Widening my tire stance on my 6110/ good or bad?

[BeltfedGoodness]

I'd like to widen my rear tire spacing on my 6110. Just a quick measurement tonight told me i have about 72" outside to outside. I'd like that widened for stability and also to save the edges of my raked windrow as i bale it. Also I can gain a lot more stability with my disc mower when attached.

Looking at the rims of the 6110, i can do two things. One way I can just slip the rim on the outside of the hub lugs and gain a couple inches per side. The other way is to take my left tire and swap it for the right tire. This will give me a huge gain as the offset in the mounting lug location is substantial. I will gain about 10-11" width per side. I will also have the tire valve stem hid and less likely have it torn off playing in the woods.

Has anyone done this yet? The new width would be around 90" outside to outside and would be about the width of my old Farmall Super M.

Looking at the rim mounting system, i cant forsee any downside to it. I'm thinking they mounted the rims the narrow way for transporting them on semi tractor/trailors????

Any input on the topic before i have them swapped/widened?

 

[sixdogs]

Lots of us have swapped wheels and discs around and it's OK if you do it. Better is to go with a standard spacing and know that it's OK to run over the edges of a windrow. I don't know your specific tractor but 60" on center, which is a set-up for a typical 30" row spacing, would be my definition of standard.
I have done it both ways. After running over the edges of hay I moved the wheels around and cleared the edges but the tractor was then wider than I wanted for other tasks so I moved them back and it works.

 

[Tkblacktail]

Like Sixdogs wrote and;

My 3016 does not have the welded valve-stem protector/guard that some of the single-piece industrial rims have.

The reason you gave as a benefit for having the valve stems on the inside doesn't work with my forestry application. I only have 11 hours of operation on my tractor but I have already seen where twigs and limbs "worked their way" into the underside of the tractor without my knowledge unit I would dismount and inspect. The same occurrences with my OHVs caused me to operate without knowing the potential interferences. It also happens to my pickup many times during big game seasons when I'm on roads less-traveled.

Think of it this way (if you like), how often do you have to un-jam a limb on the outside of your rigs?

While I can attempt to avoid limbs and other obstacles where and when I can see them, I cannot watch the undercarriage and that explains why I chose to leave my tires situated with the valve stems on the outside.

Wider is better; I went with the 2" adjustment and like it much better. Watch the weight of the tire if you have ballast.

Tangential thought;

I'm left with a goal to find an emergency procedure, perhaps an expanding rubber plug that would provide a way to save as much beet juice as I can, if I happen to rip off a valve stem.

 

[OldGinTractors]

I believe swaping sides will give you 8" spread per side.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

As a kid we swapped sides to plant and cultivate and sometimes did it more than once in the same day.. With R1's you loose traction unless you remount the tires so they are turning in the correct direction.

 

[vtsnowedin]

I find there are just as many hazards to a valve stem on the outside of a rim as on the inside if your running in the woods over fallen brush and slash. It doesnt need to get wedged in and go around a few times , as just once past a stick with spring tension on it scraping the rim will do in a stem that doesn't have a metal shield on it.
Swapping tires from side to side you keep them rolling in the same direction so do not need to remount them.
To me wider is better as I have a lot of steep terrain to work on and the only reason to have it set narrower is to line up row spacings on planters , cultavators or plows. Others want their brush hog to completely cover their tracks which makes sense but I wouldn't risk a roll over to get it.