B2601 - Kenda turf 500 tire failed

[Rickcas]

I bought a Kubota 2601 with Turf
Tires. The front Kenda 500 tire tread was cut 3/4 “ by a small stick at 13 hours. Pretty sad! Cheap quality Kenda. 4ply tire.
I replaced both tires with Titan sure track turf tires 6ply -Made in USA.

Dealer replaced tire under warranty.
But I have been thru this before with my B6200. When I replaced the poorly made Carlisle turf tires that were out of round from new and got flats from thorns I replaced after 2 years with Loadstar 6 ply tires. Ran over 10 years without a flat.
I’m sure that other Kubotas with Kendas are letting go out there!
I would beware of them !

 

[ken erickson]

I’m sure that other Kubotas with Kendas are letting go out there!
I would beware of them !

I have 6 plus seasons on my Kenda 513 front turf tires on my B7100 in the hard to find size of 20.5 8.00 x 10. I could not be more satisfied with not only the performance in different conditions including snow on gravel and black top, but also with the resistance to any side wall checking, cracking or pre-mature or un-even wear. Just goes to show, results vary ! Sorry for your bad luck with yours.

 

[lynnmor]

I have the same Kenda tires on the rear of 4 Wheel Horse garden tractors. My property has all kinds of thorns, locust, blackberry and Osage orange to name a few, unlike the 2 ply that were original equipment not one repair yet.

 

[lynnmor]

I have 6 plus seasons on my Kenda 513 front turf tires on my B7100 in the hard to find size of 20.5 8.00 x 10.

Look for 205-65-10 if you need tires in the future, as you know it was just too simple to use the original system.

 

[Runs With Scissors]

Wow…

I am surprised that a “stick” did that.

I have Kenda tires on my truck and have been “more than happy” with them.

They are/were about 400 bucks less than the “big dog” tires that I used to buy, and I have gotton 10K(+) more miles from them than rated.

This is my 2nd Kenda tire set, and I will be shopping for them again in a few months.

Good luck with your newest selection.

 

[chim]

Wow…

I am surprised that a “stick” did that.

I have Kenda tires on my truck and have been “more than happy” with them.

They are/were about 400 bucks less than the “big dog” tires that I used to buy, and I have gotton 10K(+) more miles from them than rated.

This is my 2nd Kenda tire set, and I will be shopping for them again in a few months.

Good luck with your newest selection.

I'm not familiar with Kenda, but would guess that there can be different levels of quality within a given brand. I've had Titan (Carlisle) on at least 3 tractors and never any issue. At work we had so many failures of Carlisle trailer tires that we banned them. Vendors who worked on our trailers were informed to never put Carlisle tires on them. We had over 20 utility trailers, several deckovers, a dump and other odds n ends specialty rigs. I see they now have renamed at least part of the line "Carlstar".