I bought some nice rims and tires off a trailer to put on my little mity mac. seen others have gone that route. But today as I was going to paint before installing I noticed two are 205/75/14 and two are 215/75/14. if I put the slighty taller tires up front and 205's in rear will that be a issue? I don't think chain will bind id think just one tire rotate bit faster?
mity mac- 2 size tires a issue?..
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I am not familiar with that machine but here are my 2 cents…
Normally a skid steer the left axles are chained together as are the right. Thus the idea would be to put the same size tires on the left or right not the front or back. This way one tire isn’t rotating faster then the other causing premature wear.
That being said, usually the rear tires wear down faster than the front tires on a skid steer due to putting pressure down on the bucket and pushing forward. So when rotating skid steer tires, the larger tires ( the ones with the most tread left are normally put on the back of the machine.
Of course this also depends on how they are inflated also.
In the case of your tires, I would put them on however you want but take a measurement of all 4 tread depths and check them regularly to see if there is excessive wear or not and adjust them accordingly.
