[AT] Tire Orientation

[charlie hill]

Yep that is because they are being pulled instead of pulling.  Being pulled 
they get more traction reversed than they would going the same way as 
tractor tires are mounted.  The pressure on the pulled tire is on the same 
side of the cleat as it is on the pulling tire turned in the other 
orientation.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Goss" <rlgoss at insightbb.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 6:37 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Tire Orientation


> Do any of you have ground-driven manure spreaders?  Notice which direction 
> the tires are supposed to be mounted on those.
>
> Larry
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Paur <johnjanpaur2 at directcon.net>
> Date: Thursday, September 11, 2008 14:36
> Subject: Re: [AT] Tire Orientation
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>
>>
>> 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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