Ag tires on backward?

[CDennyRun]

I sometimes see it, and always scratch my head.. Why do people do this? Is there a certain soil composition/moisture content that this does better with?

Just curious. I'd love to know!

Regards,

Chris

 

[Fawken]

I sometimes see it, and always scratch my head.. Why do people do this? Is there a certain soil composition/moisture content that this does better with?

Just curious. I'd love to know!

Regards,

Chris

Only thing I can think of would be like beach sand.

 

[CDennyRun]

Only thing I can think of would be like beach sand.

I could see that. Where mud packing isn't an issue, it might grab better.

 

[arlen4720]

Some people do it on loader tractors for backing out of piles with a full bucket

 

[AGRIMAN]

Many municipalities do it on tractors that see a lot of payment/highway use (mowing tractors). The claim is that the reversed bars reduces tire wear.

 

[4570Man]

I have heard that they wear less on pavement being on backwards.

 

[Loadstar]

Mine are frequently on backwards. It's too wide to trailer with the way the wheel centers are set. So if I don't need it wide or I'm trailering, my tread is backwards. It does affect traction.

 

[CDennyRun]

I never thought about wheel offset. Totally makes sense. I could see how road wear would be reduced on the leading edge of the bars by reversing them. Probably rides smoother too?

 

[Fawken]

I could see that. Where mud packing isn't an issue, it might grab better.

Having been raised in a beach town, I just remember sinking into the dry sand and was thinking the reversed V would not throw the sand out to the side which of course is what you want in mud.

 

[Loadstar]

I never thought about wheel offset. Totally makes sense. I could see how road wear would be reduced on the leading edge of the bars by reversing them. Probably rides smoother too?

It's just faster and easier with filled tires to lift one side, spin the wheel, tighten it and go.

 

[newbury]

Some people do it on loader tractors for backing out of piles with a full bucket

Many municipalities do it on tractors that see a lot of payment/highway use (mowing tractors). The claim is that the reversed bars reduces tire wear.

I have heard that they wear less on pavement being on backwards.

Mine are frequently on backwards. It's too wide to trailer with the way the wheel centers are set. So if I don't need it wide or I'm trailering, my tread is backwards. It does affect traction.

It's just faster and easier with filled tires to lift one side, spin the wheel, tighten it and go.

Thanks guys, keep them coming!

My loaded rears are on "backwards" for the same reason as Loadstar, I've about 1/2 inch on either side of the tires. But I like the other excuses as well.

 

[Gem99ultra]

I had a 1960 Fordson-Dexta that I kept one rear wheel on backwards to help me get OUT of a mud pile. No 4WD, no FEL, just an old bare bones tractor. The extra grip on at least one rear tire when getting out of deep mud was sometimes all the extra grip that I needed.

For sure, I don't know if that setup was truly the difference in being stuck or simply driving out, but some Old Timers told me to mount one backwards, so I did, and it - in my mind, did help.

 

[krankieone]

I know a bloke who runs the fronts backwards to aid geting out of mud

 

[CDN Farm Boy]

I see a lot of non-driven R1s on backwards like the steer axle of a 2wd combine or on grain buggies for example. I've been told by several different sources that they throw less mud in the air when on backwards.

 

[von-mil]

How about when using a rear-mount snowblower. It should help when driving backwards, right?

 

[Birdhunter1]

I see a lot of non-driven R1s on backwards like the steer axle of a 2wd combine or on grain buggies for example. I've been told by several different sources that they throw less mud in the air when on backwards.

It also helps with flotation when turned backwards on a non drive axle like the rear of a 2wd combine or on a grain buggy.

 

[whis]

on a combine or grain cart they roll better in mud backwards, other reasons they don't tear yard up as much and sometimes the tire man goofed up

 

[The Fred]

I have backwards ag tires on my zero turn to help with the steep hills in my yard. No more taking off down the hill with no chance of stopping.

Made a non-usable machine work like new. The wife even mows the lawn now

Fred

 

[clemsonfor]

Mine are frequently on backwards. It's too wide to trailer with the way the wheel centers are set. So if I don't need it wide or I'm trailering, my tread is backwards. It does affect traction.

you can put the left tire on the right side and still accomplish this and have them both the correct way. but if your taking them back off i guess it doesnt matter anyway.

never mind i see you saiid its easier to just do one side at the time which i assumed is why you did that.

 

[joeu235]

Local custom hay baler runs his tractors with the tires backwards to increase tire life when traveling from one place to another.