Turf Tire Cutting

you guys are correct, that tread is wrong for the front, but fine for the back. this is the best picture i could find of a turf, which is the reason for it being on the front.

Great idea B440! I may try that along with my "professional" tire cutter to see which one is better for different durometer rubber.

What's your "pro" cutter?

In poking around the internet, I found out that tire groovers can be had for around $70-$80 or so, possibly less if you look in the right place. I know you guys are talking about doing things cheap, but just an idea if you wanted to play around with a lot of different tires. I've never used one, but I guess they have different sized cutters ect. for different applications. I was always thinking about cutting some knobs out of the tires on my simplicity for the heck of it, but I didn't know an easy way to do it. Too bad the tread isn't just a little higher on these turf treads.

Finished one tire this evening. Used the Multimax on it.


Weight of the original Turf Tamer: 14.2lbs
Weight of the cut Turf Tamer:      11.6lbs. So I removed 2.6lbs from one tire.


What I really saved: approximately $150.00 in new tires. I was going to buy a set of Duro HF244's for the Craftsman tractor that actually cuts my lawn. I need something more aggressive than Turf Savers. I tried these 22x11x8 Turf Tamers, but they occasionally rub the deck and feel unstable while side-hilling.

Looks great! I posted a pic of the tire cutter that I bought. It's got the "J" handle and a large heating element. I haven't tried it yet since I got my Wooly Boogers for $35 after I spent $65 on the cutter, duhh.     

They look pretty good. Came out nice.

heres my cut tire that i had got the idea from atv nobies

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and here it is on my mower

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good work! i'm cutting my tires that way next time.

^ That looks great! Good pattern.

The only thing I cut was the half knob on the outside edges of my turf tamers.

I used a standard utility knife to do the job with. No hot knifes or chisels needed.



I didn't want to cut much of the tire away. Biggest reason I did this much is so that it will hold onto chains better, once I get some made up. (And yes, I am making my own tire chains out of old car tire chains.)

Those chains will go on and stay on. For traction, and for weight.

i found that the easiest and quickest way to cut tires is to sharpen an old butter knife then get it red hot and slice away. my freind and i knocked out a pair in under an hour

do these even work as good as atv tires

An atv tire with deep lugs, no.

But when you don't have the money to spend on tires, these work better than a stock mower tire, or a semi-bald atv tire.

Cut tires also flex a lot better at low psi compared to before with full tread blocks.

I was thinking of cutting some blocks out of my truck tires for off road use...

you could do this for front tires https://i.servimg.com/u/f19/19/19/59/48/tires11.jpg

Pretty much what I ended up doing with my snow tires on my truck. Who knows how much it helps. I figured there might be some improvement in loose snow. I didn't run it enough to notice one way or the other. I knocked these blocks out with a sharp chisel and a hammer. Just have to be careful not to go too deep and cut into the cords ect.