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Doug Hatfield

07-06-2006 10:06:06

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Does anyone know how large a front tire I can go on my Massey Ferguson 255 tractor? It now has size 6.50 16 tire on it but wanting to go larger to get a smoother ride but do not know how large I can go or should go without causing problems. thank you for any help in this matter.

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DavidP, South Wales

07-09-2006 04:19:40

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Re: tire size in reply to Doug Hatfield, 07-06-2006 10:06:06

Hi,
You can certainly increase the tyre size, probably to a 19 inch if you have the rims...but what are you going to gain?
If you increase the width, I have two tyres here belonging to a customer that are probably nearly 12 inches wide and were fitted to a MF135, you will only increase the strain on the steering gear. This is made worse if your work is on concrete or tarmac. Tyres are designed and fitted for 'normal' applications to meet most requirements of loading, speed, footprint etc.
Unless you have a specific difficult area of operation, try and get it right with pressure and counterbalance weights
David

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Don-Wi

07-07-2006 00:41:06

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Re: tire size in reply to Doug Hatfield, 07-06-2006 10:06:06

Tire size really doesn't have much affect on how they ride. It's the air pressure, how much weight is hanging on the front, etc etc.. that will determine how they ride.

Whats the problem now? Too much bounce? add weight or decrease tire pressure.

If you go with too big of a tire like Gerald did, you may cause problems with wheel bearings and spindles. My dad put bigger tires on our 285 for a similar reason, but it really didn't make any difference and now he wishes he never would have traded the original tires for what we have now, which are 10.00-16's. The tires run over $100 each, compaired to say an 11L-15, which is about $60-65 or so.

Donovan from Wisconsin

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Gerald J.

07-07-2006 08:43:18

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Re: tire size in reply to Don-Wi, 07-07-2006 00:41:06

While the larger tire moved the load center out from the spindle a bit, I figured the larger tire kept from ripping the spindle off when the narrow front tires dug ruts when there was a round bale on the loader or going across plow furrows where the big tires stayed on top while the little ones fell in the furrows and got yanked hard. The MF-236 loader was too much for the MF-135, but not too small for the JD 4020.

The wide wagon tire on the 135 did steer easier when loaded. These days the 135 pulls the planter or totes a 65 gallon sprayer on the three point and if I didn't have wheel weights up front I'd have to steer with the brakes when the sprayer tank was full.

For the same reason, I figure the larger fronts are actually easier on the front spindles than the dinky factory original fires for the 4020.

Gerald J.

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Don-Wi

07-07-2006 10:56:35

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Re: tire size in reply to Gerald J., 07-07-2006 08:43:18

Your 4020 must've been an exeption, because just about all those I've seen had either 11L-15's or 10.00-16's. There are always several different sizes available from the factory, like our 285. It has 5-6 different front tires as factory and 4-5 different rear tires. Some are small and skinny, others are fatter and taller.

Donovan from Wisconsin

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Gerald J.

07-07-2006 17:47:13

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Re: tire size in reply to Don-Wi, 07-07-2006 10:56:35

I've seen many with 7.50 or 7.60-16. Dinky compared to the 10L15 or 11L-16 it ought to have.

Gerald J.

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Gerald J.

07-06-2006 10:45:26

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Re: tire size in reply to Doug Hatfield, 07-06-2006 10:06:06

I put 11L-16 on the front of my MF-135 when it had an oversized loader. I found some 8" wide rims with enough offset so the inside edge of the rim cleared the spindle by the same amount as the original 6.50-16 tires and rims. Maybe as much as 2 to 2-1/2" offset. When I moved that loader to my JD 4020 I moved the tires and wheels, but the wagon tires steered poorly when rotary hoeing so I now have 11.00-16 four rib on the 4020 and the original 6.50-16 back on the MF-135.

Gerald J.

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