Looking for Amish syle Tractor wheels

Cliff_Johns · Jun 3, 2006

I agree with GeneD14 that foam would be a good option with the added benifit that the foam weighs more and thus you've filled your tires as well as making them bullit proof.

I also agree that the Mennonite wheels would not be a good idea here. They would likely clog with debris and chunks of rock and wood. Still, they look cool.

Cliff

Cliff_Johns · Jun 3, 2006

I agree with GeneD14 that foam would be a good option with the added benifit that the foam weighs more and thus you've filled your tires as well as making them bullit proof.

I also agree that the Mennonite wheels would not be a good idea here. They would likely clog with debris and chunks of rock and wood. Still, they look cool.

Cliff

Egon · Jun 3, 2006

Most steel tractor wheels looked like the one's in the atchment. Most were wider. Some had full width cross lugs set at an angle. [ much like grousers on tracked machines. The front steering wheels usually had a center rigdge that cut into the ground.

Note: the attchment is a model.

Egon /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Egon · Jun 3, 2006

Most steel tractor wheels looked like the one's in the atchment. Most were wider. Some had full width cross lugs set at an angle. [ much like grousers on tracked machines. The front steering wheels usually had a center rigdge that cut into the ground.

Note: the attchment is a model.

Egon /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Slamfire · Jun 4, 2006

And a pretty good diorama too! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Slamfire · Jun 4, 2006

And a pretty good diorama too! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

dent8 · Jun 5, 2006

So do the Amish have some truck with rubber tires? I thought the steel wheels were produced during ww11 to save rubber.
Dennis

dent8 · Jun 5, 2006

So do the Amish have some truck with rubber tires? I thought the steel wheels were produced during ww11 to save rubber.
Dennis

RobertN · Jun 5, 2006

Lots of early tractors had steel wheels. There were no decent rubber tire designs till the late 30's. That's when AC started using a rubber tire.

Rubber tires worked well, saved fuel and rode better. But WWII came so soon that they kept steel around to save rubber for war production stuff.

RobertN · Jun 5, 2006

Lots of early tractors had steel wheels. There were no decent rubber tire designs till the late 30's. That's when AC started using a rubber tire.

Rubber tires worked well, saved fuel and rode better. But WWII came so soon that they kept steel around to save rubber for war production stuff.