What size tractor tire for workouts?

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What size tractor tire is “best” for workouts? I’m looking to get one or two for use at home as we train for an upcoming backpacking trip, but would like guidance on what to look for. I know they have gotten very hard to find for just this reason, so I don’t want to waste anyone’s time who doesn’t have one in the right size, as I search for them online.

Thank you!
 
200 pounds.

Forum member Scsmith42 had several he was giving away, you just got to go to him to get it. He's down off of US1, a bit far for you. Dangeruss picked it up and brought it by during one of his travels.
 
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Chuckman said:
200 pounds.
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Thank you. Is there a range of size specs to look for? I assume tractor tires have a sizing system similar to car tires, delineating diameter, thickness, etc., but I don’t know how that equates to weight.
 
And, for the record, I’ve already spent a decent amount of time web searching, but still have questions. I’m not being lazy by asking people here before I put in the work. Lol
 
cubrock said:
Thank you. Is there a range of size specs to look for? I assume tractor tires have a sizing system similar to car tires, delineating diameter, thickness, etc., but I don’t know how that equates to weight.
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The one he gave me was a tractor tire. I can give you tire specs if you'd like.
 
Chuckman said:
The one he gave me was a tractor tire. I can give you tire specs if you'd like.
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That would be most helpful, if it is not too much trouble. Thank you!
 
cubrock said:
And, for the record, I’ve already spent a decent amount of time web searching, but still have questions. I’m not being lazy by asking people here before I put in the work. Lol
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It would be hard for me to perceive someone who was willing to roll Flip or throw tractor tires around their yard as being a lazy.
 
Be warned: it's easy to get carried away with tire workouts. About a dozen flips is all you need for a month before you try to progress. There are plenty of YouTube tire workouts.
 
Around here they're in piles in the back lots of tire shops. The brand name places won't have much, but the independent shops on the edges of towns will have them right now with harvest coming and tractors chewing up old tires. Also look around industrial areas that use larger loaders. You'll have more luck driving around than calling.

A few years back I needed some big inner tubes to put under a friends pool cover to shed the leaves and found them by driving around vs calling as they were just pilled on top of other used tires in the backs of shops. They gave them too me for free and most were ok or needed a small patch glued in.
 
tod0987 said:
Around here they're in piles in the back lots of tire shops. The brand name places won't have much, but the independent shops on the edges of towns will have them right now with harvest coming and tractors chewing up old tires. Also look around industrial areas that use larger loaders. You'll have more luck driving around than calling.

A few years back I needed some big inner tubes to put under a friends pool cover to shed the leaves and found them by driving around vs calling as they were just pilled on top of other used tires in the backs of shops. They gave them too me for free and most were ok or needed a small patch glued in.
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Thanks! I'll hit a couple of the local, independent tire shops.
 
Chuckman said:
My sis-in-law and her family are in Conover; her husband was born/bred in Hickory. I texted him to see if he knows of any sources.
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Thank you!
 
Evaluate your strength. I think mine is a 19.5L24. I know it's around 200lbs. It's pretty light, for flips you only lift around half the weight, even farmer carries are only challenging because of the goofy grip. I don't use it for much other than beating with a sledge sometimes.
 
Geezer said:
The ones at Battery Oaks probably weigh 500 pounds with all of the lead in them.
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Some really do weigh 600 pounds....they are stacked 4, 5 and 6 high in places......After stacking the first 100 or so myself by hand [yeah right] I recruited some machinery and an operator......Around here if you go to a tire company that changes these tire and tell them you want them...they will deliver right to you right Now. You had better stand by...they will bring them until you say [holler] WHOA!!!!!!!!! It saves them Alot of money to not take them to the land fill.
 
Geezer said:
The ones at Battery Oaks probably weigh 500 pounds with all of the lead in them.
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I’ve got one in the backyard that weighs 500+. The really heavy ones mean you gotta pay attention to bracing and actual technique. Heavy tires tend to tear calves and biceps if people just flop around on it.

After training for strongman…I’d pass on tires. Kegs are where it’s at. One aluminum keg can be filled anywhere from 30lbs to 400+. A ton of things you can do with it…especially carries. You can change up the medium to water/rocks so the inside is fluid and get some really intense work in.
 
I did a lot of backpacking when I was younger, also spent summers on the farm with tractors and everything else. Never in a million years would I flip tires in preparation for backpacking.

Get yourself a pack and your boots. Find a farmer with soy beans, ask him if you can walk his beans. Go up and down each row pulling weeds. It’s a pretty good workout, do it 8 hours a day for a month.

After the first few weeks try it without the boots, it helps strengthen your feet and ankles.

Sprints across a newly plowed field are also good.

of course now I’m kinda fat and balding, so made tires are the answer. I’d probably need to start with a 20” bike tire.
 
ForumSurfer said:
I’ve got one in the backyard that weighs 500+. The really heavy ones mean you gotta pay attention to bracing and actual technique. Heavy tires tend to tear calves and biceps if people just flop around on it.

After training for strongman…I’d pass on tires. Kegs are where it’s at. One aluminum keg can be filled anywhere from 30lbs to 400+. A ton of things you can do with it…especially carries. You can change up the medium to water/rocks so the inside is fluid and get some really intense work in.
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Tires are great for functional workouts. There's so many things you can do with them.

Kegs, same thing. I would never give up one to do the other but see them as independent and complementary of each other.

The biggest mistake I see people make on tires is they think it's about upper body when it's 90% lower body.
 
Chuckman said:
Tires are great for functional workouts. There's so many things you can do with them.

Kegs, same thing. I would never give up one to do the other but see them as independent and complementary of each other.

The biggest mistake I see people make on tires is they think it's about upper body when it's 90% lower body.
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You can beat your tire with a keg for maximum power.

You’re right. With any compound movement I found you have to get your legs and hips into it for real explosiveness.

Also never accept free tires with steel belt poking through. That’s a great way to bleed
 
JimB said:
I did a lot of backpacking when I was younger, also spent summers on the farm with tractors and everything else. Never in a million years would I flip tires in preparation for backpacking.

Get yourself a pack and your boots. Find a farmer with soy beans, ask him if you can walk his beans. Go up and down each row pulling weeds. It’s a pretty good workout, do it 8 hours a day for a month.

After the first few weeks try it without the boots, it helps strengthen your feet and ankles.

Sprints across a newly plowed field are also good.

of course now I’m kinda fat and balding, so made tires are the answer. I’d probably need to start with a 20” bike tire.
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It is just one part of our workout plan. We’ve got weights for packs and are spending time with them, too.
 
Big thanks to @John for hooking me up with some tires!
 
CZfool68 said:
If I start using a tractor tire my wife will have me committed. She already thinks my rucking and crap is weird enough.
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I’m seriously looking at a sand bag like yours. Wifey is supportive thus far.
 
cubrock said:
I’m seriously looking at a sand bag like yours. Wifey is supportive thus far.
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I plan on adding that bag to a basic workout tomorrow. Maybe dead lifts and squats. I’ll let you know how it works, it’s not power lifting but for older guys it’s probably enough. They have a 120 lb version too. I was also thinking about just shouldering it and doing laps up and down my basement stairs. That can’t be too bad a workout. Little cardio and a little strength building.
 
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I've got some 29.5x25 scraper tires available if somebody is feeling froggy.

I **think** they are around 1000#!!!!!
 
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