Agriculture Tyre

Agricultural tires are specialized tires designed specifically for agricultural machinery, implements, and field vehicles. Unlike highway vehicle tires, which prioritize high-speed performance and comfort, agricultural tires are designed with soil conservation, traction, load-bearing capacity, and adaptability to both field and highway conditions in mind.

Application Scenarios: Who is Purchasing Agricultural Tires in Bulk?

1. Large Farms and Agricultural Cooperatives (Core B2B Customers)

• Equipment Scale: Modern farms typically have 10-50 tractors, combine harvesters, seeders, etc.
• Tire Replacement Cycle: Depending on the intensity of operation, field tires are usually replaced every 3-5 years; tires on equipment with frequent road transport wear out faster.
• Key Requirements: VF/IF technology tires—reduce soil compaction and directly increase crop yield; CFO (Cyclic Field Operation) marking—specifically for combine harvesters/grain trucks, to cope with drastic load changes during harvest (full/empty grain bin cycles).

2. Agricultural Machinery Dealers and Leasing Companies

• Business Model: New equipment OEM and aftermarket replacement, covering the full range of tractors, harvesters, and implements.
• Requirement Characteristics: A full-size tire matrix covering tractors from 30hp small tractors to 500+hp heavy-duty tractors is required.

3. Precision Agriculture and Conservation Tillage Service Providers

• Operating Modes: No-Till, Minimum Tillage Till) Extremely sensitive to soil compaction
• Tire selection: VF technology tires are standard, allowing operation in the field at extremely low pressures (e.g., 14 psi), eliminating the need for inflation to high pressures (e.g., 23 psi) for road transport, achieving "one-click dual-condition operation"
• Compatibility requirements: CTIS (Central Tire Inflation System) – While VF tires have significantly reduced the need for inflation adjustments, CTIS, when used with standard tires, allows for more precise switching between field and road pressures.

4. Rice-growing areas and tropical agriculture

• Environmental characteristics: Extremely humid, saturated soil, long-term waterlogging
• Tire selection: R-2 deep tread tires – Tread depth can be twice that of R-1, ensuring traction in mud and water.

Note: R-2 tires have poor stability on hard surfaces and uneven wear, making them unsuitable for road transport; for field use only.

5. Orchards, vineyards, and specialty crop cultivation

• Ground protection requirements: Shallow root distribution, sensitive to soil structure
• Tire selection: R-3 turf/ Turf tires – shallow tread, close spacing, maximizes buoyancy, minimizes compaction and ground markings.
• Limitations: R-3 tires are prone to clogging and loss of traction in wet conditions, unsuitable for muddy environments.

6. Construction and Agriculture Mixed Contractors

• Equipment Types: Loaders, Backhoe Excavators, Industrial Tractors
• Tire Selection: R-4 Industrial Tires – Balances agricultural traction with industrial durability, puncture-resistant, impact-resistant, suitable for hard surfaces such as gravel and concrete.
• Limitations: Pure agricultural field performance is inferior to R-1/R-1W, traction decreases in muddy conditions.

Reasons for Procurement: Why Buy in Bulk from Us?

1. Core Advantages of B2B Bulk Procurement: Precise Load-Speed ​​Index Matching Consultation

The load index and speed symbol on agricultural tires must be strictly matched to the equipment's actual operating conditions.

We offer professional matching based on the following factors:

• Actual axle load of equipment (including fuel, chemicals, counterweight, and full bucket load)
• Field operating speed vs. road transport speed
• TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) comparison analysis of standard tires/IF/VF technology

CTIS (Centralized Tire Inflation System) support: While VF tires have significantly reduced the need for field/road pressure adjustments, for fleets using standard tires, CTIS can achieve automatic switching from low field pressure (e.g., 14 psi) to high road pressure (e.g., 26+ psi)

When used with standard tires, its overall performance may surpass that of IF/VF tires without CTIS:

• Seasonal fleet maintenance support: Pre-spring planting: Comprehensive tire pressure check, tread depth assessment, tire rotation
• Pre-harvest: Specialized tire inspection for combine harvesters/grain trucks, confirming CFO load bonus eligibility
• Winter storage: Tire cleaning, pressure adjustment, storage environment recommendations

2. Technical Compliance and Data Support

All tires come with a manufacturer's inflation gauge (Inflation). Tables), ensuring three-dimensional matching of load, speed, and pressure. VF/IF tires provide technical white papers quantifying the reduction in soil compaction (20-40%). CFO tires provide a guide to calculating cyclic load bonuses to avoid overloading risks during harvest.

3. Supply Chain Stability

Full-size inventory covering rims from 16 inches to 50+ inches. Maintaining safety stock of commonly used tractor sizes (e.g., 380/85R28, 420/85R30, 480/80R46, 710/70R42, etc.).

Common Agricultural Tire Procurement Questions

Q1: Can different brands or tires with different wear levels be mixed on the same tractor?

A: Strongly discouraged.

Mixing agricultural tires can: Uneven drive force distribution, slippage/traction loss; Steering deviation, reduced operational safety; Additional wear on the transmission system (especially MFWD front-wheel drive tractors); Increased complexity in tire pressure management.

Replacement principles:

• Pair replacement: Tires on the same axle must be of the same brand, model, and wear condition.
• Complete replacement: Ideally, all four tires should be replaced simultaneously to ensure consistent performance.
• If the budget is limited: At least ensure that the drive wheels (usually the rear wheels) are paired correctly; the front tires can be replaced later but must be of the same specification.

Q2: Does the "ply rating" still matter in agricultural tires?

A: For modern radial agricultural tires, the ply rating has been replaced by the load index and speed symbol system. This is because the ply rating originated from the physical number of plies in bias-ply tires, while modern radial tires, through material and structural optimization, no longer have a linear correlation between the actual number of plies and load capacity.

However, for bias-ply agricultural tires, ply rating remains relevant: Higher ply rating = higher air pressure = higher load capacity. Common ply ratings range from 4PR to 14PR, with heavier equipment requiring even higher ratings. When purchasing, prioritize the load index on the tire sidewall, not just the ply rating. If upgrading from bias-ply to radial tires, you must recalculate the load requirements; you cannot simply replace them based on ply rating.