rims cracked

[workingstiff]

Howdy folks, I'm new to these parts. My buddies B2150 front rims are cracked from bolt hole to bolt hole. Anyone ever run into this before? Thanks Dan

 

[beenthere]

That sounds pretty serious. Has he been working it pretty hard with FEL work? Driving it hard in tight turns?
I assume he is not running the tractor with the cracked rims.

 

[workingstiff]

Mostly grass cutting and snow removal, but, he has 10 acres . He's about 500-600 off the road so he moves gravel to maintain his drive way.He has access to other loaders so he uses the the right equipment for the job at hand. Rims are on order. As far as working it hard I wouldn't think so he's been on his/his fathers equipment before he could ride a bike. Keeps stuff very well maintained. What is FEL? Thanks Dan BTW I probaly have over 150 hrs on it myself. In fact I used it so much I bought him a rototiller for the back. Its a pretty decent tractor.

 

[beenthere]

Sorry, FEL is "front end loader" /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[ByronBob]

We use lots of acronyms here for ease of typing. FEL is Front End Loader. MMM is mid mount mover ect.......

Do you have pictures of this?? We love pictures here to help the left brain / right brain struggles.

 

[workingstiff]

Yep, he does have a FEL. No pic's maybe I can get out there this wkend and take some. Just hair line cracks going from lug to lug.

 

[JerryG]

You might look into getting a wheel reinforcement ring. It goes on the lugs before the nuts. I can get them from Massey Ferguson, but don't know if Kubota sells them or not. I believe that Unverferth has them for just about any lug pattern.

 

[steveky]

The rims on my L245 mysteriouly did that after my teenage son used the tractor. Pretty sure he hit the 6x6 post on the shed.

 

[ZackaryMac]

steveky
After the teenage son used it huh? Hmmm...didn't find any planks laying aound with 6x6 under them, did you? Y'know, launching ramp type of thing? " Look at me, I'm airborne..."

Kidding. Juuuusssst kidding. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[steveky]

Yea that's right up there with the time him and his buddy tore the handle bar off the 4 wheeler by just sitting on it, wasn't even running, imagine that...duh....lol

Steve /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[beenthere]

Reminds me of my cousin, when he was 11 and had a go-cart. He took it for a run out the field road which went through the pasture woods. After one run, he came back to the farm yard with the right front wheel setting about 6-8" up in the air, running on just three wheels (frame twisted). My uncle asked him "what happened?", and then "what did you run into?". Both questions were answered with "Nothing". There was a good deal of tree bark wedged between the rim and the bead of that tire too.
We went for a walk and saw the tracks in the dirt where he was going too fast around a left hand curve and hit a large oak tree about dead center with the right front wheel. The marks on the bark of the tree ran up a good 3-4' high and the wheel marks in the sand suggested clearly that the landing site on the dirt 'road' were a good 12-15' beyond the tree. Still, the reply was he didn't remember hitting anything. Still don't know if he did a 360 barrel roll in mid air before landing or not. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif He was lucky to be in one piece, and gained a bit of experience (I remember doing things like that too /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif )

 

[OrangeGuy]

My experience tells me that the wheel with the cracks was run loose. It can't be emphasized enough that the wheels on a new tractor have to be re-torqued to operators manual specs shortly after initial operation and then regularly thereafter.

OrangeGuy