[AT] Tire Orientation

[charlie hill]

Steve, it's going to matter any time you are pulling any sort of a load on 
loose or slick ground, grass etc.  I'd ask them to change it.  If they were 
both backwards you would loose some ability to pull going forward but that's 
about all.   With one right and one wrong the one in the correct orientation 
will have a big traction advantage.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "The Allen Family" <steveallen855 at centurytel.net>
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Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 11:16 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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