560 ft rims

karlinpa

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we just got a 560 row crop nf and would like to put wider tires on ft as they are now 6.00x16 could you reverse the rims and get wider tires? thanks
 
why would you want to? reversing the rims might work, but the wheel bolt holes are not tapered on the backside. plus what is your wider tire size? vehicle tires are wider but sure not going to steer good with wide tires. plus in the mud be even more fun.
 
How much wider are you looking for? It has 6.00x16's now. You could go to 6.50's without changing the wheels. If you want much more you would need to change the wheels too. The next size bigger than 6.50 is a 7.50 then it is up to a seriously bigger tire at a 10.00 16 for tractor fronts. They might not fit under the front end. As Rustred said it will tend to slide worse, and if it goes down in mud good luck it will just plow and be hard to move at all. 7.50's would be about as big as would be practical on it. Look at Hey wheel or Outdoor tire both have wheels if you can't find what you want in a junkyard. The junkyard would probably be the cheapest or if you saw them on an auction.
 
was looking at a little floatation as this has a loader we just using for round bales it does steer like a champ though
 
(quoted from post at 12:58:30 01/27/23) was looking at a little floatation as this has a loader we just using for round bales it does steer like a champ though

A little flotation is all you'd get. Not enough to even notice.

6.00 to 6.50 is only 1/2 inch of width. Less if you buy cheap tires.

7.50 is still only about a 25% increase in area. You need 300-400% more surface area to begin to hope to have any sort of flotation. That brings other problems, such as steering. The tires will want to slide rather than pull the front of the tractor around a corner. Then if you do sink, it will be that much harder to pull out because you have to push all that mud out of the way.

What you might consider is taller tires, assuming you have a wide front. 20" truck tires, or even 7.50-18 tri-rib tractor tires will give you some extra flotation while not being so wide they won't cut through the mud if necessary.

This post was edited by BarnyardEngineering on 01/27/2023 at 12:07 pm.
 
A 9.5Lx15 would be a good choice. A 10.00 or 11.00x 15 or 16 is wider but probably too tall to clear the underside of your front bolster. An 11Lx15 probably fits, but I'd borrow one off somebody's 4020 before you buy the tires & wheels.
I've considered putting wider frt tires on my Super H with a loader, like a 7.5Lx15, they make a 6 bolt wheel that size that I'd need a 6 bolt cast hub on the tractor. Add up the hubs, wheels, and tires it gets expensive.
 

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