[AT] Spam> Re: Farmall's on 10" X 28" tires?

[Indiana Robinson]

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 9:56 PM, Indiana Robinson
<robinson46176 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just bought a set of 4 tires and rims off of an old Farmall tractor
> (I never saw the tractor) at an auction. Well... 4 tires and three
> rims and one fire ring... :-)
> I just wanted to buy a 11.2 x 28 tire for my Case VAC. I have a brand
> new Firestone Field & Road on one side and nothing on the other side.
> I was getting tired of it sitting in the way so I was looking for a
> decent cheap tire to put on it. It is a good running tractor
> otherwise. The new tire came with it but the local dealer wants almost
> $300 for another new one. One of these is a good looking 11.2 X 28
> Firestone Field & Road with at least 80% tread on it. It should work
> and look fine with the new one.
> The other rear in the set I bought is maybe a little bigger and a lot
> older. It is one of those old tires with the check mark shaped lugs.
> It is weathered and extremely old but looks solid. If it comes off of
> the rim intact I will probably stick it back as an emergency spare
> since I have several tractors using 28" rears.
> The two fronts are 5:00 X 15" tri-ribs on Farmall rims with the
> mounting lugs to attach them to the cast centers like the ones on my
> M's and 400.
> About all I can say about them is that they have tread and hold air.
> The rims look good from the outside.
> I paid $70 for the set and figured I could get a little of my money
> back selling the 3 good rims. I need that VAC to use and saw this as a
> cheap way to do it.
> My question is what models of Farmalls from the 1940's or early 1950's
> used 28" rear rims? Someone at the auction commented that they thought
> that they came off of a "B" but as far as I can find the "A's" and
> "B's" used 24" rear rims. I believe the "C" series used 36" rear rims.
> Could these maybe be off of something Like a W-4? I'm not very
> familiar with those.
> That 4th rim may even need a patch to be a decent fire ring. :-)
>
>
> Be tolerant of almost everything but intolerance...
>
> Francis Robinson
> aka "farmer"
> Central Indiana USA
> robinson46176 at gmail.com
>
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Answering my own email here. I just figured that those wheels were off
of an IHC since someone at the auction said that they were. Today I
looked closer and compared and by gum, I'm pretty sure that they are
off of a VAC Case...  :-)
The fronts are just like the ones on both of mine. The rears are just
like the ones on my parts VAC. The running VAC has rims with 4 raised
humps (highly technical term) spaced around the wheel for the rim
clamps. The rims I bought and the ones on my parts VAC have a
continuous raised ridge all the way around the rim for the clamps.

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Be tolerant of almost everything but intolerance...

Francis Robinson
aka "farmer"
Central Indiana USA
robinson46176 at gmail.com