Posted by CNKS on November 29, 2011 at 19:06:37 from (216.144.104.128):
In Reply to: Re: hubs on an H posted by diesel cowboy on November 29, 2011 at 18:46:51:
More times than not a rubber tires were not available due to WW II. Standard equipment on the original H and M was rubber, steel was an option, cheaper or not I don't know. When rubber became available again many farmers bought the rubber and used their existing wheels with rims attached. My Dad did that. Yes, new wheels to put rubber on would have been cost prohibitive, although if I remember correctly, WW II was one of the more productive periods in terms of income. My dad had narrow steel wheels, also, for the 1939? H and his 1947 H for cultivating vegetables. If such wheels are rare it's because the H and M were mostly sold with steel wheels between 1941 and 1946. A's and B's did not have steel as an option, probably one reason production of them was lower during WW II. I was too young to remember when my dad had the original steel converted to cutoffs. Having driven the 47 H with both steel and rubber, I simply don't like anything that resembles steel, thus my dislike of cutoffs -- only my opinion. Looks like I was around when history was made--
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