turbofn1 6 #1 Posted March 12 Need some help identifying some dual wheel rims I recently purchased, they have numbers and a Firestone USA label but I can't seem to find any information about them, Thanks for any help 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kpinnc 13,491 #2 Posted March 13 ...And finally John Deere used a set of wheels with some offset. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 50,517 #3 Posted March 13 Homemade??? @Streetrodchev is a JD weirdo maybe he can help? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8ntruck 7,329 #4 Posted March 13 Looks like a customized wheel to me. Maybe the disc was cut out, then welded to a piece of pipe to make the extreme offset. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 50,517 #5 Posted March 13 7 minutes ago, 8ntruck said: make the extreme offset. But why for? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 57,532 #7 Posted March 13 (edited) 23 hours ago, WHX?? said: 23 hours ago, 8ntruck said: make the extreme offset. But why for? A person with extremely long arms and outstanding dexterity would be needed to bolt those up to a hub. Edited March 14 by 953 nut fat finger 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Streetrodchev 842 #8 Posted March 13 22 hours ago, WHX?? said: Homemade??? @Streetrodchev is a JD weirdo maybe he can help? I haven’t ever seen or heard about anything like those. Now JD did make some “spin out” wheels that were adjustable offset like the big tractors. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8ntruck 7,329 #9 Posted March 14 22 hours ago, WHX?? said: But why for? I didn't build them - anything I'd say would just be a guess - other than whoever built them thought that they needed them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 50,517 #10 Posted March 14 6 minutes ago, 8ntruck said: I didn't build them We know you did't just wondering why who ever did. Just not seeing them used for dual set up. Spacers for crop row? Even then be fun to mount with shoes on them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8ntruck 7,329 #11 Posted March 14 A couple comments on this modification by an engineer who spent his 40 year carreer in the automotive steel wheel industry: If this was for a dual wheel adaptor, I doubt that it worked very well. Stacking two wheels together with this type of mounting surface will not work very well as the two contoured surfaces will not allow for proper lug nut torque retention. Most likely, the lug nuts would have come loose causing failure of the studs. If used on a tractor to widen the rear track, these would have increased stress on the rear axles, axle bearings, and hubs. Again, this would encourage failure of these components. It might be possible that a second rim was slid over the pipe to create a dual wheel assembly. However, I do not see any marks on the pipe to suggest that this actually happened. It would be interesting to find out why this modification was made. Who knows, the modification might not had even been tractor related. 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 27,211 #12 Posted March 14 4 hours ago, 8ntruck said: It would be interesting to find out why this modification was made. Who knows, the modification might not had even been tractor related. Was @Pullstart involved? Could be one of his early oil burner prototypes... 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 64,382 #13 Posted March 14 6 hours ago, 8ntruck said: It might be possible that a second rim was slid over the pipe to create a dual wheel assembly. That was my initial thought as well, coming from never an engineer in any industry 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 50,517 #14 Posted March 14 8 hours ago, 8ntruck said: even been tractor related. True we've all seen grinder stands made from old rims. Maybe one for short people??? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
