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Michael, I don"t know how long you have been posting or reading here, but you asked a question that had you researched the possibilities, may not have asked in the first place. Mr.(Hugh)MacKay is, in my opinion, one of the more knowledgable people on these forums. He may be blunt, but I went back to the original thread, and what I saw was someone trying to make a impactual statement to which in turn you would assimilate and think twice before doing something irreversable and stupid. Of course, as others have said, it is your tractor and you can do anything you want,in which case, you had little reason to seek someone elses opinion. Once you did, however, you must be able to accept a variety of opinions whether you like them or not. The point Hugh was making, and others as well is that the axle length of a 1086 is such that it will accept dual rear tires. When you match HP to traction, it is impossible to approach maximum or optimum effeciency from a 1086 unless it is equipped with duals. YOu cant put enough weight or enough fluid in the tires of single rear tires to get enough traction to utilize the HP capabilities of a 1086. Using it as a single rear tired tractor for your own purposes may be fine, but nobody else is going to pay fair value for a 1086 that has had the axles chopped off so as not to be able to add duals. It just isnt going to happen. So then what you are left with, unless you plan on keeping the tractor forever, is a big scrap iron pile, because that is all you"ll get for it, because thats all it is worth to someone else. You"d be much further ahead to modify the width of the barn door if thats what it would take to be able to put the tractor inside than to ruin the tractor. Nobody ever got less money for a barn that had a larger door, and nobody ever got more money for a tractor with the axles cut short. Now you have to ashk yourself the question, what is the short lopped of axles going to be worth to you, now and in the future. You dont need to ask anyone"s opinion for that. Hack away if you dare.
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