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Why do some people mount one rear backward

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Why do some people mount one rear tire backward?
Is there any reason or benefit from having one going the wrong way?
Thanks for the info
 
Commonly happens when you take a tire into town to be repaired and they didn’t take time to notice which way the tires was on when it came in
 
I don’t think it was intended, just circumstances. Bought rim and tire from a wreck, or like others said failed to mark direction . I always have tire guys come to the farm, and do the tires right on the tractor, no mistake that way.
 
I knew of a guy who put both tires on backwards. He said it was easier to back out when he got stuck. Dad told him there I was no money in going backwards!
 
Looks like that is a spin out rim. He coulda mounted it going the right direction and adjusted the spacing to match the other wheel.
 
I've had that happen before having a flat fixed. Tire guy put it back on backwards and I didn't notice until I got home with it. I took it back though and had them fix it.
 
back before we got a track skid loader we put the rear tires on backwards to help with backing out of mud and our 2wd combine has the rears on backwards supposed to help roll better in mud.
 
I always have at least one mounted 38 inch rear on hand as a spare, it will fit 3 different tractors I use.

Luck of the draw which tractor and which side gets it when it is needed.

With front's there are a lot of tractors running around with a three rib on one side and a four rib on the other side.

For probably the same reason.
 
Mounting a tire backward is almost never intentional, especially when it is only one tire.

Most of the time it is an EMERGENCY repair. There's crops in the fields that need to come in, and a storm's a brewin'. Right tire's flat. You've got a spare but it's mounted on the rim as a left. You've got two choices:

1. Install the tire on the tractor at the correct tread width, but backwards.
2. Install the tire on the tractor forwards, but at the wrong tread width.

The intention is to "fix it later." Sometimes later never comes. Those big tractor tires are a lot of work to change yourself, and hiring it done is not cheap. If you pull it off the tractor and take it in, it's BOTH, a lot of work AND not cheap.

Most rims styles common today are not symmetrical. They are usually offset 2" to one side to allow for a wider range of tread widths.

A small number of them are mounted backwards due to ignorance.
 
That's the way it works. you have a spare and then you have a flat right when you need the tractor. Spare is mounted and you put it on. Oops it's backwards so you use it for that job and then you just leave it on cause you have too much to do and just don't think about changing it.
 
Gotta love people who criticize a backwards tire, or even just point it out as if the guy who owns the tractor is unaware.

I want to tell them: YOU try and change a tractor tire. You probably couldn't even figure out how to let the air out, let alone get it off the rim, and you'd probably tip the tire over on top of yourself. Or give me $200 and I'll be happy to call the tire guy to come out and do it.
 
Around here,most loaders of any kind,have the rear tires mounted backwards,so you don't get stuck backing out from a pile.I am sure that the tractor pictured was just an accident,because a field tractor of that size doesn't have much chance of getting stuck unless you are doing something stupid.

Rock
 
Brother-in-law turned the drive tires on his combine "backwards" on purpose. That way, he could always back out of the snow drifts & mud holes because he had less traction when going into them than he did backing out of the drifts or muddy areas. After he reversed the tires, I never had to go help him pull the combine out of a mud hole or snow drift. Ran 'em that way for years, after he reversed them.
 
Or maybe a three rib on one side and a truck tire on the other
side like the front tires on my Ford 4000.
 
Barney ..... sorry if I missed something but so far I haven't seen one post that is criticizing anything. The original post didn't even hint at a criticism, it as a legitimate question I'd say. Please let me know who did that so far.
 
The guy I worked for in 2018 had a 706 with one really SMOOTH(bowling ball) tire mounted backwards. Said he blew the good tire and put on an already mounted tire/rim on to get by. Said he would probably change it when he put another set on.Looked funny,but didnt affect performance one little bit.It was round and held air.
 
Salvage yard only had a LH wheel and tire. I have repaired many a rear tire and find it much easier to change/repair them on the tractor rather than dismounting them and forgetting which direction the tire was mounted on the rim..
Loren
 
I have one rear tire backwards on the Cockshutt 40. Its been nearly 25 years ago now so I can't remember if I didn't leave adequate instructions or if the guys doing the installation forgot what I told them. I took in a wheel from another 40, from the opposite side of the tractor, for them to remove old tire and install the new. They installed the new one same direction as the old one. I was a little disappointed but wasn't going to demand they change it for free and neither did I want to pay. Long term it does not make a bit of difference to how the tractor works so no worries.
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Great photo Rusty, calendar quality and the tire police won't notice the tire ... ha! That whole series of Cockshutts were as nicely designed as any tractors ever produced I would say.
 
(quoted from post at 10:48:30 11/23/20) Great photo Rusty, calendar quality and the tire police won't notice the tire ... ha! That whole series of Cockshutts were as nicely designed as any tractors ever produced I would say.
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Thanks. That series was also the first true Canadian built Cockshutts. Prior to that , up to 1946, Cockshutts were just re-branded Olivers painted red. Good tractors too.
That backwards tire was probably a good thing for when I was running the rear mount snow blower too.
 
Why do some people mount one rear backward
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While this doesn't apply in this situation, some ground driven implements have their tires mounted backwards.

I've been told that when the equipment drives the tires to the ground, tires face forward.
When the ground drives the tires to the equipment, tires face rearward.

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(quoted from post at 12:04:07 11/23/20)
I've been told that when the equipment drives the tires to the ground, tires face forward.
When the ground drives the tires to the equipment, tires face rearward.
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That is correct. I've been told the same. Notice the rear tires on combines usually have them on "backwards" compared to the fronts. Unless they have rear wheel assist in which case they will be in the same direction as the front wheels.
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Simple. So you can back away from the pile by holding one brake. It is especially helpful if you have a loader on a tractor without live hydraulics. Go forward until the "wrong" tire starts spinning. Then hold the brake on the "right" wheel and the wrong one pulls you out backword. This can all be done without stepping in the clutch and losing your hydraulics.
 
Exactly! Look which direction gives the
most traction, depends if the tire
"drives" the vehicle or the vehicle is
"driven" by the tire!
 
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