Does Purcell sell side-by-side tires?

Yes, at 57 locations across 12 states, which is the widest coverage of any Purcell tire category. Call the store nearest you with the size from the sidewall and the machine it is going on.

What tire should I run on a working ranch machine?

Usually an all-terrain pattern with a strong carcass, because the day-to-day mix is gravel, pasture, rock and the occasional mud. Tell the store the ground split and whether the machine carries weight, and they will narrow it.

Will a mud tire work everywhere?

It will work, badly, in places that are not mud. Deep open lugs wear quickly on hard surfaces and are noisy on gravel roads. Run one if mud genuinely dominates your ground, not because it looks the part.

Do you fit them, or do I bring the wheels in?

Ask the store when you call. Service locations fit tires; retread plants and distribution locations do not. Bringing the wheels in loose is often the easiest way with these machines.

UTV and ATV Tires | Purcell Tire & Service

UTV and ATV Tires

Purcell Tire & Service carries UTV and ATV tires at 57 locations across 12 states, which is wider coverage than any other category the company holds. Side-by-sides and quads work on farms, ranches, job sites and trails, and the tire that suits one of those is frequently wrong for the others.

These are work machines first

A side-by-side on a ranch covers more ground in a week than most pickups, over terrain that would stop a truck. On a job site it carries tools and people between places a vehicle cannot reach. Those machines are not toys, and the tires on them are a maintenance item rather than an accessory.

Trail use is real too, and it wants something different. The honest question is what proportion of the machine's life is work and what is recreation, because the answer points at a different tire.

Choosing by surface

Mud and soft ground. Deep, widely spaced lugs that clear themselves. Noisy and fast-wearing on hard surfaces, which matters if the machine also runs gravel roads.

Rock and hardpack. Tougher carcass and tighter tread. Sidewall strength is the thing that keeps the day from ending early, since most failures out here are cuts rather than wear.

Sand. A specialist tire. If this is what you do, say so, because nothing else works properly in it.

Snow. Tread patterns built to bite in snow, slush and cold. Worth asking about if the machine plows or feeds stock through the winter.

Work and utility. Load-rated tires for hauling, towing and property work, where carrying weight matters more than speed.

Mixed use, which is most people. An all-terrain pattern that gives up a little in each direction. The store will ask what you do most.

What to tell the store

The size from the sidewall, which on these tires reads differently from a car tire.
The machine, by make and model, and whether it is a UTV or an ATV.
Wheel size, and whether you are keeping the current wheels.
The ground it works on, and roughly what share is each.
Whether it carries or tows weight.

Stock varies by location, so call with the size before you drive over.

UTV and ATV tire brands Purcell carries

For side-by-sides and quads, Purcell carries Michelin, BFGoodrich, Titan and Yokohama. All 14 brands Purcell works with are on the tire brands page.

Pressure matters more here than on anything else you own

UTV and ATV tires run at low pressures, which means a few PSI is a large proportion of the total. Too low and the tire rolls on the rim and tears beads; too high and the machine loses the flotation and grip it was bought for.

Check it cold, with a gauge that actually reads accurately at low pressure, and check it before the work rather than after the puncture. On a machine that spends weeks parked between uses, that one habit prevents most of the failures these tires suffer.

Farm, ranch and site use

For farms and ranches, these tires sit alongside the rest of the fleet. Agricultural tires for the tractors and implements, light truck tires for the pickups, trailer tires for whatever is being towed, and UTV tires for the machine that covers the ground between all of it. One store handles the lot. See agricultural tires and service.

Availability

Where Purcell carries UTV and ATV tires

57 of 64 locations, in 12 states: Missouri 10, Arizona 7, Utah 7, Colorado 5, Kentucky 5, Nevada 5, Alaska 4, Arkansas 4, Idaho 4, Washington 3, Montana 2 and New Mexico 1.

The only locations that do not carry them are the seven retread plants, which work on casings rather than selling tires. Every other Purcell location, including both consumer stores and all five distribution locations, carries UTV and ATV tires.