I picked up a couple of riding mowers that will suit me better than my 13hp 38" cut when I refurb them. They are 30"cut single blade with small 8-10hp rear mount engines, one has a CVT!!! and the other is a 5 speed. (just like our Mirages!)
Both have fairly major weather cracking on the rear tires, which are 16x6.5x8. They all hold air, I don't know how. Maybe they have tubes already, at this point I don't know. If they don't then my plan is to do the cheapest thing that gives me reliability. Are tubed tires (of any condition within reason) more durable that tubeless? Should all tires get tubes for the utmost in reliability?
So, new tubes ($20) are cheaper than tires ($46) but at what point should I really be writing off the tires and going for new ones? I should attach pics but of course at the moment it's pouring out.