REAR WHEEL EXTENSIONS

[Hooked_on_HP]

Have you thought about filling your rear tires. It lowers your center of gravity and makes it more stable. If you do a search for filled tires you can get a lot of info.

 

[Hooked_on_HP]

Have you thought about filling your rear tires. It lowers your center of gravity and makes it more stable. If you do a search for filled tires you can get a lot of info.

 

[AndyG]

Do the centers detatch from the rims? My New Holland has 4 rear wheel spacings. I can turn the centers in or out then turn the rims in or out on the centers. Make sure that you can't get them any wider. Have you looked into putting duals on? I know a guy near hear with a little Allis that he put on a set of steel wheel duals that are slightly smaller than the rubber tires. He said that the steel wheels would touch if the tractor tipped. the steel wheels do not touch the ground during normal operation. I'm not sure how good his set up works but it is an idea.

 

[AndyG]

Do the centers detatch from the rims? My New Holland has 4 rear wheel spacings. I can turn the centers in or out then turn the rims in or out on the centers. Make sure that you can't get them any wider. Have you looked into putting duals on? I know a guy near hear with a little Allis that he put on a set of steel wheel duals that are slightly smaller than the rubber tires. He said that the steel wheels would touch if the tractor tipped. the steel wheels do not touch the ground during normal operation. I'm not sure how good his set up works but it is an idea.

 

[dirtworksequip]

I've never really been a big fan on loading tires. Don't know why. Maybe because of rims I've seen ate up from calcium. I know you can use anti freeze. Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[dirtworksequip]

I've never really been a big fan on loading tires. Don't know why. Maybe because of rims I've seen ate up from calcium. I know you can use anti freeze. Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[dirtworksequip]

Duals are going to be too expensive. Although that would probably add the most stability. I might check out what it would cost. Thanks for your input.

 

[dirtworksequip]

Duals are going to be too expensive. Although that would probably add the most stability. I might check out what it would cost. Thanks for your input.

 

[Slamfire]

After laying my tractor down on its side, I got a set of wheels from a salvage yard. They charged me $350 and made me take the tires as well. I then made up some flanges and put them on drill pipe. I needed new lug bolts for the increased distance, but bolted the spacer and one wheel to the hubs in the close in position. Then bolted the outers in the spread position to the spools. I put 12 psi in the inner tires, about right for my tractor's weight and 8 psi in the outers so they'd sag a bit and reduce the load on the wheel bearings. So far, I haven't felt like it was going to roll again, even when I checked the angles of my built in tilt meter. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Slamfire]

After laying my tractor down on its side, I got a set of wheels from a salvage yard. They charged me $350 and made me take the tires as well. I then made up some flanges and put them on drill pipe. I needed new lug bolts for the increased distance, but bolted the spacer and one wheel to the hubs in the close in position. Then bolted the outers in the spread position to the spools. I put 12 psi in the inner tires, about right for my tractor's weight and 8 psi in the outers so they'd sag a bit and reduce the load on the wheel bearings. So far, I haven't felt like it was going to roll again, even when I checked the angles of my built in tilt meter. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif