Front duals? Someone 'splain this to me

These are the rims for a 1010 turf tractor. While some refer to a narrow front as a "dual front" I don't think that's what they mean in this case. Anyway, can someone explain how this works? Do two tires mount side by side on this rim with no flange between the beads?

 
Not sure, but as you prob know , AIR CRAFT type use split rims cause the PLYS and BEADS are so THICK and heavey that is the only way can be mounted. As for 2 tires side by side, no way to INFLATE 2nd one or even the first one as air would leak out. As for one tire, yes but it would be a WIDE one as for DUALS not a CLUE .A no BRAIN ER i guess.
 
That looks like a 2 piece rim like a fork lift uses. The bolts that hold it onto the hub also hold both halves together.
 
No the other bolts with nuts hold it together or the wheel would fly apart when you tried to remove it.
The hub bolts go through both halves.
 
Notice they are turf wheels. Extremely small diameter (10"). Cannot be drop center that small.
 
Found this on the web:
The Turf Special is one of those versions that I don't know a whole lot about. It was based on the 1010 Utility and the tag is marked as a Utility. I don't know any production numbers or really what they were equipped with. However they are a unique, and strange looking tractor!

They seem to be regulary equipped with dual rear tires, and the size is only 18.4x16 (according to the parts book, from #50365 and onward). Compare this to the normal Utility size of 9x24 or 10x24 in single rear wheels or 8.3x24 or 9.5x24 in duals.

If you subtract, that means that the rims are eight inches smaller! And this means that the rear of the tractor is about four inches shorter than a normal Utility.

After looking in the parts book, the Turf could also have dual front tires. And I don't mean a tricycle front! Four front tires total, that were 6.00x10 (again, according to the parts book, from #50365 and onward). Normal Utilitys had 14 or 16 inch rims. Again this makes the front end shorter, by about two inches. However, I haven't seen any Turfs with duals-yet. To me, it seems like they would pretty hard to turn.

What does this all make? A tractor that is lower than normal, with much lower ground pressure. In other words-a tractor perfect for driving on soft grass or turf without causing damage. I wonder where they got the name "Turf Special"?
Weird deere
 

Okay, so how does it all go together? I would guess there would have to be some sort of space between this rim and the other but the book doesn't show any. Just like Weird Deere I've never seen one and can't imagine how it worked.
 
Richard, It is a split rim, Same principal as the single front wheel on MT-430. The 2 halves bolt together to make 1 rim. The 6 large holes are for mounting to the hub and the parts of key 1,2,3 are used to bolt the two halves together. Saw a set of these on a 1020 low profile about a month ago. Enjoyed meeting you in Fl. Will get the promised info to you soon. Lee W.
 
Richard that is a 2 piece rim. I put dozens of them together in the tire shop. Those must have a tube type tire put on them-- there is no way to keep the air from leaking out between the two pieces of the rim. They can be a bear to put back together and not pinch the tube.
 
Richard, "Dual front wheel assembly" is most likely just a poor choice of description of a two piece wheel.
 
Looks like dual front wheels to me. The wheels may only use one tire together but there truly is two or "dual" front wheels :)

Engineers are responsible for the parts catalogs as well as the service manuals. It is interesting to see how the terminology changes with different factories and generations of equipment over time even from the same factory. When engineers change, so does the jargon. When looking through parts catalogs, I spend half my time guessing what Mother Deere might have called the part/group of parts at a certain point in time. Combine PCs may be the best example of this. Look at a 45 combine catalog vs. a 6620.
 
They are not dual wheels unless you consider two halves as duals.
Then wouldn't you have to say the old three piece truck wheels are triples?
 
I worked as a mechanic on a Golf Course while in College. We had 3 Ford LCG (low
center of gravity) tractors. They were a 2000 LCG, a 2110 and a 231. I've seen
Massey Ferguson LCG or turf grass tractors, even some that were a different color
and had Jacobson decals on them as it seems when Jacobson stopped making their turf
tractors they bought Fergusons and nameplate engineered them. I've seen a few (very
few) International turf tractors.

I assumed John Deere also made them but have never actually seen one. While at the
Golf Course I did ask why we had Ford tractors and had to wait for parts while John
Deere had a warehouse in town that a Dealer conveniently located a branch next door
to meaning parts were in town, no on knew.
 

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