Model Advice

[nova3930]

And my place is all but complete flat. You can see it in the background. I have a single terrace line that's steep in parts but no reason for the tractor to be there, farmers deal with it for me.

 

[clemsonfor]

And my place is all but complete flat. You can see it in the background. I have a single terrace line that's steep in parts but no reason for the tractor to be there, farmers deal with it for me.

You have a few options with those it looks like. If you swap them left to right it looks like you will gain 8"s or more. It looks like you can unbolt the centers turn them around and get another two inches. So if you just assume my numbers of width increase are correct you can unbolt the centers from the rims, turn them around and then swap the tires from side to side and you would gain 10"s (again assuming my guesses of width are correct, if it's 6" and 1" you would only net 7"s. I don't really know just guessing looking at the pics).

You also can unbolt the centers it looks like and use the other hole to go just a few inches wider from current setup or put the centers in the other holes and then swap sides for a not as wide stance as the holes the centers bolt to right now.

Tractor rims are reversible if you didn't know that. Doesn't matter which side there mounted to. If you want it wider you swap the rims so that the offset makes them wider. You can't just turn the rims around, you need to swap side to side so your tread faces the right direction, unless you want the tread to go the wrong way. Don't reverse fronts for a wider stance. It's not designed to do that and it will out excess stress on the front bearings. Rears are designed to run in a wide stance, even to run duals if you need.

 

[nova3930]

You have a few options with those it looks like. If you swap them left to right it looks like you will gain 8"s or more. It looks like you can unbolt the centers turn them around and get another two inches. So if you just assume my numbers of width increase are correct you can unbolt the centers from the rims, turn them around and then swap the tires from side to side and you would gain 10"s (again assuming my guesses of width are correct, if it's 6" and 1" you would only net 7"s. I don't really know just guessing looking at the pics).

You also can unbolt the centers it looks like and use the other hole to go just a few inches wider from current setup or put the centers in the other holes and then swap sides for a not as wide stance as the holes the centers bolt to right now.

Tractor rims are reversible if you didn't know that. Doesn't matter which side there mounted to. If you want it wider you swap the rims so that the offset makes them wider. You can't just turn the rims around, you need to swap side to side so your tread faces the right direction, unless you want the tread to go the wrong way. Don't reverse fronts for a wider stance. It's not designed to do that and it will out excess stress on the front bearings. Rears are designed to run in a wide stance, even to run duals if you need.

I figured you could swap sides with the wheels/tires but I didn't think about it adding width. In my head it was like swapping car tires for some reason. And I figured the tread had to remain same direction for traction. Thanks for the heads up on the wheels/tires. If it feels squirrely me and the impact wrench will get it done. :thumbsup:

 

[winston1]

If you swap sides you are going to narrow the width, based on your pictures.

 

[PM Wells]

It looks like if you bring the rims to the outside of the dish, you would gain some width in the rears without swapping sides.

 

[nova3930]

Depending on exactly how I do it, my measurements say 2-8 inches. After riding it this morning I'll leave it for now. Was plenty stable even experimenting on the terrace line a bit. Did a great job cleaning up my driveway with the box. Runs like a new tractor and gotta love the old school mechanical diesel clatter

 

[clemsonfor]

It looks like if you bring the rims to the outside of the dish, you would gain some width in the rears without swapping sides.

He will. Depending on the picture it looked like in one of he swaps sides they would gain width, and I see what Winston was saying. The last one looks like if you swap tires it would narrow. Must be an optical illusion on the first one or second one that I was looking at.

 

[clemsonfor]

Depending on exactly how I do it, my measurements say 2-8 inches. After riding it this morning I'll leave it for now. Was plenty stable even experimenting on the terrace line a bit. Did a great job cleaning up my driveway with the box. Runs like a new tractor and gotta love the old school mechanical diesel clatter

Yea, I love the sound of it. If you use power service or something that raises the cetane rating of the fuel it won't clatter so loud, but you still will hear it.

I have the same box blade. Got mine used, about 9 years or so ago.

 

[nova3930]

Lmc makes pretty good stuff for a fair price I think. They're just down the highway a bit in Boaz so they have dealers all over

 

[nova3930]

And I had a 12 valve Cummins ram for a long time. The clatter brings back memories.