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Kingston,Mi | 9 or 10 inch Cast Iron wheels, and a limited number of widths because as a tire gets wider it also gets taller and it has to fit under the frame to keep the frame level for attachments such as that front mounted cultivator or Pat's favorite, the bean puller. Once the tractor frame size and height were established by several manufactures, the single wheel was limited to only a few sizes. My personal idea behind their design is to increase the vocabulary of tire repairmen, wrestling that heavy unwieldily cast iron rim that can not be dismounted with a machine, was generally heavier ply ratings with thicker beads on a small rim. Definitely will increase the range of your descriptive vocabulary and your consumption of nerve calming alcoholic beverages. Been there, done that, have the scars on my legs from bead breaking duckbill hammers clanking of the rim. | |
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Why did tractors come with a single front wheel?
