Why share your location?
Better pricing
Faster delivery
Verified local shops
Shop Flotation Tires
Order Flotation tires by tire type, service description, brand, mileage warranty, availability, and current price.
Before choosing Flotation tires, match the vehicle-required load index, speed rating, and any applicable load or designation requirements.
Before buying flotation tires: wide, low-pressure tires that stay on top
Flotation tires, also called floater tires or high flotation tires, are wide tires that run at low pressure to spread a machine's weight over a large footprint, so the machine floats on soft ground, sand and mud instead of sinking in. The term covers three groups of tires: farm and implement flotation tires, floater tires for applicator trucks, and high flotation tires for pickups and Jeeps.
Farm and implement flotation tires
Farm flotation tires are bought for sprayers, spreaders, balers, grain carts and wagons that cross wet or soft fields, where narrow tires cut ruts and compact soil. Implement flotation sizes include low-section sizes such as 12.5L-15 and 16.5L-16.1, where the L marks a low-section tire, and wide sizes such as 31x13.50-15. See farm tires for tractor and implement tread codes.
Floater tires for applicators and spreader trucks
Floater tires are very wide, low-pressure tires for self-propelled applicators, fertilizer spreaders and trucks converted to spread on fields, which ag dealers call floaters. Floater tires come in sizes such as 66x43.00-25, where the tire is 66 in. tall and 43 in. wide, and spread a loaded truck's weight so it can cross soft fields without rutting them.
High flotation tires for trucks
High flotation tires for trucks use sizes that give the overall height first: 35x12.50R17LT is 35 in. tall, 12.50 in. wide and fits a 17-inch wheel. Flotation sizes are the standard way to buy oversized mud-terrain and all-terrain tires for lifted trucks and Jeeps; a metric equivalent such as LT315/70R17 is close to the same height.
Flotation tire sizes, load and ply rating to check when ordering
Flotation tires list a ply rating or load range, such as 8-ply on an implement tire or load range E on an LT flotation tire, and a maximum load at a stated pressure on the sidewall. Buyers choose the rating that carries the machine's or truck's weight on each wheel at the low pressures flotation tires run.
Clearance to plan before buying wider tires
Flotation tires are wider than the tires they replace on many machines, so buyers check fender, frame and steering clearance first. Light trucks moving to 35-inch or larger flotation tires usually need a leveling kit or lift. Flotation tires and wheels are chosen together, because each flotation size lists an approved range of wheel widths, and a wheel that is too narrow pinches the tire.
Choosing flotation over narrower tires
Flotation tires are the right buy when soil protection or soft-ground traction matters more than road wear: wet fields, sandy farmland, beaches and mud trails. Narrower tires roll with less resistance on pavement and gravel, and cost less per tire.
Ordering flotation tires with NeoTires
Flotation tires are ordered by the exact size on the current tire, such as 31x13.50-15 for an implement or 35x12.50R17LT for a truck. Search that size on NeoTires, compare flotation tires by ply rating, tread and price, and add the pair or set to the cart. Orders leave NeoTires the same day and ship anywhere in the US, tires marked Free shipping ship at no cost, and Klarna, Affirm and Afterpay financing is available at checkout.
Before buying flotation tires: wide, low-pressure tires that stay on top
Flotation tires, also called floater tires or high flotation tires, are wide tires that run at low pressure to spread a machine's weight over a large footprint, so the machine floats on soft ground, sand and mud instead of sinking in. The term covers three groups of tires: farm and implement flotation tires, floater tires for applicator trucks, and high flotation tires for pickups and Jeeps.
Farm and implement flotation tires
Farm flotation tires are bought for sprayers, spreaders, balers, grain carts and wagons that cross wet or soft fields, where narrow tires cut ruts and compact soil. Implement flotation sizes include low-section sizes such as 12.5L-15 and 16.5L-16.1, where the L marks a low-section tire, and wide sizes such as 31x13.50-15. See farm tires for tractor and implement tread codes.
Floater tires for applicators and spreader trucks
Floater tires are very wide, low-pressure tires for self-propelled applicators, fertilizer spreaders and trucks converted to spread on fields, which ag dealers call floaters. Floater tires come in sizes such as 66x43.00-25, where the tire is 66 in. tall and 43 in. wide, and spread a loaded truck's weight so it can cross soft fields without rutting them.
High flotation tires for trucks
High flotation tires for trucks use sizes that give the overall height first: 35x12.50R17LT is 35 in. tall, 12.50 in. wide and fits a 17-inch wheel. Flotation sizes are the standard way to buy oversized mud-terrain and all-terrain tires for lifted trucks and Jeeps; a metric equivalent such as LT315/70R17 is close to the same height.
Flotation tire sizes, load and ply rating to check when ordering
Flotation tires list a ply rating or load range, such as 8-ply on an implement tire or load range E on an LT flotation tire, and a maximum load at a stated pressure on the sidewall. Buyers choose the rating that carries the machine's or truck's weight on each wheel at the low pressures flotation tires run.
Clearance to plan before buying wider tires
Flotation tires are wider than the tires they replace on many machines, so buyers check fender, frame and steering clearance first. Light trucks moving to 35-inch or larger flotation tires usually need a leveling kit or lift. Flotation tires and wheels are chosen together, because each flotation size lists an approved range of wheel widths, and a wheel that is too narrow pinches the tire.
Choosing flotation over narrower tires
Flotation tires are the right buy when soil protection or soft-ground traction matters more than road wear: wet fields, sandy farmland, beaches and mud trails. Narrower tires roll with less resistance on pavement and gravel, and cost less per tire.
Ordering flotation tires with NeoTires
Flotation tires are ordered by the exact size on the current tire, such as 31x13.50-15 for an implement or 35x12.50R17LT for a truck. Search that size on NeoTires, compare flotation tires by ply rating, tread and price, and add the pair or set to the cart. Orders leave NeoTires the same day and ship anywhere in the US, tires marked Free shipping ship at no cost, and Klarna, Affirm and Afterpay financing is available at checkout.
Need live support?
- Mon - Fri: 8am - 7pm ET
- Sat: 9am - 5pm ET
- Sun: Closed