Re: Why are narrow-front tires angled?

Posted by john d - All that and more! on November 22, 2000 at 13:14:35 from (206.141.74.34):

In Reply to: Why are narrow-front tires angled? posted by RobertN on November 21, 2000 at 17:21:52:

Echo the ideas presented in the posts below....and want to add another. When the bottom portion of the front tires is as close together as possible, the tractor simply STEERS EASIER. This is especially true when trying to turn the steering wheel when the tractor isn't moving! If you want a quick lesson in this, and the afore-mentioned tendency for wider-set wheels to take the steering wheel out of your hands when hitting a bump, furrow, etc., just take the front rims off an H or M, and mount them on the other side of the cast rings! They're made so you can get three different spacings, but once you try it you'll see why 99.9% of them are set as close together as possible!
I've got a '43 H which my Dad bought new, and on steel. It's on rubber now, and has less angle to the front wheels than my M or SM, or my neighbor's H. I asked Dad if this was due to all the years he used it with a loader, and he said he thought it had less angle than the others when he got it. It's his opinion that the axle stub angle may have been a little less on the steel-wheel tractors.

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