YM 2220D too narrow

[Zoster]

I just brought home my "new" baby: a reconditioned YM 2220D with 550hrs, a FEL and a backhoe, and a very skookum looking 'ROPS' ..er.. lightbar. She is quite nice.
I have swapped the rear wheels to allow for a wider 'stance' because most of my place has varying degrees of slope to it, but it still doesn't feel very stable. Is there something like an extension of sorts, to mount the rear wheels farther apart?
Thanks

 

[dpetty]

Yes I have the same opinion, I have a 1500 series and it is to narrow. I also have a Deutz and it is wider but I have hilly ground and some places it is hard for the Deutz to get into due to trees, etc. I am looking at adding duals to mine to make it more stable, right now I am careful how I turn on a hillside. One other point these tractors are really meant for the rice fields not hills.

david

 

[YanmarFever]

Try liquid in the rear tires, that always does it for me.
calsium,washer fluid,beet juice ect...
Ernie

 

[Zoster]

Thanks David and Ernie.
You're right, seems we always want to do a lot more than just rototill ricefields. I do have Calcium chloride in the tires, it's just that on my old Kubota (which at 55hp is really much too big for my place) I sit low between the rear wheels, wheres on the Yanmar I seem to sit on top of them.
Hope that wannabe ROPS is as tough as it looks.

Herbert

 

[yanmah]

YOu can swap those wheels, and I think you can even move the inner part of the wheel out/in another couple of inches. Mines a grey mkt. and it has two sets of mounts on the inside of the wheel. I swapped mine, and I can really go off camber, and I dont even have fluid in them.

 

[Zoster]

You may have two-piece rims, which allow you several mounting options. Mine are one-piece rims and all I can do is swap them, which I have already done.
Herbert

 

[ridgetop]

I had a local machine shop make 2-inch spacers for the rear wheels of my 1510D. Cost $130, machined from solid steel. 2" longer bolts from a bolt supply store cost about $20. The tractor feels much more "planted" on my hilltop.

Was going to fill the tires, but would rather not have the extra weight when crossing the lawn when it is soft. Have searched this forum and not found anyone else using spacers. Is there some reason why they are a bad idea?

 

[mark777]

ridgetop,
I can't think of a single reason why that would be a problem. Anything that enhances the stability of your tractor (especially on a slope) IMO is a good idea. BTW, welcome to TBN.
Mark

 

[LMTC]

There were actually spacer/hubs used on some YMs in Japan for duals. Customer of ours recently bought a set from Dave in CA. I see no reason they couldn't be made easily by a competent fabricator with access to minimal tools. But then, I am not a competent fabricator, so maybe there is a reason /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[ridgetop]

Thanks for the welcome, mark777. I've been following your thread about fabricating a ROPS for our tractors with interest. I decided to try wheel spacers because getting a ROPS was so problematic, and if the added stability will prevent a roll-over in the first place thats better than just preventing injury. Careful operation and awareness of hazards is always necessary.

Anyway, the spacers have worked very well for me