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<blockquote data-quote="mark18mwm" data-source="post: 80861" data-attributes="member: 9306"><p>You may have a hard time finding tires in the old inch measurement, however a 235/85r/16 should be about what you want. Off the top of my head I can't tell you the size on my bosses NewHolland but I can find out tomorrow. I am thinking they are 235/85/16 though. My old Bobcat 600 has old 7.50x16 that I have have had forever, not sure where they even came from. They are getting pretty worn and I'll need to replace them or recap them soon. Here is a link to a "Blizzak" type tire, http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Bridgestone&tireModel=Blizzak+W965&partnum=385R6BZW965 I'm just showing it so you can see the tire and the sipeing. If you don't want to pay that much ( I'm not sure I would either) if you find a "old school" tire shop where they actually know about tires they should be able to hook you up with something. A good tire shop can sipe the tires for you, shouldn't cost much. I would avoid places like Tire rack, and similar large chains just because they seem to want to always look up the recommended tire aplication on the computer for a specified vehicle, your application won't be found. You need a tire guy that has been around a while and understands what you want. I would look for tire shop that sells implement, farm, and construction tires. I could recommend some in northern WI. but that probley won't help you. Let me know if you want the tire size on the NH, I will find out. One other thing to keep in mind is you will want tires fairly close in height to the stock tires if you use your bucket to plow, a blade it is not as important and taller tires are ok. But with taller tires with a bucket it raises the height of the machine and your bucket may not go all the way down it the tires are to tall. That would mean you would have to lower the nose (cutting edge) of the bucket and it might want to dig in it the ground isn't froze. You should be able to raise the height of the machine about 2 inches before this is a issue, but something to think about. sorry for being so long winded, but just trying to share my experience, hope it helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mark18mwm, post: 80861, member: 9306"] You may have a hard time finding tires in the old inch measurement, however a 235/85r/16 should be about what you want. Off the top of my head I can't tell you the size on my bosses NewHolland but I can find out tomorrow. I am thinking they are 235/85/16 though. My old Bobcat 600 has old 7.50x16 that I have have had forever, not sure where they even came from. They are getting pretty worn and I'll need to replace them or recap them soon. Here is a link to a "Blizzak" type tire, http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Bridgestone&tireModel=Blizzak+W965&partnum=385R6BZW965 I'm just showing it so you can see the tire and the sipeing. If you don't want to pay that much ( I'm not sure I would either) if you find a "old school" tire shop where they actually know about tires they should be able to hook you up with something. A good tire shop can sipe the tires for you, shouldn't cost much. I would avoid places like Tire rack, and similar large chains just because they seem to want to always look up the recommended tire aplication on the computer for a specified vehicle, your application won't be found. You need a tire guy that has been around a while and understands what you want. I would look for tire shop that sells implement, farm, and construction tires. I could recommend some in northern WI. but that probley won't help you. Let me know if you want the tire size on the NH, I will find out. One other thing to keep in mind is you will want tires fairly close in height to the stock tires if you use your bucket to plow, a blade it is not as important and taller tires are ok. But with taller tires with a bucket it raises the height of the machine and your bucket may not go all the way down it the tires are to tall. That would mean you would have to lower the nose (cutting edge) of the bucket and it might want to dig in it the ground isn't froze. You should be able to raise the height of the machine about 2 inches before this is a issue, but something to think about. sorry for being so long winded, but just trying to share my experience, hope it helps. [/QUOTE]
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