Vehicle fitment guide
Cub Cadet 1450 Tire Size
10 in-stock tires match this fitment. Most ship from Cleveland next day.
FRONT TIRE
16x6.50-8
2-ply recommended
REAR TIRE
23x8.50-12
4-ply recommended
- Some sizes low
- Most ships from Cleveland in 1 business day
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Sizes verified against manufacturer service specs and cross-checked with owner forums — not scraped from a listing.
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Cub Cadet 1450
TIRES FOR YOUR CUB CADET 1450
12 tires fit this machine — 10 in stock today.
Sorted by recommended fit. Kenda first — direct from manufacturer.
REAR TIRE SIZE 23x8.50-12
2,771 tires shipped at this size in the last 12 months — off the same Cleveland shelves these come from.
FRONT TIRE SIZE 16x6.50-8
2,148 tires shipped at this size in the last 12 months — off the same Cleveland shelves these come from.
OWNER NOTES
What we see with the 1450 around Cleveland.
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.
UPGRADE OPTIONS
When the OEM isn't the right answer.
3 common situations + the tires we recommend instead.
FOR PERIOD-CORRECT RESTORATION
The factory look is a classic shallow turf pattern. We don’t carry Carlisle, but the Kenda K500 Super Turf in 16x6.50-8 wears the same tread family the IH-era Cubs shipped on — the closest match on our shelf, in current production.
FOR WORKING MACHINES
Owners running the 1450 as a daily mower rather than a show piece typically save a few dollars per tire with a modern Kenda or Deestone turf in the same 16x6.50-8 / 23x8.50-12 stock sizes. Same fitment, comparable wear life on residential mowing.
▸ Modern Kenda 4-ply equivalents
FOR THE 23x10.50-12 DEALER-OPTION REAR
Some 1450s came out of dealers with the wider 23x10.50-12 rear instead of the standard 23x8.50-12. The two are not interchangeable on the same rim — confirm the size already on the wheel before you order, because a 10.50 won’t seat properly on an 8.50 rim.
▸ Confirm rear size before ordering
SAME FITMENT, DIFFERENT MACHINE
8 other machines take similar tires.
Same 23x8.50-12 rear and 16x6.50-8 front fitments.
COMMON QUESTIONS