TC55DA tire spacing pictures!!

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Roto

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OK here it is. The TC55DA with 759C backhoe. I widened the tires out 2 inches each and here are some photo's.

The tractor
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The view before widening
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The view after widening
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The wheel before and you can see the 2 inch spacer is visible and you cant tighten the nuts on the center plate this way.
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The wheel after and you can tighten the center plate nuts now and can check them in future easily and it hides the 2 inch spacer for a cleaner look.
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The rim before
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The rim after
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The tire gap before with no room for chains and can hardly open 3 pt. hitch arms without hitting tires.
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The tire gap after which allows for chains and more room for 3pt hitch.
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This is front view after widening showing the center of wheels now line up center to center.
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This is what it would look like if you just swapped sides without changing center plate. I think this is position G or the 6th widest out of 7. It can go 2 more inches on each side. that would be a stable beast!! I just sat rims in place for picture purposes.
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I set mine to setting C. You cant use A with R4 tires because it hits and B is the factory setting and I went with C which gives it 2 more inches on each side and a cleaner look and more room and more stable. Only thing bad is that Im like 6' 4" and if using 6 foot implements you may want to keep in narrow depending on what your doing.

Mike
 

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   / TC55DA tire spacing pictures!! #2  
Nice photo essay. It's cheating to use the backhoe stabilizers as a jack :cool:

Are the tires loaded? Any trouble manhandling them around???
 
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#3  
Thanks Hazmat you are the man. I was editting them and fixing it when all of a sudden before my eyes they were fixed and i was wondering what happened. Thanks!

Tires were not loaded and very easy to handle by myself.

Mike
 
   / TC55DA tire spacing pictures!! #4  
Very helpful images Mike - thanks!!!

Hey - maybe you could help me convince my wife that I NEED a 759C backhoe in order to do this wheel work on my tractor....?? ;)

BTW, I almost can't wait for you to do a photo essay on the cool stuff that you will do with the hoe. (can we still say "hoe" in this family friendly forum w/o the FCC getting mad or something?) :rolleyes:

~paul
 
   / TC55DA tire spacing pictures!! #5  
Nice job Roto....thanks for the photo essay.
 
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#6  
Paul, I knew you would like those pics. With 2 guys the loaded tires would be easy to move around. Need a good impact wrench because those inside center rim bolts are super tight and i had all i could do to loosen with my half-inch drive impact at 130psi. Had to put a pipe on a long handle ratchet for 2 of them.

Mike
 
   / TC55DA tire spacing pictures!! #7  
Nice pics! I want a 759C! my 757 looks smallish against that...
 
   / TC55DA tire spacing pictures!! #8  
Roto,
What is your tire spacing (center to center) now that you moved them?
Thanks.
Mark
 
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#9  
56.6 inches instead of 52.79 from factory. Outside to ouside is now 75.46 and front center to center is 56.4 and un-changeable for reference.

Mike
 
   / TC55DA tire spacing pictures!! #10  
Can't argue with all that documentation. My 55 feels like a narrowed rear axle with 22" mickey Thompson tires tucked under the fenders. Think will go with the 4" wider setting.
I had to remove the rear tires when I built the back hoe mounts. The left side was loose while the right side tires were torqued with a three foot cheater bar. I was surprised how light those huge tires were. I hope they are more than two ply in the sidewalls.
 

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