Rear wheels on a 1989 312-8 Wheel Horse

Cadmandu · Sep 11, 2016

Hi,
Can I put a 10.5 on the back of my tractor?
It has 9.5 now. Can I still put chains on if i do this?
Thanks[/i]

oldsarge · Sep 11, 2016

Sure,why not!!!!!!

Cadmandu · Sep 11, 2016

(quoted from post at 15:34:16 09/11/16) Sure,why not!!!!!!

I thought that the 9.5 was the width and if so why would my rims work with an added inch in width?

Bret4207 · Sep 12, 2016

The rim will take whatever you can make fit on it, whether it's narrower or wider than stock. The tires measurement of 9.5" is the nominal width of the tire on a certain sized rim. You go to a narrower or wider rim and it's going to differ from nominal. Where you might run into trouble is in the tire height. Putting a taller tire on can giver interference issues with mower decks, etc. Normally you can go to a wider tire by several increments without a big problem, but a taller tire changes things. As long as there are no interference issues you can put a significantly wider tire on many rims. There are limits though!

Leroy · Sep 12, 2016

All tires (Car, truck, tractor, wagon, lawn mower) have a recemonded with for the tire from minimum to makimum fore best preformance (some tires if you go to a wider rim than is recemonded will void a warenty) but you can still go past the recemonded size and they will still work, narrower will make tread more rounded. So basicaly all you need to consider are three things, side clearance, height clearance and speed change as a larger diameter tire will travel farther with every reveloution so your ground speed will be faster so like in your mower tractor if you are tring to mow and speed is about as fast as you can go a bigger diameter might speed things up enough it is too fast to work.

Cadmandu · Sep 12, 2016

Thanks guys, This is good news for me. Here is a note from the rubber chains guy.

Thank you for your inquiry. I'm sorry but I can't advise on your question number 2. That question would probably be better answered by the tire manufacturer. As far as wanting one set of TerraGrips to fit both the 10.5 and 9.5 width tires, I would recommend buying the 23x10.5-12 TerraGrips (ST90008). There is enough adjustability built into the chains to fit both tire widths. On the 9.5 width tires the chains will just go a little further down the sidewall of the tire.

When installing on the lug type tires keep in mind that you will need to thoroughly and systematically work the slack out of the chains all around the tire. The rubber slats on the rubber tire make this a bit more challenging on the lug type tires but it can be done and once you have done it once or twice it will become easier for you.

Hope that answers your questions.

Regards,

Dave Moore

Superior Tech, Inc

Customer Care & Supply Chain Management
Phone: (717) 569-3359 X 210

Cell: (717) 926-7924

Rear wheels on a 1989 312-8 Wheel Horse

Cadmandu

New User

oldsarge

Well-known Member

Cadmandu

New User

Bret4207

Well-known Member

Leroy

Well-known Member

Cadmandu

New User

Similar threads