The only reason to have the wheels dished in is either you are having to have a wheel tread center to center of less than 66" that is a good width to have, that is what mine were and they were dished out from 41 when new to 84 when we got rid of it. Tried to keep our John Deeres at same 66" tread so plows were set for that width. The reason for the ones that are dished in are mostly from the fact they were set that way from factory in narrowest possible setting to cram more tractors on a load. And the dealer was supposed ro pull the wheels and turn them dish out but the dealer was to lazy to do that. For any normal use you want that hub as far in as possible to get the wheel tread width you need. The farther out the hub is set the more stress put on the axle and berrings. The reason the axles were breaking on tractors with mounted pickers (all makes) is it put too much strain on the axle and berring. That breaking of axles did not happen with narrower setting unless it was already cracked fron the wide setting a picker took, for a 40" cultivator you did not have to set them out that far and then very little load on the axle and berrings But with wheel dished out a lot less wear on the bearings than with the wheel dished in. That is same reason a lot of tractors with front loaders have busted wheels in that they put a wider tire on and then turn wheel around to get spindal clearance and looses the strengt in the wheel ny doing that. I would be ware of bearing problems on any tractor that had the wheels dished in. I don't know if they still make them or not but there was a special tool made for the Farmall to use to slide the wheel. It was a flat piece with ball bearings in that you would turn the wheel so it was hanging and slide that tool in and turn wheel so it was resting on that tool and it was easy to slide as you were using the ball bearings to roll the wheel instead of having to shie the wheel on the axle that could be a job to do if tires were loaded. Never had that tool as we Never moved the wheels on ours after Grandpa bought it in 1949 untill it was traded off on a bigger tractor in 1984. Ours steered easy but neighbor complained about his steering hard. If hard stearing then you will need a new thrust bearing in bottom end of steering. Ours did not have any hydrolics untill 1978 when we got a belly pump so we could use a cylinder to lift the haybine. It pulled a 2-12" plow from when it was bought untill Grandpa could no longer drive it in the 70's. I was not yet 6 years old at that time so around it for 35 years.
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