Allan - Are the duals on yet?

Worked 'til dark again last night and fer another hour this morning swapin' the lugs and drive rims on the second wheel. (My day job is really interfering with my play time).

They should both be mounted by this afternoon, but I gots me a hitch that never even crossed my mind.

New tires on the tractor; fairly old tires on the duals. We're talkin' lop-sided here big time.

Oh well, they'll work for this year, I guess. :>(

Allan

Don’t worry about the outside tire being smaller. Up here we just run the duals to distribute the weight over a larger area to lessen compaction. I bought a tractor with new tires on the drivers, used on the axle mounted duals but the used tires (same size) had a rolling circumference that was larger than the new ones on the tractor. I had more trouble with rims coming loose than I could keep up with. Finally, I put the used ones on the tractor and the new ones on the duals and that solved the problem. Since I never pulled heavy much without the duals, this worked fine. Smaller on the outside is a good thing…

That's my aim; just to keep that weight off the field. I'm up against some pretty tight ground the way it is and I'm trying to lessen the effect.

I just don't wanna see those tire tracks in my crop for the next two months. :>)

Allan

Besides, once you get on soft ground, where you need the duals, they'll kick in and do their job just fine.

That's what my neighbor just told me. Word for word.

If they'll just help keep 'er up on top, that's all I need.

Allan