hoppy 0 #1 Posted May 17, 2010 Believe or not the 66' 856 i recently acquired has the original wheel horse tires on them. fronts are 16 x 5.50-8 on a 8-3/4" rim and the rears are 23 x 8.50-12 on a 13" rim. i was suprised after sitting for 12+years that the tires still held air up until today when i discovered my left front is dead flat. filled her up again to find a big leak from filler fitting where it come through the rim. crap! i had some cleaning up to do around the yard. what should i do here? im assuming these are innner tube tires. the tread on the rears is still pretty good. the fronts are ok and useable for this year. where can i buy an inner tube for this wheel? what size would that be? or should i just replace the tires completely? any feedback would be much appreciated. i need to get this baby back to work asap!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sorekiwi 761 #2 Posted May 17, 2010 Your wheels are 8" and 12", the diameter is measured where the tire sits on the rim. Most of the really old tires are dry-rotted by now, if yours are OK I'd just put a tube in it. That size front tire is hard to find these days, I had to go with tri-ribs on my 1276 as I couldnt find 16-5.50-8's. I get most of my tubes from a country hardware store that stocks a lot of garden tractor and implement tires. I've also bought one from a local tire dealer (but again, I'm out in the country so they stock that sort of thing...) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
