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Jim

05-12-2002 05:46:21




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My 300 has the rear wheels set at 7 foot out side to outside measurements.
The tires are 13.6-38 on 12" rims.
the rear axles stick out 11 inches past the outside of the wheel hub currently which appear to be adjustable outward.(Loosing a couple of bolts and removing a metal wedge key).
Is there any advantage to widening the wheel base?
Just wondering what the purpose was/is and if this has any advantages to me.

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Jim

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BIG JOHN

05-12-2002 15:23:05




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 Re: Wheel width. in reply to Jim, 05-12-2002 05:46:21  
You will find adjustable axel/wheels on all Row Crop tractors. The reason is that different crops ie., corn, soy beans, cotton, etc are planted in different width rows. Over the years these row widths have also changed, corn used to be planted in 36" rows and then it droped to 24" spacing and now it is even less than that.

In order to cultivate and spray these crops the tractors have to fit in between the rows. Thus the adjustable width wheel base.

In your case a wider width would be more stable than a narrow width.

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Hugh MacKay

05-12-2002 06:13:30




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 Re: Wheel width. in reply to Jim, 05-12-2002 05:46:21  
The adjustment you are in question of are for various widths in row crops. It is designed to suit the customers preference. You can also get a second set of wheels dish the first set in and second set out and the axel will accomidate duals. With the centre of gravety being where it is, I would not run that tractor set any narrower than it is, unless on flat land all times.



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