[AT] Tire Orientation

[Cecil Bearden]

years ago if you workde on very sandy ground, you would mount the tires 
bsckward to "pull" the sand under the tire instead of digging out. 
Haven't seen one done like that in a long time.  It probably will not 
have a lot of effect unless it is the land wheel when plowing.  The real 
problem is with the looks....   It doesn't take all that long to change 
one.  We do all of our own tires here including auto and truck.  I use 
tire tools and a air breakdown tool.

Cecil in OKla

The Allen Family wrote:
> 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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