Farmall H front tire pressure?

Yooper Farmall · May 19, 2011

Heading to another Plow Day this weekend, which includes a long tractor road ride to get there. I noticed last weekend that even on pavement, once the narrow front end started bouncing it would keep bouncing until I throttled down and up again.
Anyone else experience this? Softening up the front tires help?

old · May 19, 2011

It is pretty much the nature of the beast. I know when running down the road the rear always seems to bounce a good bit also. As for letting some air out and it helping well the only way to know is give it a try I think there are way to many variables that would come into play for any one way to help for sure. Things like type of road, speed your going, if you have a 3 point system and have it loaded etc etc

Yooper Farmall · May 19, 2011

I love the manoeuvrability of the narrow front, but if you do much road riding or even run over uneven ground doing field work, that's a pretty good reason to consider a wide front.

old · May 19, 2011

Ya both have there places. One thing you might try to stop the bounce is add a little weight up front

Yooper Farmall · May 19, 2011

I might just do that. I might buy that front wheel weight set I've been looking at, or I might just ask my neighbor's wife to sit on the radiator.

old · May 19, 2011

Oh so you want to make her hot do you?? I think the weights would be the better way to go you never know what might happen if you hit a big bump you might have her in your lap

davediehl@hotmail.com · May 19, 2011

I took all of the wobble out of my H front end by rotating the steering gear on the spline. My H was pretty tight in the steering but had one sweet spot that allowed some play. I simply pulled the cotter pin, removed the big nut and rotated the gear half way around. It worked wonderful! Steering is just like new with no wobble at all. Full throttle (19 mph) and its a sweet thing to ride.

teddy52food · May 19, 2011

Leave one tire at 30 # pressure & reduce the other to 15 or 20.

Anonymous-0 · May 20, 2011

My Super M does that on occasion depends on the surface I'm driving on. Is it possible my steering gear is worn? Gravel it doesn't wobble, just certain types of pavement.

Yooper Farmall · May 20, 2011

Mercy! I wouldn"t want that. I"ll go with the wheel weights, they are a whole lot easier to carry, not as cold, easier to talk to and prettier to look at.

What I had experienced was a constant front end bouncing slightly up and down (tires not coming off the ground) but not a side to side wobble.

old · May 20, 2011

Ya tractor tires and rims are not a true round so that happens. Car/truck tires on the other hand are so that is one reason you get a bounce from tractors

sflem849 · May 20, 2011

(quoted from post at 17:36:55 05/19/11) Leave one tire at 30 # pressure & reduce the other to 15 or 20.

That will make wobble worse from what I have seen. Not sure what it would do for bouncing.

This is a 3 pt plow or a trailer?

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