SPREADING Rear Wheels on an R1 equipped Branson 4225H?

[arnoldziffel]

Thanks

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

Do you know how much slope you are dealing with? As in degrees of slope angle? There are free apps you can download for your phone to turn it into a slope gauge.

Mine is a cabbed tractor, which would raise my center of gravity a bit higher than your open station tractor. However, my rear tires are also filled with Rimguard, which lowers the center of gravity. Lol. So, we don't have exactly the same rig. I believe the overall affect is my center of gravity is now lower than yours, since I think the weight of the Rimguard far exceeds the difference between the weight of our 2 tractors.

That being said, I believe my wheels are set up in the second to widest position. The centers are flipped from ptsg's configuration, but I believe my rims can go "out" to the outer setting. With my R4's, I am hovering right around 70"s right now, from outside side wall to outside side wall.

Here is a pic to show you what my rim is set at now:



Also, the front rims can be set with either centers "in" or centers "out", but there is no additional adjustment between the rim and center. If you look at my fronts in this pic, and compare it to ptsg's picture, you can see the center dish on the front rim is "out" on mine vs. ptsg's.



With my wheels set this way, the front and rears track in the same wheel tracks as far as width goes. Bearing in mind that my rears are filled, I have been on side hills of 20 degrees, but only when the ground is dry and firm. It is all I would attempt, and there is much "pucker factor". That is also keeping my FEL as low to the ground as possible, and not raising my brush hog off the ground. I try to avoid this much side hill whenever I can.

If your slope angle is much less than 20 degrees, I don't think I would be too concerned. Just make sure any implements you have on are at there lowest position, and make sure the ground is fairly stable and dry. And of course, go slow, and avoid "bouncing" at all times.

 

[arnoldziffel]

Thank-you for your help.

The video posted earlier suggested the chance of accelerated bearing wear when the the rear wheels are spread out.

Any thoughts about that please?

 

[LouNY]

That first pic of the rear tire is interesting,
looks like the rim guard got below freezing and froze some frost to the rubber up to the air point.

 

[ericm979]

When I was a teenager I met a man in his 30s who was paraplegic due to a tractor rollover. I'd rather chance having to replace bearings somewhere far in the future than have that happen to me or someone I love.

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

That first pic of the rear tire is interesting,
looks like the rim guard got below freezing and froze some frost to the rubber up to the air point.

Yes, I thought it was a cool pic when I took it. If I recall correctly, it was around -30 F when I took that picture (it was last winter actually). I think maybe the Rimguard in the tires was colder than the tire itself, because the sun had come out and was shining on the surface of the tire's sidewall, and had warmed up the tire above the temp of the Rimguard. I recall using the tractor that day, and the Rimguard fluid was not frozen, as I would have felt that once I started moving the tractor.

I think the coldest the air temp has gotten in the last couple of winters has been once it hit -42 or -45 F. And the Rimguard still wasn't frozen. There was probably slush in the tires, but it's not frozen solid yet. Not sure we'll see anything lower than -45 F (not counting windchill that is) here, so hopefully they don't ever freeze solid on me.

 

[LouNY]

Thats the definition of a cool picture,
I can see that happening with the rim guard getting down close to ambient temp -30 a bit of humidity in the air,
and the black tire pulling a tiny bit of heat from the sun.
The sights that can be seen in sub zero temps can be surprising.

 

[jeff9366]

Bear in mind that to operate a Moldboard Plow, the center of the rear tires must be in line with the center of the front tires so the right wheels/tires, front/rear, line up in a plow furrow.

If you will not use a Moldboard Plow to invert soil, ignore.