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johnlobb · Sep 7, 2016

Farmall M wide front, My favorite Farmall...
Economy Jim Dandy. I like these old garden tractors...

FBH44 · Sep 7, 2016

thx, love the red trctors

Gary Mitchell · Sep 7, 2016

I never understood why anyone would mount Farmall wheel centers turned that way.
I think that the leverage on the axle tremendously increases the load on the outer
axle bearing with it out that far.
gm

Tx.Ricefields · Sep 7, 2016

Maybe they are in to fit on a smaller trailer?

Tom from IL · Sep 7, 2016

Have to be turned that way to fit 30" rows.

IA Roy · Sep 7, 2016

According to my knowledge of physics, the closer the wheel to the end of the axle housing, the less load on the bearings.

fredstev · Sep 7, 2016

(quoted from post at 16:32:20 09/07/16) According to my knowledge of physics, the closer the wheel to the end of the axle housing, the less load on the bearings.

That's the way I understand it. Long lever or short lever exerting force on the ax!e bearings. If the real world says 30" rows, though, you do what you gotta do.

onefarmer · Sep 7, 2016

Stories I read said the wheels were that way to fit on the bed during shipping. They were to be turned at the dealer but many (including mine) never were.

Tom OConnor · Sep 7, 2016

Gary,
They were turned that way to get the tires in narrower. You never need to worry about breaking an axle on a farmall M. They were used many years ago on mounted sugar beet harvesters where you would put a three foot extension on that right axle, then add all the weight of the topper, lifting wheels, cleaner beds and all the weight of the elevator was hung on the right side of that tractor. In all my lifetime I never saw an axle break or a bearing failure on an M and I harvested many acres of beets with one of them. I have seen some bolts break in the clamp that clamped the extension to the axle. I saw an M that made a left hand turn in front of a dump truck one time and it broke the axle housing and warped the bull gear but again the axle and bearings were saved.

Mich John · Sep 8, 2016

As the wheel moves out on the axle, the vertical bearing load remains the same but the moment (torque applied in the vertical plane) increases so the actual bearing loading DOES increase.
Mich. John

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