Wheel Bassett

budepps3760 · Mar 14, 2016

In a post that I recently created I asked about need for filling tires for ballast purposes and a response I received was about expanding the rear tires outward if possible. I looked at my axle as well as examined my owner manuals however there was not a topic about expanding the axle outwards. Are there flanges or fixtures on the axle itself that I should look for to tell me that the tractor has that capability? I guess I am asking what is it that I should be looking for? I own a Mahindra 2810 4wd model year 2000.

oosik · Mar 14, 2016

I'm not familiar with your tractor but to widen the rear tread you need to see if the rims on the rear tires can be expanded. Many allow the inner "dish" to be attached to the outer rim in alternate ways. Plus the inner dish may be able to be reversed itself - dished in or dished out.

Mine, for example, has four alternate attachment points between the dish and the rim and the dish itself can be reversed. With these various options I can change the overall width of the rear wheels from around 52" to 68" in eight different incremental widths. Four with the inner dish "dished out" and four with the inner dish "dished in".

Wow! I hope all this makes sense.

Gary Fowler · Mar 14, 2016

oosik said:
I'm not familiar with your tractor but to widen the rear tread you need to see if the rims on the rear tires can be expanded. Many allow the inner "dish" to be attached to the outer rim in alternate ways. Plus the inner dish may be able to be reversed itself - dished in or dished out.

Mine, for example, has four alternate attachment points between the dish and the rim and the dish itself can be reversed. With these various options I can change the overall width of the rear wheels from around 52" to 68" in eight different incremental widths. Four with the inner dish "dished out" and four with the inner dish "dished in".

Wow! I hope all this makes sense.

Pretty good explanation but you might have a tractor like my B26 Kubota TLB where the wheels cant be swapped side to side. My rims are dished out to make widest spacing and fenders are tooo close to make it narrower so what I have is all I have. I think most CUT's can have the rims flipped to increase wheel track though. Just look at your rims to see if the dish is in or out and work from there.

ovrszd · Mar 14, 2016

I googled your tractor. The rear wheels are not adjustable or reversible. So the width setting you have now is your only choice.

budepps3760 · Mar 14, 2016

Thank you gentlemen for your assistance

ovrszd · Mar 14, 2016

budepps3760 said:
Thank you gentlemen for your assistance

You're Welcome.

Xfaxman · Mar 15, 2016

budepps3760 said:
In a post that I recently created I asked about need for filling tires for ballast purposes and a response I received was about expanding the rear tires outward if possible. I looked at my axle as well as examined my owner manuals however there was not a topic about expanding the axle outwards. Are there flanges or fixtures on the axle itself that I should look for to tell me that the tractor has that capability? I guess I am asking what is it that I should be looking for? I own a Mahindra 2810 4wd model year 2000.

If your rear wheels look like these, they can be expanded.