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(ET) Fw: Garden Pulling with the E20

I have an EGT-200 (E15) and a Sears 20 HP gas tractor that are both equipped with the hi flot rubber described below. And a spare set of all, wheels and tires. (yes, the wheels are also interchangeable, the ElecTrak fronts have ball bearings instead of the plain bushings in the Sears, but they fit back and forth- handy)
Since they are all 20 to 30+ years old, they are just hard and slick as has been discussed earlier in this thread. The good thing is that the rubber is so hard I am not troubled by thorns when I mow the "back 40." But they would be useless for pulling on any surface, I think. I use chains all year on both machines.
----- Original Message ----- From: "David C Robie" <mycroftxx1 juno com> 
To: <czach computer org>
Cc: <hump evgrin com>; <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 7:26 PM
Subject: Re: (ET) Garden Pulling with the E20




Interjecting a thought here.
Have been at garden tractor pulls as a spectator (Swamp Yankee Days in
RI)  and observing that and hearing your problem;  I don't think any tire
that a puller uses would be the best for keeping a 'Scott's lawn'..
  However, GE had an option mostly on the 20's of extra wide 'hi
flotation' tires.  These are still turf saver tread but'

STD GE                                HI FLOT

Front;  4.80-4x8                   6x6.50 -8
rear;     23x8.50-12             23x9.50-12 OR 23x10.50-12

The hi flot take different rims, deep set so they clear the tractor.  The
widest seem to be on 20's that once did golf courses - which of course
need to be flat without tire ridges and are often mowed on wet days
unsuitable for golf.   A pair (or even all 4)  of these wide tires should
solve solve your problem.  Also - as to tractor pulling more rubber on
the road will certainly help.

If you live in New England I could swap 4 wide ones for 4 regular size,
rims and all.   Have no need for the wides.
shipping would be prohibitive on em they would have to be picked up by
you here.
Dave
Weymouth MA


On Mon, 22 May 2006 10:43:38 -0400 Christopher Zach <czach computer org>
writes:

> I need to get some of those nice deep chevron tires.

Speaking of which, I have the original 30+ year old tires on my
Elec-trak. They're hard as rocks and don't provide any traction
without
the chains. And I think they are compacting my lawn. The loss of
half
the battery weight now that I use NiCDs isn't helping much either.

What tires are good for general lawn use?

Chris

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