Adjusting wheel spacing on the 8050

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LouNY

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Greenwich, NY
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Branson 8050, IH 574, Oliver 1550 Diesel Utility (traded in on Branson) NH 8160. Kioti CK2620SECH
Using the IH 574 with the forks to remove and reinstall the wheel weights, 300# each.
Removed the rear rims and centers to swap around and increase the inner fender clearance from about 2 1/2" to 4 1/2" my inner chain fastener would just tick once in awhile when running about 15 mph, been needing to do this for a few years finally done.

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Removing the wheel weights all 1200# then reinstalling them at the end.

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Front wheels chocked, pulled both rear wheels off, removed the center sections from the rims to swap the centers from inside the rim to the outside and swap the rims from side to side, torqued all the bolts holding the outer section to the inner and the lug nuts and studs to 250 pound feet. Increased the inner fender clearance from about 2 1/2 to about 4 1/2 inches.
This does put my valve stems on the inside of the wheels.
I think the hardest part was putting the wheel weights back on, till I did this I didn't even realize I hadn't taken a picture off the completed job.
Was getting tired by the time I finished and picked up tools.

One nice feature Branson did on this tractor is each rear wheel has two studs and six lug bolts, those two studs make lining up the rear wheels much easier then all lugs or all studs would be.
 
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Hey Lou.

Great job.

What kind of aggregate is on your driveway? Is that a crushed bluestone or shale?

How many pounds would you estimate the tires and rims alone weigh and how difficult was swapping sides?

I also have the ability to put my pallet forks on the 3-point and I would highly recommend this arrangement to anyone lifting relatively heavy loads, especially if you have the top and tilt functions on the 3-point. It works great and greatly increases your lifting capacity with the forks.
 
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It's just fine gravel and coarse sand, the coarse sand is from winter sanding.

As far as the weights of the tires and rims I couldn't really say;
I was surprised that the center section was as light as it was maybe 40 pounds,
Titan gives the tire weight as 232 pounds, the tire wheel combination was easy to handle I took my time and carefully walked them out and rolled them around being carefull to keep them upright.

It wasn't very difficult to swap around, the first one I walked the tire and rim in to the tractor then mounted the center to the hub and then lined up the bolts for the center to the outer rim and used another jack to trim the height to align the bolts, I had chocked the front wheels so I could leave the tractor in neutral and the brakes off and rotate the hubs.

The second one I swapped the center section into the outer with the tire leaned against the forks, then rolled the assembly over and walked it to the hub, got one stud lined up and slid on put the lug nut on a few turns by hand then trimed the height and rotation to line up the other stud and pushed it on, pulled up the lug nuts a bit to get the hub centered in the wheel then started all the studs.

The tool I found the handiest isn't shown, I have a Milwaukee cordless impact wrench, it broke every bolt and lug loose and snugged up everyone on a single charge and on setting 3 was capable of over torquing the studs.

My forks are 3 point only and are quite handy, at times I would like a set on the fel, but I am fortunate that if I need the front forks I can run over to the farm and get a tractor and front forks.

I forgot to mention that my tires are NOT liquid filled if they had been the job would have been much more difficult, I would have had to use the forks to carry the tires around to swap sides.
 
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