Tire Madness

Been doing a big switcheroo on my rear tires.
I have Fords but that's immaterial.
My 3600D had 11.2 28" which I decieded was too small.
So I sold them and bought/traded for a set of 12.4s
The 12.4s were on 12" rims. Wrong.
The 13.6s on my other tractor were on 11" rims.
Also wrong
Dunno why both sets were that way - I didn't put them together.
So I've been breaking down tires lately.
Then my pal Ken has a couple of sets that he wants demounted so his rims can go to the sand blaster along with one set of mine. Then there's the priming and painting of rims which I wont bother you with.
We're finally getting some rolling stock back together. Assembled his 13.6 24s on Sunday. Assembled his 13.6 28s yesterday.
Assembled my 13.6s tonight. And my 12.4s are next. Of course we had to put my rubber on his tractor and vice versa to keep things rolling along.
Are you confused yet?
Well, we're getting nervous tics in our eyes.
Imagine getting all those tires pointing forward.
Oh, and there's cast iron involved too.
About a ton and a half of it. Inner weights and pie weights and the like. He wanted to paint them too but I woudn't have it.
So, I sold the 11.2 x 28" tires.
I bought them new with new rims 9 years ago. Couldn't part with them all along and so have had them on 3 or 4 tractors. They were ok on the 2000 which I sold but on the 3600 they limit how much HP I can put to the ground. So I compromised about an inch in height on the tractor - want it Low for mowing - and went with 12.4s for a little more width and grabbing power.
In the meantime; Some folks say that these old tractors are like a habit or even a disease.
Describe it as you have it. The hobby has many quirks and avenues and corners.
One of them, that I've been enjoying lately, in a perverse, danm hard work sort of way,
is Tire Madness.

I would say you have had a "tireing day".

Jerry- those tires on those rims were not wrong- just bass ackwards. It"s ok to go an inch wider or narrower than the rim- beyond that, then they look funny and don"t work as well. Sure gets to be "fun" breaking some of them loose, though.

I would think he might like to reTIRE after all that?

One HOT HOT HOT July or August day a couple years ago we sold a JD B, we wanted the tires that were on it, but they were on weird rims, our JD A had bad tires and hasn't been restored yet, so the ones on our Super H (rims already painted for the Super H), another old set needed to be moounted on the weird rims and put back on the "seller" B, and we had 2 new sets, one for the Super H, and one for the JD B we were not selling. 2 sets of tire spoons a slide hammer bead beaker, our Super C with Quick Hitch and a 4x4 block (that down pressure mades the bead breaker almost obsolete!!!) alot of water (drinking and spraying off), alot of towels for the sweat, alot of swearing...we got them all dismoumted, swithched, mounted and on the proper tractors by mid afternoon.
Note: Neither of us has changed a tire since...the place we buy them now happily gets the few extra dollars to dismount/mount...some of the best money we ever spend.

Sounds like what I get done before noon on a slow day.

Iowa-tire-guy: Any chance to 'talk' to you about tires? I need some help and direction. My e-mail should be open. Thanks.

You are right about going one size either way Jim.
Of course if you want svelte looking tires...

OK...lets keep this thread rolling along....


T_Bone