What tires do you pick when buying the first tractor?

[Skeksis25]

I see that Narrow tires prevent crop destruction, but I don't see what benefit Standard or Wide tires provide. Why would I not just get Narrow tires all the time?

And if each type of tire has specific uses, do you usually just swap them as needed or have separate tractors with different tire types for each job?

[Wizard]

Generally, if you're careful, you only need narrow tires when spraying herbicide, or if you're spraying liquid fertilizer in your first growth stage. They would be helpful if you're using a tractor to harvest sugar beets or potatoes, but I usually use the dedicated harvester for that.

The tires are important if you use the mud system mod, because narrows sink the fastest, and tracked, the slowest.

Generally, I'll use a higher powered small or lower powered medium with narrows for those jobs. Something like the JCB Fastrack with regular tires for most jobs, and a tracked large tractor only when needed, for pulling the sub soiler, planter, big seeder.

I haven't really found a real need for wide, or dual tires.

[captain403]

Wide tires give more traction. If you're using a tractor that is slipping while using an implement (say it's pulling a plow uphill f.e.), wide tires can stop that.

[ShutEye_DK]

Downside of wider tyres is wider turning.

[ProviD]

Indeed.

The "advantage" of wide/weighted/dual tires are just as mentioned above:
They give your tractor a bit more "Oompf" for slightly lesser bill to pay when compared to buying completely new vehicle - as long as the power requirements are met!

Also note that once you've bought a set of tires for the vehicle, it'll be free to switch between them if/when you need different set for different job!

And if you're doing silo/silage work without additional tools, you'll pretty easily notice how that added weight and compacting surfaces make the work go much faster. Now add leveller or compactor and even small/medium tractor can get bigger silos ready in reasonable time!

[Wizard]

Ursprungligen skrivet av ShutEye_DK:

Downside of wider tyres is wider turning.

This. And the helpers have a hard time adjusting to wider tires/duals. Also, it should be noted that while the narrows are coded in the .xml as 'careWheels", which affects crop destruction, I believe the only difference between regular/wide/duals, from a technical game standpoint is the weight. So I'd prefer regular weighted tires over non weighted wide tires any day.

[Skeksis25]

Ursprungligen skrivet av ProviD:

Indeed.

The "advantage" of wide/weighted/dual tires are just as mentioned above:
They give your tractor a bit more "Oompf" for slightly lesser bill to pay when compared to buying completely new vehicle - as long as the power requirements are met!

Also note that once you've bought a set of tires for the vehicle, it'll be free to switch between them if/when you need different set for different job!

And if you're doing silo/silage work without additional tools, you'll pretty easily notice how that added weight and compacting surfaces make the work go much faster. Now add leveller or compactor and even small/medium tractor can get bigger silos ready in reasonable time!

Oh that is helpful and something I didn't know. That you can switch tires for free after you have bought an initial set. Thanks everyone, I'll just go with the Standards then without worry. And switch if necessary as the situation demands.