I just bought a new L3901 for my tree service with turf tires. The problem is I need wider tires and rims. I would really like 12" wide in front. Nobody makes anything wider the 25/8.4/14. Would tires and rims fit from L grand on to mine?
wider tires for L3901
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Always be careful with the front end. Additional pressures on the front axles (weight, leverage, etc.) can damage them.
The rears, those are quite a bit tougher and you can double up tires or put spacers on it to move them out wider.
Not entirely certain why you need to ultra wide tires.
These are as large as I could find that would seem to fit your rims but they are implement tires and probably have a different rolling circumference and very low traction for 4WD.
http://www.millertire.com/products/...4/11l-14-american-farmer-rib-implement-8-ply/
The rears, those are quite a bit tougher and you can double up tires or put spacers on it to move them out wider.
Not entirely certain why you need to ultra wide tires.
These are as large as I could find that would seem to fit your rims but they are implement tires and probably have a different rolling circumference and very low traction for 4WD.
http://www.millertire.com/products/...4/11l-14-american-farmer-rib-implement-8-ply/
Crosscut,
unfortunately you should have figured out exactly what you needed THEN
bought the tractor to fit your needs/application because changing to a wider tire is really not an option now. It's not the same as other types of equipment that was designed to take many different sizes of tires or like what so many commonly do with a 4X4 pickup truck jacking it up and adding a bigger set of tires for off road use or mud bogging etc.
Your tractor was designed and engineered to work with the tire options that are available and any change to the front end width wise will put more strain on the front end bearings axles etc than it can take and you will break it and it will be VERY expensive to fix when you do that. It's one thing to change from Ag to Industrial to Turf in sizes the tractor came with from the factory to keep from tearing up the lawn but going wider up front is not something you can get away with doing.
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Also have not seen anyone mention the fact that you would have to make sure you keep the same rolling circumference and ratio front to back as it will also do a lot of damage to the tractor if you change that. 
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Congrats NIWolfman, that is the first picture of a tractor on Mattracks I have ever seen... and it happens to be a 'bota. Nice!