Timber
Veteran Member
I have to tell you I am down with the whole Duel wheel thing. I really like the loaded inners too. Tractor gears and rear ends are way overbuilt anyway so unless you did something really stupid I don't think you have anything to worry about with Premature failures. In fact if your operating on slopes all the time the stress on bearings with single rears is is going to be higher than with duel because you have a much bigger footprint on the ground. It also decreases the bite into the ground that would make your tractor flip and more of a tendency to slip sideways rather than roll. In my view added stress to the wheel barrings from the duels is countered by the stress your removing by operating on a steep slope most of the time. That and the added safety of operating makes the choice very simple. Most tractors easily have a 20 year lifespan regardless of how abused or how babied they are. You break them, you fix them, gonna happen no matter what. If your concerned about cost of replacing wheel barrings the cost of standard a PM is really gonna rock your world
Obviously your dealer was also planning on scooping up additional dough from you after those duals GUT the ring and Pinion out of your tractor... Nice concept, but unless duals come as a factory option like the large field tractors you can be assured the manufacturer did not build the ring and pinion or rear end housing to take that kind of off twisting ratio in a turn, let alone torque and surface pressure on the gear or ring hardened face surfaces... If your ground is that bad, a Carraro Tractor is probably the safest bet. They are not cheap, but neither is losing your life, buying two tractors or repeatedly repairing one.
