Tires M7060 & rear wheel offsets

[oosik]

That's so very good to hear - TB. A dealer that willingly works with a customer to resolve this situation. Even filled with just air - your tires are heavy. If like mine - filled with RimGard - a good chance to get squashed like a bug. My tires filled with RimGard - over 1000# each. Not a situation I'm prepared to handle myself.

 

[Tx Jim]

Yrs back when I was employed by a JD dealer I changed wheel setting widths on many tractors. I own a M7040 with cast rear centers. I contemplated moving rear wheels out on my M7040 but decided it was too much trouble due to the fact that my tractors rear tires have liquid ballast. Tractors with the cast centers don't offer very many different wheel tread settings than I can envision

 

[Herkypilot]

I had mine adjusted out. Set in at the factory just seemed too narrow if you are dealing with any hills. Here are some pictures of mine with cast centers positioned out. It feels pretty stable in this setting.


HP

 

[TexasBoy]

I had mine adjusted out. Set in at the factory just seemed too narrow if you are dealing with any hills. Here are some pictures of mine with cast centers positioned out. It feels pretty stable in this setting.

HP

Thank you for posting that, this is exactly the width Im looking for.

 

[ovrszd]

And you can get one setting wider by placing the rims outside the centers. Guessing 3-4" wider.

 

[TexasBoy]

I had mine adjusted out. Set in at the factory just seemed too narrow if you are dealing with any hills. Here are some pictures of mine with cast centers positioned out. It feels pretty stable in this setting.[/ATTACH]

HP

Herkypilot, after looking at your pictures and going to the dealer today, we both have determined the only way to get the offset you have is to unmount the tire from the wheel and turn the R1 the other direction. All we can do for now is move the right outer rim (the part with the tab) over to the left center, and the left outer rim to the right center and mount them on the outside of the center. That did move it out about 2" or so on each side. The tabs themselves have a raised area where the carriage bolts go that will only allow the tabs to go one way. Here is a closeup of mine:




Once we get them both on I will post a picture from the back showing how far apart they end up.

 

[ovrszd]

By changing rims/tires side to side, don't you keep the bolt tabs at the head of the bolts where they belong?

So, setup with the rims on the inside of the centers. Standing at the rear of the tractor looking forward. Right side rim has the flat area to the right, clamped against the left side of the center. Now move that rim to the left side of the tractor and on the outside of the center. Now the flat surface is clamped against the flat surface of the center. Bingo, or yahtzee, or whatever you prefer.

 

[Tx Jim]

By changing rims/tires side to side, don't you keep the bolt tabs at the head of the bolts where they belong?

So, setup with the rims on the inside of the centers. Standing at the rear of the tractor looking forward. Right side rim has the flat area to the right, clamped against the left side of the center. Now move that rim to the left side of the tractor and on the outside of the center. Now the flat surface is clamped against the flat surface of the center. Bingo, or yahtzee, or whatever you prefer.

I agree. I think changing direction of tread on rear wheel is a waste of time & $$$$ as it will gain no different wheel tread widths

 

[Tx Jim]

I had mine adjusted out. Set in at the factory just seemed too narrow if you are dealing with any hills. Here are some pictures of mine with cast centers positioned out. It feels pretty stable in this setting.


HP

Aren't the valve stems now on the inside with wheels set wider?

 

[JWR]

I agree. I think changing direction of tread on rear wheel is a waste of time & $$$$ as it will gain no different wheel tread widths

Hey Tx Jim ! You misunderstood. Ovrszd did NOT suggest anything related to changing the direction of the tread (!) No one would ever put the tires on backwards and screw up traction, etc. What he said and meant was that in changing the tires with wheels from one side to the other of the tractor you can get a wider stance (if the wheels or attachment points were dished in instead of dished out.) Posts prior to Overszd's comment in post #17 had overlooked the possibility of swapping the wheels and tires left & right. That of course only helps if there is a dished-in vs dished-out aspect to the wheels and/or their connection points.