Lone Oak Landscaping
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Thats more like it ... nice to see tractor folks sticking together 
Reversing wheels
- Thread starter Walt H
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Well, actually I reversed them for more stability. Been that way since the second day I had it. Didn't like the feeling of having one rear wheel off the ground when I went sideways on the hill with the FEL loaded. Doesn't do it now. As far as bearings wearing out, hasn't happened yet. I was more concerned about the housing breaking. But the question remains, why can you reverse the rear but not the front. Rear bearings don't break, but fronts do?
LBrown59
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The safest thing is don't go sideways on the hill with a loaded F E L .
gerard
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Are your rears loaded?? I went for years without loaded rears and had a few three wheel moments (and not on very steep slopes either, amazing how tippy you can get with a load of wet sand). I finally got the tires loaded with rim guard when getting the 800 hour service done and now kick myself for waiting that long. Stability increase was huge. I have not even had a tire start to lift since then. If yours are not loaded I'd highy recommend it.
Someone already mentioned the sideways on hills no-no, worse with a loaded bucket, worse yet with unloaded rear tires.
It is a bit puzzling (to me).
Is this a NH specific warning to not reverse them for a particular model ?
Is this only for R4s ? What does the manual say about R1s ?
Turfs are not much of an issue - not very desirable for FEL work either, which is what you said you are doing.
Given that rears are reversible, flippable and usually configurable to maybe 8 different combinations (2x2x2) I have always believed that on a tractor used in field work you would want SOME adjustment of the fronts to match the rears and have some row capability.
At least in the case of R1s