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[Dennis Johnson]

Cecil,

Did the oversize tires clear the steering and front end parts??
Did you need offset rims or spacers to move tires out for clearance??

My IHC has 7:50 X 16 front tires and just about 1 1/2" clearance  to the steering arm assembly. I need to figure out what rims and or spacers will work. 

Thanks
Dennis


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> On Mar 12, 2016, at 5:34 PM, Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:
> 
> I have 4 tractors with loaders mounted on them....    a JD 4010, a TS110 
> NH money pit, an 825 and 8345 Belarus.  The NH and the JD both have 
> oversize front tires on them.  11.00 15 on the JD and 12.00  16 on the 
> NH.  The Belarus are front wheel drive and have 8.25 and 9.00 20 front 
> tires.   The Belarus tractors will go through the muck and hay around 
> the feed troughs and sometimes I need to use the FWA.  Most of the time 
> the belarus will just roll over the hay and mud without building up in 
> front of the tires.   Not so with the JD and NH,  They will stick in 
> either hay and muck or just mud in a heartbeat.   It helps if I load a 
> round bale on the back end to unload the front wheels by counterbalance. 
>   The weight of the loader is what sticks the front end.
> 
> I would suggest weighting the back 3 point with an overhung weight box 
> to compensate for the heavy loader in front.    Just don't get the 
> weight too high as it gets into stability problems.    My Belarus 
> tractors are built like most European tractors and are only 7 ft 
> wide....  I have to be careful, but I have never had a problem....
> You guys probably know I am a firm believer in Belarus tractors...
> 
> Cecil in OKla
> 
> 
> 
>> On 3/12/2016 8:50 AM, Dennis Johnson wrote:
>> Greg,
>> 
>> Congratulations!!
>> 
>> Something that you might want to consider is wider flotation front tires. I got a IHC 2504 2 wheel drive loader a few months ago and biggest issue on soft ground is the front tires sinking.
>> Rear duals would help traction.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Dennis
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>>> On Mar 11, 2016, at 11:01 PM, Greg Hass <ghass at m3isp.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> A couple of months ago I was hot to get a 3 pt. snow blower; even
>>> looking at them and talking to salesmen as well as to this list. Well, I
>>> never did anything about it as life got in the way. When I was looking
>>> at snow blowers my knee was in terrible pain 24/7 .  I had x-rays taken
>>> and was sent to a knee doctor. However, with Christmas and New Years  it
>>> was a 6 week wait to see the doctor (he said it was a torn  Meniscus);
>>> and another 3 weeks before surgery. It has been 5 weeks since the
>>> surgery and I go to therapy 3 times a week. I can get along a little
>>> better now but I have not done a single thing in the shop since
>>> November. They said in therapy that this takes longer to heal than a new
>>> knee. Back to the story: My long time dream has been to make a self
>>> propelled snow blower out of an old combine. I have an old IH 203 that
>>> has been stored for about 10 years, but at my age and with how slow I
>>> work it isn't going to happen. In the past month we have had two snow
>>> storms of twelve inches each. Because of my knee and due to the fact my
>>> skid steer has been broke down since late Nov. my brother cleaned the
>>> drive with his 70hp. IH with 4 wheel drive. The snow blew so deep in a
>>> couple of places that even with that tractor he could not push through
>>> without bucketing some out of the way first. I keep driving through
>>> dealer lots looking at snowblowers and thinking about it. Well, last
>>> week I decided to act. So, today me and the wife drove to a town a
>>> hundred miles from here and I bought a Ford 340A loader tractor. I
>>> decided it would move snow and do other things (when I put duals on the
>>> tractor I can lift them up but cannot get out of the skid steer to bolt
>>> them on so I have to try and plan ahead and get help. Now I should be
>>> able to do it myself. I always worry about used stuff but I can't afford
>>> new for my 110 acres so must do the best I can. The tractor seems ok but
>>> the pto seal leaks some and the fuel pump looks like it leaks, although
>>> none was dripping when running. I will probably get it next week. To see
>>> it go to www.hodgesfarmequipment.com and click on used tractors and
>>> scroll down to the 340A tractor and that's what I bought. P.S. the hour
>>> meter doesn't work and various things tell me actual hours are about
>>> double what they list.
>>>           Greg Hass
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