need your knowledge & experience .....tractor vs logging

[slowzuki]

Makes for nice clean logs though!  My biggest problem with kubota's r1 offerings is on smaller tractors they put pizza cutters on.  They are so narrow once you have a loader on it they cut into the soft ground.

On their larger models in Canada, they put R1W (wide) tires on the front which is fantastic in soft ground.

I'm not sure what the best approach is.  My R4's will tear wet ground up too.  R1W's I hear on the front are the best on grass due to wide foot print but not so good in snow as it will float over instead of dig down to ground.

[RSteiner]

Roger,

I have only second hand experience with R4's and first hand experience with R1's.  The choice is yours to make.  The R1's will give you much better performance in soft, muddy, or snowy ground because there is more space between the lugs so they don't fill up.  The side walls and the tread on the R1's are not a heavy as the R4's, but if you are careful in the woods there should not be a problem.

Make a list of the tasks you will use the tractor for starting with the most frequent and next to each task put the tire that would be best suited for that task.  That should determine what tire you will give you the best service.

I like my R1's for the snow and soft ground, wet or dry.  I do not use the tractor for mowing the lawn.  I do not have any problems tearing up the ground using it to mow a field.

Randy

[roger 4400]

     Thank you Slowzuki and Randy !    Mowing, plowing and logging will be the most activity I,ll do with the tractor. I,ll always stay on my forest roads and use a winch to haul logs from the forest. So I think The best tires for me might be R1 WIDE if they make some on the Kubota L4400. Thanks for your precious knowledge.    See you.
       P.S.  There is 11 feet of snow since november.......so maybe plowing a lot....hahaha                  Roger.