivetrain.
Might be a good chance of getting a set like that part worn, as well!

300bhp/ton · Dec 4, 2015

MHosDisco said:
Good Afternoon,

I am in need of some advise / help!

Have a old Discovery 300 on the farm, this has not MOT and will never go on the road again however I am in the market for some tyres. I have seen before you can get some tractor / dumper tyres however can anyone advise where to get them from and what size is required as I want them to fit on my 245/70 R16 Rims.

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards

Mark

Do you have a specific use or reason why you want tractor tyres? It's certainly possible. But tbh I would think there are better options for the most part.

goonarmy · Dec 4, 2015

Dumper tyres won't magic up loads of traction for you.

Turboman · Dec 4, 2015

goonarmy said:
Dumper tyres won't magic up loads of traction for you.

They aren't too silly, to be fair. Dumper is go anywhere, as is a tractor. Big footprint, and the angled treads clear away the mud until you find something hard. And you can go down quite a way when the wheels are as high as your shoulder.
Downsides are the terrible ground damage they do, and the possible effect on the halfshafts, Tractor halfshafts are about 2" thick!

goonarmy · Dec 4, 2015

Turboman said:
They aren't too silly, to be fair. Dumper is go anywhere, as is a tractor. Big footprint, and the angled treads clear away the mud until you find something hard. And you can go down quite a way when the wheels are as high as your shoulder.
Downsides are the terrible ground damage they do, and the possible effect on the halfshafts, Tractor halfshafts are about 2" thick!

And dumpers have portal axles with loads of low down torque. Plus they tend to be articulated so just turning the wheels changes where the wheels are. Don't stop em getting stuck to **** though.

Turboman · Dec 4, 2015

goonarmy said:
And dumpers have portal axles with loads of low down torque. Plus they tend to be articulated so just turning the wheels changes where the wheels are. Don't stop em getting stuck to **** though.

Try taking the skip off!

Back in the eighties a mate had a s1 with a 3.5 v8 and dumper tyres. It was very capable indeed!

IIRC the tyres were banned in trialling about the same time.

goonarmy · Dec 4, 2015

Turboman said:
Try taking the skip off!
Back in the eighties a mate had a s1 with a 3.5 v8 and dumper tyres. It was very capable indeed! IIRC the tyres were banned in trialling about the same time.

We take the skips off at work and fit a few different bit son em. They still get stuck. So do the big adt's but they are much better at self recovery

Turboman · Dec 4, 2015

goonarmy said:
We take the skips off at work and fit a few different bit son em. They still get stuck. So do the big adt's but they are much better at self recovery

ADTs?

goonarmy · Dec 4, 2015

Turboman said:
ADTs?

Articulated dump trucks
http://www.volvoce.com/construction...rticulated Haulers Volvo/pages/Volvo A40.aspx

Turboman · Dec 5, 2015

goonarmy said:
Articulated dump trucks
http://www.volvoce.com/constructionequipment/corporate/en-gb/AboutUs/history/products/articulated haulers/Articulated Haulers Volvo/pages/Volvo A40.aspx

Right! Not had much to do with those on the farm. They look pretty useful for load shifting.
Doubt if they are bargain basement to buy new, even the tyres would be thousands apiece, I would guess!

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