Getting ready for the upcoming season.

Eldon (WA) · Mar 2, 2017

I bought this Deere 6100D a couple months ago hoping it will make a good brushhogging tractor for my business. First order of business is to widen it out a bit, get some wider tires on it and in the process lower it a couple of inches.

I had these 5" spacers/adapters custom made so I can use more common wheels on the tractor....wheels that I have many different sizes with cheaper tires. (those 320 90 R42 Goodyears that were on it are over $1200 each!).

I also switched out the 10-16 fronts for some 9.5L-15's that I had laying around.

David from Kansas · Mar 2, 2017

All those smaller tires are going to make it rougher riding. Anyway, that has been my experience.

Eldon (WA) · Mar 2, 2017

(quoted from post at 10:15:05 03/02/17) All those smaller tires are going to make it rougher riding. Anyway, that has been my experience.

I'm sure it will ride a little rougher, but these tires are the same size I use on my other mowing tractors. I sacrifice a little ride for being closer to the ground out on the mountain sides...

David G · Mar 2, 2017

What size were on there?

Eldon (WA) · Mar 2, 2017

(quoted from post at 10:37:41 03/02/17) What size were on there?

320 (12.4) 90 R42 radials on the rear, 10-16 on the front

Eldon (WA) · Mar 2, 2017

(quoted from post at 10:55:27 03/02/17)

(quoted from post at 10:37:41 03/02/17) What size were on there?

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320 (12.4) 90 R42 radials on the rear, 10-16 on the front

Standard size for the rears is 18.4 x 34, but this tractor spent it's previous life pulling a baler on a flood irrigated CA farm...so they had the skinny tires on it w/spacers to ride the ridges. I wouldn't mind putting 34's on it, but Deere wants a fortune for wheels, then I need tires also. I am just using what I have available...and if I have a flat, I have a spare ready to go.

Bob Bancroft · Mar 2, 2017

I'm not so sure. Those really tall, narrow tires don't have that much of a body to flex. And you're getting a wider tread, which makes a lot of difference. Might just be a wash.

Steve A W · Mar 2, 2017

How much did you lower it?

Eldon (WA) · Mar 2, 2017

(quoted from post at 11:34:54 03/02/17) How much did you lower it?

2" in the back, 3" in the front...not a whole lot, but every bit helps. It also gave me better speeds in the middle range for what I do.

WI Dan · Mar 2, 2017

Nice work. Good for you.

Ken Macfarlane · Mar 2, 2017

May get good money out of the take off tires, people always looking to setup a sprayer tractor with skinny rubber.

BushogPapa · Mar 2, 2017

The Power-Adjust rear wheels are a good touch..!

Weights or "Loading" the rears will improve the ride and help stabilize on hillsides..I prefer "Loading", myself..

Eldon (WA) · Mar 2, 2017

(quoted from post at 15:50:49 03/02/17)
The Power-Adjust rear wheels are a good touch..!

Weights or "Loading" the rears will improve the ride and help stabilize on hillsides..I prefer "Loading", myself..

I will use wheel weights if I need them. I fix my own tires if I have a flat, and pumping fluid is a pain....

Eldon (WA) · Mar 2, 2017

(quoted from post at 14:30:55 03/02/17) May get good money out of the take off tires, people always looking to setup a sprayer tractor with skinny rubber.

No doubt....those tires are $1200 each and the wheels are probably $600 each...mama Deere doesn't give them away. I also have the 4 1/2" cast iron Deere spacers that I took off. Last summer when I was looking for some I think I was quoted around $1000 for a set from Deere. I think I will hang onto everything I took off for awhile and see how the tractor works out. If I like how it performs I will sell them, if not, everything gets switched back and it goes up for sale.

ss55 · Mar 3, 2017

Nice workmanship! Are the rear wheel spacers steel or aluminum? If they are aluminum they will probably hold up, but I would keep an eye on them for fatigue cracks or loosening bolts.

Eldon (WA) · Mar 3, 2017

(quoted from post at 11:00:40 03/03/17) Nice workmanship! Are the rear wheel spacers steel or aluminum? If they are aluminum they will probably hold up, but I would keep an eye on them for fatigue cracks or loosening bolts.

The spacers are aluminum. A shop in Nevada made them for me last summer when I had the Deere 5525 FWA and was looking to widen it out. I had them put the steel studs in instead of just tapping holes due to the fact that I could be changing wheels rather frequently and was concerned about stripping the threads. I was further concerned about the use of hex socket cap screws, but they assured me that they had made a lot of spacers for the 3000-6000 series Deere and have had no problems. I plan on keeping a close eye on them...

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