Reverse (widen) front wheels?

[oldballs]

Reversing means to take the wheel off, flip it inside out, and re-mount it. With most rims, this will set the wheel out (wider) by a little, sometimes a lot depending on how the rim is made. That help explain it?

Thanks....who ever thought of doing something like that had a good eye for improvisation.

 

[TripleR]

Thanks....who ever thought of doing something like that had a good eye for improvisation.

It use to be common practice on farm tractors. We routinely did this when I was a kid as we needed different widths for plowing then to fit the rows cultivating. We extended/retracted the front axle and moved the RR tire to LR etc. Our newer tractors, you just flip the dish; lots lighter.

 

[oldballs]

Well, I'll never be a farmer, but would have liked to have been. Just trying to do some plowing with the BX was a problem because the wheels don't track like they should. But being a hobby gardener is as close as I'll ever get.

 

[TripleR]

Well, I'll never be a farmer, but would have liked to have been. Just trying to do some plowing with the BX was a problem because the wheels don't track like they should. But being a hobby gardener is as close as I'll ever get.

Yeah, the width or ground clearance on a BX doesn't really lend itself to plowing etc., but are really neat little machines, we love ours.

bp fick has some real good posts on gardening if you've never read them; lots of gardeners on here.

 

[nharrold]

I reversed the front tires on my B7800 to provide sufficient clearance for snow chains between the inside sidewall and the suspension/steering components, which I couldn't install when the tires were in their usual position. I haven't noticed any problems such as noted above, and it's been four years, now. The only difficulty, and it's a slight one, is that the tire valve stems are now on the inside, making them harder to reach when checking and restoring tire pressure.