Rear wheel spacing what do you do?

Larry in GA. · Aug 16, 2008

Rear wheel spacing what do you do?

Had a good day bush hogging the field across the road and also bush hogging the sweet corn. The corn sure made the Super C grunt some.
What all this is getting to is, it is a little past time to drop the cultivators and get ready to plow. It seems I end up moving the wheels in or out three or four time a year.
What do you do? leave the left wheel a lone and only move the right one, or like I have been doing move both.
all ideas welcome ( a second Supper C is not in the picture right now)
Thanks Larry

RayP(MI) · Aug 16, 2008

We always moved both wheels, when adjusting. But then a tricycle is not width forgiving.

Anonymous-0 · Aug 16, 2008

We only moved the right on JD B & IH H in to plow out to do whatever.

Tom 730LP · Aug 16, 2008

Hi Larry
My wife's grandpa always had his super C set to the plow. He used a 2 bottom fast hitch plow. He never changed his wheel spacing for cultivators or anything else. Don't know what spacing he used on the rows but seemed to work fine.
Tom

wallacedw · Aug 16, 2008

How do you determine what width your wheels should be at?

With the exception of crop row spacing, what does it give you to have wheels out or in?

Bill(Wis) · Aug 17, 2008

Do it right and move both. With a Super C with bar axles it's a piece of cake. Try switching out side to side with loaded tires sometime. Not a piece of cake.

Leroy · Aug 17, 2008

Questions?

What width is your corn planted in?
You can cultivate 40" rows with a tread of 66" even tho recemonded would be 76 - 80"

What kind of plow do you have?
Mounted you will have to stay with the width the plow book calls for, pull type you can use wider tread and get by, example the Farmall Whide tread with the 28" wheels put on that makes about a 90"+ wheel tread.
For pull type plows we always ran the same 66" tread as for cultivating. You can also use a 66" tread on 30" corn rows.

The big question is what plow do you have and what is your planter set on as row width and could you change your row width easier one time to match all jobs?

JBruce · Aug 17, 2008

Wore out the left brake an my 730 jd trying to plow under red clover before I figured out to move the left wheel out to give it more leverage. when plowing, the left wheel spins first.

Roy in georgia · Aug 17, 2008

I have a Super C and am sure we have written b4 but mine has recently seized up not sure why it did but I shut it off then when I went to start it again it wouldn't and trying to roll it off don't help acts like I apply brakes. When I get it home I will try to find out why it was running perfect and then nothing hopefully the starter has it bound up. Oh! and by the way I was down the road helping a neighbor that hadn't been to his parents old house in a few weeks to cut grass he inherited it when they passed and is in his late 60s early 70s. I gave him an old snapper like the one Lanse started out with on here just a frame mostly but he took it home and spent about $150 in parts and put a motor he had on it and he is very proud of it he has 5 2 he keeps at his house in Atl. 3 he keeps here.sorry I got a little carried away but he is the only neighbor that is always happy to help me and I him.

Anonymous-0 · Aug 17, 2008

Easier turning and stability on slopes are both affected by wheel spacing.

wallacedw · Aug 17, 2008

Is lifting ability (2 point, fast hitch, 3 pt.) increased or even affected by wheel spacing?

steelfronts · Aug 17, 2008

When plowing in clover a tire chain on the left wheel will make the job go lots better.

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