wheel spacing question.

[AKfish]

It depends on the rims you have. Two position rims can give you an eight inch difference in total tread and you can add spacers to that up to another eight inches. If you have R1 rims with eight position you can get fifteen inches difference from the useable settings plus up to eight inches from spacers. I have mine set at position eight and have the 4.1 inch factory spacers. It is very stable with loaded tires but is perhaps too much of a good thing and I may have to change it if I want to do row crop work easily. And yes this is a repost so I don't mind reposting the same picture.

Very nice! Do you remember the price for the OEM spacers? I noticed that your front tires are spaced out to be about centered on the rear tire track. About right?

Thanks.

AKfish

 

[BlackRaptor]

Good Info guys thanks.
I'll just get some 4inch spacers for each side give it the 8" total i'm looking for.
Deere Dude thats a really good point i never thought of with the valve stem getting hit by branches on the inside. I am working around tree branches and stick piles a lot. So i think i'll leave the rims stem out and space them 4".
Are these the red spacers people where talking about?
Skid Steer Wheel Spacers 8 Lug Red 9 16" Skidsteer | eBay

 

[Dan Hunter]

Wheel Adapters, Wheel Spacers, Hub Rings, and much more! | Motorsport Tech

These folks manufacture a great product and accommodated me on some bizarre service issues.

 

[Deere Dude]

Good Info guys thanks.
I'll just get some 4inch spacers for each side give it the 8" total i'm looking for.
Deere Dude thats a really good point i never thought of with the valve stem getting hit by branches on the inside. I am working around tree branches and stick piles a lot. So i think i'll leave the rims stem out and space them 4".
Are these the red spacers people where talking about?
Skid Steer Wheel Spacers 8 Lug Red 9 16" Skidsteer | eBay

I would be certain that be the ones. But you have to verify this. Here are the numbers from my invoice I just dug out.

WHS8-2-9-16 Wheel spacers A-10" in Diameter (Wide)-8 bolts-9/16" Lug Diameter. 2 Inches Thickwide-Red-Set of 4. Then shipping.
From Skid Steer Solutions

I e-mailed them originally and they told me these were the ones for my 3720 before I ordered them and he assured me they were.
sales@skidsteersolutions.com

One thing I did that I understand other folks here don't do, I got longer lug bolts for attaching the first spacer to the hub. I got them at Napa. The original bolts didn't go all the way through the hub but ended up about a 1/4" short. This is because the spacers are pretty thick. Some people leave just reuse the originals but I didn't feel comfortable with that. They are metric and I don't know the size off hand but now my bolts stick through the hub about a 1/4". :thumbsup:

One other thing I would definitely suggest. Use blue Lock-tite on all the treads. Once you put two sets of spacers on you don't want the inside bolts or nuts to loosen up.

 

[vtsnowedin]

Very nice! Do you remember the price for the OEM spacers? I noticed that your front tires are spaced out to be about centered on the rear tire track. About right?

Thanks.

AKfish

Build your own has them at $266 each with the bolts extra and you need sixteen bolts per hub not eight as the build site indicates. That added a week of waiting on my delivery time.
My front tires are set at position seven 71 inches c to c as recomended for loader work. Not quite in line with the rears but the rear foot print covers the front tracks.

 

[greg_g]

I figured widening the rear a total of 8 inches would make a huge differance than just flip the front rins valve stems in.

You can flip the rears too (valve stem inside). Jack up the rear end, remove both wheels. Move the left wheel to the right and the right to the left, keeping the tire lugs pointing forward. This method adds a few inches without having to take the tires off the rims. In the process, you can also install spacers. Check out this thread regarding the spacers I purchased.

//greg//

 

[lost in wisconsin]

It will always feel a little tippy I figure compared to like my 70 or even my old 2520 but I figured widening the rear a total of 8 inches would make a huge differance than just flip the front rins valve stems in.

Chad...
If you like, I will trade you straight up that new 3320 w/ cab for our 2520. I will even let you throw in all those attachments you have. I know, but it is just the kind of guy I am to ensure you feel less tippy. :drink:

 

[BlackRaptor]

I dunno. Next you'll be trying to sell me ocean front property in Wisconsin.
Haha.
2520 was awesome but the 3320 is amazing and not nearly as underpowered as people say. I was pushing walls of wet heavy snow dif locked on b range with good gravel traction below the 8 inches of heavy wet snow pushed like a tank at 5mph.


In a perfect world I wish I cold of kept the 2520 it could get into tight spots and it was an amazing little work horse.

Thanks again everyone for the wheel spacer questions soon as uncle sam gives me my tax money ill be ordering some.

 

[arlen4720]

I dunno. Next you'll be trying to sell me ocean front property in Wisconsin.
Haha.
2520 was awesome but the 3320 is amazing and not nearly as underpowered as people say. I was pushing walls of wet heavy snow dif locked on b range with good gravel traction below the 8 inches of heavy wet snow pushed like a tank at 5mph.


In a perfect world I wish I cold of kept the 2520 it could get into tight spots and it was an amazing little work horse.

Thanks again everyone for the wheel spacer questions soon as uncle sam gives me my tax money ill be ordering some.

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Chad, that was some mess of snow we just had huh? I just drove to Owatonna today... Last time we talked you had concerns about wheel clearance with your deck if you spaced them out. Are you going to remove the spacers for the mowing season?

 

[dkhntr04]

Get the Motorsport Tech spacers if you go that route. I have them and they are great. Good workmanship and fit perfectly. They totally transformed the stability of my machine. I can drive comfortably in areas that I wouldn't even consider going before. They make the tractor feel like a totally different machine and I would not want to be without them. The tractor also rides smoother now with the wider track.

I would seriously look into if you are going to have clearance problems with your MMM though.