[AT] Tire Orientation

[John Wilkens]

I missed some of this discussion but thought I'd throw in my 2 
cents.  Years ago my farmer uncle told me the reason for having the 
tread cleats point forward was so the dirt between the cleats would 
self-clean when the tires slipped and give better 
traction.  Reversing the tires would cause then to "scoop up" dirt 
when they slip bringing an undesirable cushion of dirt under the tire 
and filling up the space between cleats.  Made sense to me..    John


At 03:55 PM 09/11/2008, you wrote:
>Agree with your suggestion, John, if the rim/wheel allows.  I did
>this on a Farmall, ie, one valve stem out and the other in.  On the
>other hand, if the error was on the part of the dealer, I'd ask them
>to change it at their expense.  In any event, having equal traction
>is desirable.
>
>Bob Holtzer
>
>At 01:31 PM 9/11/2008, you wrote:
>
> >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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