Wheel Spacers

[Texasmark]

Use a pry bar of some sort, a ready built wrecking (crow) bar works fine and a piece of 2x4 wood. Using a floor jack, jack up the tire to where it is just "AT" the floor level or just above by a little. Undue the lug nuts/bolts and using the bar and the 2x4 (under the bar at the side of the tire) prise up on the bar taking the weight of the tire off the wheel studs and pull the top of the tire away from the tractor.

For spacers I made these out of quarter inch steel plate and a piece of 8" diameter steel pipe.

 

[flusher]

If your rears are loaded with fluid, I'd drain it out before removing the wheels from the tractor.

If you want to do heavy work on tractors safely you need the right equipment. Here's how I handled rear wheel removal/reinstallation when I restored an old 1951 Minneapolis Moline BF tractor. Even then you need to be very careful when rolling those rear wheels around the shop.



Good luck and be careful out there.

 

[Deere Dude]

No lubricants on the floor, that's asking for trouble. One slip and the few hundred pound tire is on you.

You want to move the tire around slowly and methodically. A slippery floor will be a problem. But to be fair, I never heard of it being done by anyone.

I also think emptying fluid would be more of a pain that it would be worth because you could loose the seal and you still wouldn't get all the fluid out. Just keep the tire vertically and make small deliberate movements.

 

[Texasmark]

If your rears are loaded with fluid, I'd drain it out before removing the wheels from the tractor.

My 3000 Ford has 13.9x24s on the rear and both are loaded with fluid mix. I move them easily with the method described. When I change rear wheel spacings sometimes I have to swap them around to keep the zipper pointed in the right direction.....just keep them vertical and roll them around. No biggie, just pay attention to what you are doing and don't let them tip over more than 10ish degrees. I work alone and have been doing it for 20+ years...forget when I bought the tractor.