Cub Cadet 1450 Tire Size

The 1450 is the hydrostatic flagship of the late IH-era Cub Cadet line — built from 1974 to 1982 with the 14-HP Kohler K321 and the cast-iron rear end that kept these machines on lawns half a century after they left the factory. Stock fitment is 16x6.50-8 fronts and 23x8.50-12 rears, though some dealer-option and later-production 1450s ran the wider 23x10.50-12 rear instead, so the size already on the rim is the one to confirm before you order.

What we usually hear from 1450 owners:

• The 16x6.50-8 front is the same size that fits the John Deere 318 and the Wheel Horse C-series, so if you maintain more than one antique garden tractor a single front-tire order can often cover the fleet. The rear is where the IH-era cluster fragments — 23x8.50-12 and 23x10.50-12 are different tires on different rims.
• Carlisle was the factory tire on most of these IH-era Cubs. We don’t carry Carlisle — restorers chasing the original look run the same classic turf pattern in a modern Kenda or Deestone 16x6.50-8, and owners running the tractor as a working machine save a few dollars the same way.
• Most original IH-era rims were designed for tubed tires. Modern tubeless tires fit these rims fine, but on a 50-year-old wheel that's flat-spotted at the bead seat, dropping a tube in is the cheap insurance owners reach for after the first slow leak.