[AT] Tire Orientation

[John Paur]

You are absolutely correct about the potential problems with running the 
tire backwards under the conditions which you describe, i.e. there would not 
be a problem, it would just look odd. I don't know how many wheel/rim 
combinations there are but if yours is like mine, you could turn the tire 
and rim around on the wheel so that the tread would run in the correct 
direction, the only thing would be that the valve stem would not be by the 
notch on the wheel.  Tires on an A are likely 12.4 or wider and the valve 
stem is far enough away from the wheel that it would not cause any problem. 
At least that way, the tread on both tires would rotate in the correct 
direction.  John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "The Allen Family" <steveallen855 at centurytel.net>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 8:16 AM
Subject: [AT] Tire Orientation


> Quite a while back, I had a rim on my '48 JD A rot out--I posting 
> something to
> that effect here on the list.  Well, after long searches and many
> distractions,
> I finally located a really good wheel, rim, and tire for $50.  The tire 
> was
> actually brand new, and it didn't match the tires I had on the tractor 
> (one of
> which was also bad).  So I had a local tire store find a matching, new
> tire and
> mount it on the (relatively) good original wheel.  All OK so far.
>
> The potential problem lies in that, when I came home last night to
> finally find
> everything back on the tractor, I discovered that the tire store had 
> mounted
> the replacement tire to the old rim in the same orientation as the
> other one so
> that, with the wheels both on the tractor dish out, one tire is pointed
> backwards.
>
> Thus, my question is:  what effect, if any, will using the tractor in 
> various
> activities with the tires thus oriented have?  I am *guessing* that the 
> only
> problem will be one of uneven traction because of the opposing tread 
> patterns,
> and I am *guessing* that this difference will only matter in tasks that
> require
> hard pulls, such as plowing, disking, and so forth (I don't do tractor 
> pulls,
> but I hope to do some gardening).  I am *guessing* that this difference 
> won't
> matter in tasks like brush-hogging, towing a wagon, or on pavement for 
> travel.
>
> Are my *guesses* accurate, or do I need to call the guy back out for
> the hassle
> of changing the one tire around on its rim immediately?
>
> Thanks,
>
> The "original" Steve Allen
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