[AT] Tire Orientation

[Dave Ernst]

I know this is not an answer to your problem, but.......
We do a lot of hard surface driving pulling hay wagons, big bale trailers 
and such. The dealer gives us the option on which way we want the tires 
mounted. Extended driving on hard surfaces with the tread reversed extends 
the tread life up to 30%.
Dave
----- 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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