Tire Size Question on Raptor SD

I picked up a screw a couple weeks ago in my right rear tire, and need to buy a new one. I took the tire to my local tire shop to see if it could be plugged, and they recommended a tube instead for $10 installed. Got it home, mowed for 1 hour and the tube blew and instantly went flat. Took it back, put in a new tube. Mowed 1 hour and tube blew again. Took it back, replaced for free, and they checked for any sharp edges on the tire and rim and found none. Got home, mowed for an hour and tube went flat again. So tubes and me are not working out. So I am going to replace the tire.

Stock is a 20x12-10 OTR Grassmaster. I see they also make a 22x11-10 tire. I can get the 20" tire for $71 shipped, and the 22" for $85 shipped. Obviously I would have to buy two 22" tires, so the cost would be greater. What positives and negatives would I experience from going with the 22" tire instead of the 20". The 22" is not as wide, 12" vs 11". But the RaptorSD tires are really wide, so going narrower by 1 inch would not be that big of a difference. I am assuming I would go a little faster on the 22" tire, but at the expense of more work on the 2800 hydros. But would it be noticeably faster or measurably more stress on the hydros? I would have to re-level the deck, but that is not a big deal. When shopping for mowers, I like the looks of the mowers with 22" tires, but they cost more than I was willing to pay, and usually came with the upgraded 3100 hydros, and weighed 300 lbs more (600 lbs vs 900lbs, hence the need for beefier hydros!)

Just wondering if anyone has done something similar and what the results were.

Just plug the tire and put a heavy boot over the plug and you should be set to go. If the tire has cut several tubes, it is because they did NOT get the offending item that is protruding thru the tire. It could possibly be a piece of the chord and the shop may be overlooking that.

At any length, since you paid for one tube and the tubes are failing, return the tire and tell them to do as you asked in the first place. Put a plug in it and then grind off the plug smooth with the interior of the tire and place either a heavy patch or a boot over the plug and you should be finished with that particular area.

Good luck,

Max

Take it to a mower or tractor repair shop and get them to plug it .
Mower tyres run low pressure and never get hot so they use a different type of plug to a car tyre.
Car plugs regularly fail when used in mower / tractor wheels but once they have made a big hole in your tyre, they are liable for replacing it if the repair fails thus the tube.
Bouganvillias are very popular where I am.
They have spikes on them long enough & strong enough to go right through real tractor tyres.
Thus I go through around 100 plugs a year & a lot of times this is replacing the plug the local servo ( gas station to you ) put in cause they did not think I do tyres.
Those ones get tractor plugs which will plug a 1/2" diameter hole.
Add to that the low pressure allows the case to slip on the rim which tends to tear valves out of tubes doubly so if they are not specialist mower tubes which have more reinforcement around the valve stem.
Also because the tyres run at low pressures, there is a lot of movement in the tread.
Thus a thorn can be just below the surface with the case off the rim so you can run a stocking around the inside & it will not snag on any protruding thorn, but when the tread goes concave on the wheel the thorn protrudes and spikes the tube.

try putting slime in your tire first?