B7100 4 hole front rim needed

PoorDaddy · Jun 9, 2010

I've got a 4 hole front wheel with cracks from every lug hole going to the center and it wobbles alot.....so I move real slow. Anybody out there have a 4 hole front rim they want to part with? Or can point me in a direction to find one? I've tried tractor salvage yards all across the country..no luck yet. Thanks....PoorDaddy

grandv8 · Jun 10, 2010

I had trouble looking I wanted to change out my 4 lug rims from a 10 " to a 12 " rim. I ended up finding the correct tires to fit the 10's. One thing I will tell you is they make trailer rims that seem to have the right bolt pattern in a 10 " and 12 " rim they should easily take the weight also. Mabye look towards that.......

PoorDaddy · Jun 10, 2010

I checked into those trailer rims, grandv8, and that might just be the way to go. The center hole is 2.5" on the trailer rim and the Kubota is 2.75", but thats what grinders are for! The price is right, under $40 with shipping, so I guess I'll break out the Visa card tomorrow. Thanks for the tip.

KubotaSam · Jun 11, 2010

Try "Maine Tractor crossing". I know he has a couple of scrap b7100's. Web site tractor_parts_home_page
The parts list on the site says he has 1 , but elongated bolt holes. I would call him. He will ship parts I have bought from him before.

PoorDaddy · Jun 12, 2010

Hi KS.....I actually found that rim a week or so ago online, but I'm in Oregon and he's in Maine and at $120 plus shipping I'd be out an easy buck and a half for a very tired rim. I'll share a sad story with you. Last week I googled "Kubota b7100 craigslist" just to see what I could find across the country. A guy about 500 miles south of me had just listed one with broken clutch, everything else running, FEL, tiller, box scraper, brush hog and misc. parts box for $500! The pictures looked great. I **** near broke my arm dialing his number! It sold 10 minutes before my call.
Any way, still looking for a decent front rim.

PoorDaddy · Aug 4, 2010

The wobble and the vision of a broken wheel finally drove me to call Kubota. I got a new bright orange wheel but it set me back $90 and no shipping. I should have done it months ago. Its a good feeling to boogie down the old dirt road in hi range, look down and the front wheel is tracking true!
When I took it in to have the old tire mounted on it, the guy told me he had about 200 ag tires the right size in the warehouse. From the internet posts I've been reading, I got the impression they were really hard to find. Not so.....Les Schwab tires in Oregon has a s***pot of them.....but they're not giving them away. $90 apiece. Thanks for all the help on this.

SharkmanDan · Jun 21, 2015

I just bought my first traactor, Friday. An older B7100 (I think it's a D model) but with pretty low hours on the seemingly working hours meter. Runs like a champ. Got it at an auction, with a brush hog, a blade and a three point trailer hitch. I'm very comfortable with the price I paid. I believe I got a very good deal, knowing ahead of time, that it had a one flat front tire, broken from the bead, and the other was pretty low, looking like it might need a tube.
I bought it in Kansas City, and drove it down here to OK, and removed both front wheels, taking them to my local tire shop, for tubes. Turned out the one off the bead, was in excellent shape, and probably didn't even need the tube. The other, though, had a badly rusted rim, and the rim broke through, on both sides, rendering it a big, orange paperweight.
So, I'm looking around for a replacement, and all I can find, is a (I believe) Tisco wheel, sold by Farmland Tractor Supply in Oregon, for $90. I'll post the link, because Google searching for a wheel, brought me to this thread, and having the link, may be helpful, to anyone else looking, as this find was several layers down in searches.
Kubota 5X12 Front Wheel (12X5X4KU)
Anyway, if someone does have a spare wheel, to sell, please post it here, I'd like to buy it. Otherwise, I'm going to buy the one from Farmland, unless something comes up locally, here in the Muskogee - Ft. Smith, AR area, quickly.

David Devuono · Jun 22, 2015

I would spend the money on a cheap welder. Since your going with tubes you could easily weld that up. I believe those wheels are hub centred so just use a larger washer. That will get you going until you can find a replacement.

SharkmanDan · Jun 23, 2015

David Devuono said:
I would spend the money on a cheap welder. Since your going with tubes you could easily weld that up. I believe those wheels are hub centred so just use a larger washer. That will get you going until you can find a replacement.

David,
Actually, I was at the tire shop with my best friend, who is a master welder. His comment was, "There isn't enough structure there to weld to. You can't weld to rust." Apparently, by the time all of the rust got ground away, what would be left, if anything, would be thin as aluminum foil. Otherwise, that was my thought. I have some 22 gauge galvanized sheet metal, that I thought could have been tack welded in place, to hold the tube, but Travis (the welder) says that is asking too much of the rim. Another fellow, on another forum, has offered me the right rims, off of his B6100. I'm just waiting to hear a price.