[AT] Tire Orientation

[Larry Goss]

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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