Farmall H Rear Tires......

banjoman09

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Noticed my "H" is leaning to one side...... didnt pay alot of mind to it til tonight ; I bought it last week and it has two different size rear tires! Go figure.....didnt notice when I bought it. One is 13.6 x 38 ....the other is 12.4 x 38...hmmm?
I think the rims are the same......arent they ?
 
Use coat hanger wire to make a "C" that touches the rim 1/4" onto the rim from the ruber, and goes to the opposite side and touches (through the gap between the rim and the cast wheel) remove it carefully, and measure the touch points to assess the rim size. Jim
 
Both tires you say are 13.6 and 12.4X38. 38 is the diameter of the rim and both have to be the same since the tire size if 38. But a 12.4X38 will sit lower on say a10 inch wide rim then a 13.6X38 will on the same width rim since the wider tire is a bet taller due ot being in that 9 inch rim.
 
(quoted from post at 19:32:47 08/18/16) Noticed my "H" is leaning to one side...... didnt pay alot of mind to it til tonight ; I bought it last week and it has two different size rear tires! Go figure.....didnt notice when I bought it. One is 13.6 x 38 ....the other is 12.4 x 38...hmmm?
I think the rims are the same......arent they ?

Most common rim size on a Farmall H would be 10"x38". A 12.4x38 tire fits nicely on a 10" wide rim.

A 13.6x38 tire can be squeezed onto a 10" wide rim, but the 13.6 really needs an 11" rim, or preferably, a 12" wide rim.
 
I've heard of people putting a larger tire on the plow tractor on the furrow side so it would ride more level while they were plowing. My old M is set up with 1 larger tire but this may be just because the last guy got a cheap tire.
 
(quoted from post at 07:33:32 08/19/16) I've heard of people putting a larger tire on the plow tractor on the furrow side so it would ride more level while they were plowing. My old M is set up with 1 larger tire but this may be just because the last guy got a cheap tire.

A lot of these older tractors have mis-matched rear tires simply because one tire rotted out, or was otherwise damaged beyond repair and the owner replaced it with whatever he could find instead of just replacing both rear tires. Never mind the fact that the OTHER rear tire would succumb to old age in another year or so.

Mis-matched rear tires is one of the biggest turnoffs I know of. It demonstrates a clear lack of pride, and if the owner is capable of doing something like that, what else is being held together with a band-ade and hope?
 
With all due respect---it's not always a lack of pride. Sometimes it's a lack of dollars!
Some of mine have mis-matched tires, but I'm no less proud of them. But there's not always a spare grand lying around for a pair of new tires, and used ones are not always available in pairs. My primary requirement for tires is that they hold air! Sometimes other things have to be sacrificed in order for that to happen.
 
Ok - im not UP on my tires; the first number designates rim width? and the second (38) is the distance across the rim? Thanks. So how do you(I) determine the "width"
of a rim with the tire still mounted?
 
ok...gottcha now on measuring the "rim"...thanks I will do that ! Im thinking of trying to match the 13.4 tire..... or should I match the smaller one...doesnt matter right ?
 
I hope you under stood what I was trying to say. The fact that if both the 12.4 and 13.6 are in the same size rim as for how wide they are will make the 13.6 stand up a bit taller since it can not spread out as wide as it should so the outer center will make it a bit taller. Not enough to cause any real problems other then it will sit sort of loop sided
 
(quoted from post at 09:40:42 08/19/16) With all due respect---it's not always a lack of pride. Sometimes it's a lack of dollars!
Some of mine have mis-matched tires, but I'm no less proud of them. But there's not always a spare grand lying around for a pair of new tires, and used ones are not always available in pairs. My primary requirement for tires is that they hold air! Sometimes other things have to be sacrificed in order for that to happen.

Rich, I completely agree. Every farmer I know is a master of "making do" with little money being spent because it wasn't there to spend. My dad was that way, scratching by using old mismatched equipment we repaired with what we had. A larger tire was common on the right side which went in the furrow.

He also completely REFUSED any govt assistance, even when his crops were hailed out. I filed on 180 acres which was hailed out to get our seed $ back and he didnt speak to me for a month. He believed if you weren't doing it the hard way you were doing something wrong.
 
Especially a lack of dollars to be spent on a tractor that is regulated to the back bench when it comes to doing field work to return the dollars spent. That tractor that produces a livelihood gets the dollars first - the one that might run an auger once in the while gets the crumbs.
 
I'm not even farming with mine. I'm just a collector/enthusiast, but on a budget nonetheless. I don't "restore" mine, and don't represent them as such. They run good enough for what they're used for (which isn't much) and some have been painted (again, not perfectly). It's hard to justify sticking huge piles of money into something which only gets run a couple hours a year. The next owner can re-do them and put matching tires on them if he/she wishes. Me, I'm happy the way they are.
 
yes and thanks....it just leans a bit....guess no big deal. Would be nice to have it right ; guess what i was looking for is " which tires are the most common on an "H" or the most desireable? Thanks.
 
Mis-matched rear tires is one of the biggest turnoffs I know of. It demonstrates a clear lack of pride, and if the owner is capable of doing something like that, what else is being held together with a band-ade and hope?

Not for nothing, but are you serious?

It's not about pride. It's about getting the job done when times are tight. You did what you had to do to keep the tractor working in the field to get the crops in so maybe just maybe you could keep the farm going for another season. Most of the time you couldn't afford ONE new tire let alone two.

My parents went through many years like that in the late 70s and early 80s before I was old enough to know what was going on.
 
(quoted from post at 19:19:44 08/21/16) yes and thanks....it just leans a bit....guess no big deal. Would be nice to have it right ; guess what i was looking for is " which tires are the most common on an "H" or the most desireable? Thanks.

11.2x38 would be the modern equivalent of the stock size, but most put 12.4x38's on them now.

When you find out how much tires cost you'll probably understand why they only replaced the tire that needed replacing.
 

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