reversing tires?

[saiga]

i know ...very dumb question but can i reverse the tires on teh rear to give me more rear end width? i would leave the valve stem on teh inside but still accessible. anyone?

 

[gordyy]

depending on your rims and then your type of tire turf it should not hurt but ag or ind they wont clean if they are running backwards

 

[gordyy]

course the tire direction you just switch side to side
sometimes my brain doesnt work at all

 

[Stimw]

Old Ford 8-N's had a system where you could reverse rear rims and rim centers to come up with IIRC 8 different positions.

 

[pat32rf]

Alot of rims are like that IF they are rims for ag tires. If I reverse my JD R4 rims I gain about 3/4 inch. Just enough to put my mind at rest when running chains...

 

[Diamondpilot]

My Jinma's tires are able to be set to 4 different widths and then you can reverse the tires by doing what you are saying to give you 4 more options, just like the Ford's the other guy described. My fronts are only able to be switched from side to side giving it a wide or narrow stance.

Chris

 

[mcd176]

I set my tires out on my Kubota L4200, I had to unbolt the dish and moved the tires to the outside, it is real wide now, my rear tire width is around 82"'s

 

[Soundguy]

depending ont he make of the machine and offset of the rim.. yeah.. you can dish the rims out and swap them side to side to keep tread pattern correct..

soundguy

 

[herd]

My tires were all the way out when I bought my JD 5203 and several people are telling me I need to turn them in. I am confused on matter and wonder what the difference is. My implements are disc harrow, bush hog, box blade, landscape rate and middle buster. Is there any advanatage out or in for these implements?

 

[Grrrr]

My tires were all the way out when I bought my JD 5203 and several people are telling me I need to turn them in. I am confused on matter and wonder what the difference is. My implements are disc harrow, bush hog, box blade, landscape rate and middle buster. Is there any advanatage out or in for these implements?

It's more stable all the way out.

But it's a pain if your wheel track is wider than the width of the implement.

 

[Stimw]

The ajustments are basicly for row crop spacing.

 

[tugboat-2]

I installed the 6 inch Unverferth wheel spacers on each side of my rears for a foot of width and feel much more secure on slopes. My tiltmetre shows me at 25 degrees sometimes but not nearly as high a "pucker-factor" now. Mind you, I am right down in "creeper-gear" with seat belt cinched up tight and have carefully pre-planned any necessary counter-action if necessary. (which is something I do even driving my truck on the highway so there are less surprises).
. . tug

 

[JohnDeere4300]

My dealer told me that i couldn't change them around to gain width, and a couple months ago I ask on here and was told yes it would help.

I switched them around and only gained 1 1/8 inch....It wasn't much but it will help when using chains, and it keeps the mud from sticking to side of the fender.

I heard some say they switched the fronts, but i did a search & found where a member had a front wheel fall off from doing that.

 

[Soundguy]

not all thractors are meant to have dished fronts.. .. you see many 4wd's that don't reccomend it.. etc.

soundguy

 

[wolc123]

The main reason for the adjustable wheel track on ag tractors is for cultivation, spraying and similar row-crop operations where you want to center the tires to minimize crop damage (this does not come into play with any of the operations listed above). Besides that, a wider width will obviously increase stability but will limit places where the tractor can go (between trees, barn doors, on trailers, thru gates, etc.). I generally prefer the narrowest width that will give me adequate stability. Since there are not any hills on my place, I usually go close to the narrowest setting. The exception being tricycle tractors which are inherently much less stable (and no longer made for this reason), so I move the rears on those out to the wider positions.

 

[Soundguy]

You can still find trike equipment new.. search teragator..

soundguy

 

[Oldmax]

I have a 1715 NH & I switched both front and rears when I got it "no FEL" . My front tires track with the outside of the rears. On these WV hill sides you need all you can get. MY dealer told me would ruin bearings in front to set out. If it had FEL I would not recomend doing so.