My old lawn mower tires are badly worn, the mower has seen better days and I couldn't justify buying new and expensive tires for my old mower. I just put little lugs in my old all plastic tires and now it's like 4WD and no it doesn't tear up the turf, the little lugs actually act like aerators. I used a 1/4" impact wrench and the included driver and installation was a breeze.