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Dished wheels and Red P M

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DWV

01-04-2006 18:30:38

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Recent discussion on here about dishing farmall
wheels in or out.Some of you may have noticed the nice picture on cover of Jan., Feb. Red power mag.
with the trucks hauling new SMTA tractors with wheels dished in and treads reversed.Someone said thats the way they were shipped.Just thought it was a interesting picture.

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steve from mo - dangit!

01-05-2006 08:33:15

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Hmmmm. in reply to DWV, 01-04-2006 18:30:38

Looks to be quite a space between the tire and the fender. If so, that would explain the gap between sets of furrows. Back then we only worried about the furrow wheel spacing when we hooked a tractor to a plow.

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captaink

01-05-2006 07:01:30

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Re: Dished wheels and Red P M in reply to DWV, 01-04-2006 18:30:38

Around here (and my own included) the wheels were dished in. Back in the 50�s when farming here was on 40 inch rows, and mounted cultivators and pickers were common, this worked well. The wheels were slid to the outside of the axles for the mounted equipment, and slid in almost against the seal housing on the axle for everything else. Matter of fact, when I was a youngster and saw one with the wheels dished the other way, I thought dished out was wrong. I now know that it depends on what the tractor is used for, etc that will determine the dish cause when I went to 30 inch rows I turned the dish on my 966 the other way around.

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Dave BN

01-04-2006 22:17:23

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Re: Dished wheels and Red P M in reply to DWV, 01-04-2006 18:30:38

I noticed that picture. I wondered if those tractors were for a special purpose where they would be used in reverse most of the time.

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Nat 2

01-05-2006 05:21:03

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Re: Dished wheels and Red P M in reply to Dave BN, 01-04-2006 22:17:23

Nope, like others have said, they did that to fit more tractors on the rail cars, trucks, boats, etc..

When they got to their destination, the mechanic would pull the wheels off, flip them over, and slide them back on the axles. Viola! The treads are pointed in the right direction.

If you want dished-in-narrow tractors, up here in Rochester, NY, they use old Farmalls to plow the sidewalks in the city. Nope, not As and Cs, which would make sense on less than 4' wide sidewalks. They use Hs and Ms, and I think they even have a few 460s and/or 560s in the fleet. Wheels dished in, slid all the way in against the axles, with TIRE CHAINS. I don't think they have fenders. Yikes.

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RustyFarmall

01-05-2006 04:32:03

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Re: Dished wheels and Red P M in reply to Dave BN, 01-04-2006 22:17:23

All of the Farmall letter series tractors had the wheels dished in for shipping. It was done so the tractor took up less space on the flatbed rail car or truck, and they could fit more tractors on, making it more efficient.

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Thack

01-04-2006 18:52:36

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Re: Dished wheels and Red P M in reply to DWV, 01-04-2006 18:30:38

Like this?

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Nebraska Cowman

01-05-2006 03:37:30

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Re: Dished wheels and Red P M in reply to Thack, 01-04-2006 18:52:36

Wow, where did you find that pic. That Plow sure ain't set right. Maybe he needs to turn his wheels the other way :?(

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Mike S806/H

01-05-2006 13:16:20

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Re: Dished wheels and Red P M in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 01-05-2006 03:37:30

My neighbor plows like that! LOL, What a Mess!!!

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Thack

01-05-2006 05:51:39

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Re: Dished wheels and Red P M in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 01-05-2006 03:37:30

I found the pic on the Wisconsin History site. Funny how things are different in other areas of the country. I have never seen wheels mounted anyway but this way, well, except for pics on the net.

I have wondered about that plow job myself, if I recall correctly that was at the IHC farm in Ill. If the soil is like mine in west central Indiana makes sence.

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