Changing Wheel Width

[Xfaxman]

From the photos, it appears his single set of mounts on the rim are centered on the rim. As such he has the max width the mfg provided. Your diagram shows the single set to be mounted to the edge of rim. Not so in his photos.

His mounts are not at the edge like the diagram, but they are off center enough to get 4 different spacings.

 

[Xfaxman]

I added black lines to his pictures to show the offset of the mounts on the rim:

 

[Jason280]

I have agricultural rims on my Kubota M6040. This means that there are eight potential width settings. Four with the rim dished in - four with the rim dished out. My rear tires - R-1, 16.9 x 28. They have 750 pound of RimGuard in each tire.

I just swapped over the rears on a Ford 3910, which are smaller, and it was all two men wanted to handle. I can tell you the tires were a lot heavier than they looked, and I will never consider doing another set in the future without a lift (forks, engine hoist, etc). The width on the 3910 was almost 90" in the rear, far too wide to clear an 82" trailer deck, otherwise I would have left them as is.

 

[John_Mc]

Make it easy on yourself: take it to someone with an overhead crane in their shop so you can move the tires from one side of the tractor to the other. You will need to do that if you are changing the wheel orientation on the centers in order to keep the tread oriented in the right direction. Rolling tires that heavy around by hand is no fun.

 

[CoyPatton]

Go back and look at picture 1 & 2, you are not seeing larger width from bolt lug to rear of rim in picture #2...View attachment 703558

Some ruler work required

View attachment 703563

What is red dimension?

What is blue dimension?

I have no trouble interpreting what is presented in your drawings.
It is just that you need to look at the photos of his wheels he provided after I requested them. They do not match your drawing! Thus your drawing and insistences are hindering his progress if he attempts what you continue to suggest!
His rims have 1 set of mounting holes. They appear to be located in the center of the rim inside to outside. His centers are mounted to the inside of his mounts! Again please refer to his situation and drop the insistence that every rim is setup as your reference drawing! Real life trumps manuals every day!

 

[newbury]

As far as moving filled tires - The first time I did it on my M4700 I had 2 strapping youths helping me and it was a PAIN and we did it on a lawn. The second time I had 1 helper and a farm jack on concrete. Much easier. With the tractor jacked up and resting on blocks we caught the upper side of the farm jack on the tire rim. Unbolted tire, lifted it off, set it down, spun it around, lifted it back up with the farm jack, wiggled it around to get it on the bolts, bolted it back up,
The wiggling around was a pain.

As far as:

Looking for suggestions for making my Kubota L6060 as stable as possible. I just bought this tractor and I live on a mountain in Tennessee. I have a grapple and move fairly heavy oak logs on various grades of hillsides. The tractor has filled <snip> any ideas on the best way to do that.

Look in your manual - it will have diagrams, study the diagrams, do it on concrete, if you have to reconfigure the wheels spray the bolts with kroil or something days ahead of time to make sure you can easily undo them, have a good impact wrench that will take off 200 lbs nuts/bolts, have a good torque wrench that will tighten to recommended torque.
If you don't have a manual get one. Small investment.
Good luck.

 

[WranglerX]

I have no trouble interpreting what is presented in your drawings.
It is just that you need to look at the photos of his wheels he provided after I requested them. They do not match your drawing! Thus your drawing and insistences are hindering his progress if he attempts what you continue to suggest!
His rims have 1 set of mounting holes. They appear to be located in the center of the rim inside to outside. His centers are mounted to the inside of his mounts! Again please refer to his situation and drop the insistence that every rim is setup as your reference drawing! Real life trumps manuals every day!

Perhaps you would care to read page 83...

https://kubota.ca/getmedia/f98e6f6e-386b-4fb6-b78f-963dcc5bad2a/L3560,L4060,L4760,L5060,L5460,L6060-ROPS-OPS-EN-TD35019582?ext=.pdf

 

[rScotty]

From the photos it looks like he can go quite a bit wider.
This may also require swapping left & right tires to get the directional tread right..
But it is still preferable to spacers.
I'd send all the photos to the dealer or preferably an Ag tire shop & have one or the other send a mobile unit out to do the work. Especially if you are going to swap side to side.
rScotty

 

[LouNY]

As has been mention the OP can move his rims out further quite easily,
he will need to swap sides to keep the tire treads facing correctly.
As far as the difficultly in moving the tires a reasonably strong man can easily walk the tire away from the tractor and then on a hard surface carefully roll it to the other side of the tractor and walk it in to the studs. You just have to be aware that you must keep the tire standing up right and balanced. If it gets away from you and starts to tip there is no way a man can stop it and you have to be aware and ready to step back and let it drop.
Also if the tractor being worked on just has wheel lug bolts instead of wheel studs and nuts,
it is much easier to line up the holes if you make a couple of studs as guides.
This does put the valve stems on the inside of the tires.

My tires are not liquid filled and I swapped them around awhile ago they are 18.4-30 tires.

pulling the weights off 300# each

Both tires off and rolled up and resting on the fronts

I had to pull my center sections off as the rims would not clear even rotating the centers.
After removing the entire wheel and rim I unbolted the centers and remounted the centers to the rimes and then walked them into place.

I did have the rear forks and second tractor avilible if needed to lift a tire that fell.
Didn't have to, I have also walked 20.8-42's around carefully as they can be a handfull.

 

[Xfaxman]

I have no trouble interpreting what is presented in your drawings.
It is just that you need to look at the photos of his wheels he provided after I requested them. They do not match your drawing! Thus your drawing and insistences are hindering his progress if he attempts what you continue to suggest!
His rims have 1 set of mounting holes. They appear to be located in the center of the rim inside to outside. His centers are mounted to the inside of his mounts! Again please refer to his situation and drop the insistence that every rim is setup as your reference drawing! Real life trumps manuals every day!

Here is a drawing that matches his rims a little better. The mounts match his rims a little better: