01:12:43am, Sunday, May 19, 2024
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Rear wheel width
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Registered: 07/13/2013 Posts: 63 |
I am just wondering why there is not been any rear wheel width limits put on farm stock tractors. or tractor pulling in general. I have done some searching on several pulling organizations and have not found any rules pertaining to rear wheel width's. I have seen some tractors that are actually so wide that the dirt is going outside of the sled pan and not piling up any dirt in front of the pan to speak of. I am not calling anybody out on this because there is no rules that I can find anywhere just wondering why not. |
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Dear dan
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When a tractor is that wide we have seen them pull on the scales to check the draw bar, and with the tire hanging off the side of the scales a little bit will alow the tractor to sag down and let you rais the hitch hight. then when you check the hitch on flat ground the hitch will be higher. |
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solution man
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Just as you have rules for rpms, hitch height, tire width, weight bracket length, etc someone now has found that no rule exists on width of tire span. Measure the pan width of the sled and state your width cant excise that measurement. |
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Old Mod Puller
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Use to be a modified puller back in the 70's from Indiana with an extremely wide BB Chevy powered F-30. He left it that way purposely so that the dirt would be thrown outside the pan instead of in front of it. He could barely load it on a standard width trailer. He finally had enough run ins with the law because the tractor was over width, that he narrowed the rear end. He tried arguing with the police that pulled him over that the tractor being over width was legal because it was for agricultural use. Needless to say, they didn't buy it! |
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well
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with wide wheel it is harder to go down the track straight with a lot of power . |
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perspective
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"well", that is exacty the reason why Art Arfons turbine "Green Monster" and Lee Pendelton's transverse mounted V-12 Allison "City Slicker" had such a narrow distance between the traction tires. However, those big tire lugs (Art had logger tires with huge lugs for awhile) sure could pile the dirt up in front of the pan.
"Dan", overall, a wide tire stance has not really been an issue, generally in pulling. But than there always has to be an exception somewhere. Apparently, you found it. |
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explains that
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Now we know the "rest of the story" behind not wanting 42s allowed. Do they make planetaries for a Ford? |
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Registered: 07/13/2013 Posts: 63 |
Please explain what 42" tires, fords, and planetaries have to do with this thread. Thanks in advance but I'm confused |
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Registered: 09/23/2008 Posts: 633 |
its been several years but I know there was a width in the ntpa rulebook of 96" I haven't pulled at that level in several years and don't have a current rule book to know if it is still in there. It was in general rules in the mid 90's I think. |
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planetary exp.
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They are gonna complain that their planetary reagent is so wide they can't get it any closer. BUT they are running home made wheels |
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quite the mess
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The real shame in this is that it took two years for this to show up (someone figured it out) . Sure wasn't always that wide. But between motor problems, clutch problems and turbo problems never showed an advantage. Now with those problems gone its finally pretty evident. If you think there was a lot of crying before you all haven't seen nothing yet! |
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