[AJD] stressed axles

[Richard E. Garrett]

I had the good fortinue of visiting the HALF CENTURY OF PROGRESS SHOW
AT Rantoul, Ill. Last Sat. I saw a 226 picker mounted on a 40's "A" .
Also a 720 with a 237 picker. Both tractors had their wheels  with
about an inch of the hub hanging over the end of the axle. That is
about as wide as you can go.
I believe I enjoyed this show more than any I have been to. Even the
expos. I sure like to see those tractors work!!
It was held on the old Chunute AFB. I was stationed there in 1962. I
can remember laying in the barricks at night and hearing two cylinders
runing on the other side of US45.
Richard





On Mon, 5 Sep 2005, Kreig wrote...

>I removed, cleaned up, painted, restored, all parts for the wheels on =
>the 530.   When I reassembled the wheels I installed the wheel hubs and =
>rims in the widest possible setting.  Sure makes access around the =
>tractor much easier but sure makes for a wide tractor.    I wonder
about =
>the stresses involved on the axles.  The ride sure is a lot softer and =
>there is more bounce when wheeling down the road.  Seems to me that =
>wheels set in the widest position would greatly increase the stresses
on =
>axles and an increase in possible axle breakage.  I certainly would not =
>want to be pulling really high loads, seems like the axle would want to =
>"wind up"  so to speak.
>
>Any experiences out there?
>
>Kreig
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