WD picker and tire questions...
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Topic: WD picker and tire questions...
Posted By: Don(MI)
Subject: WD picker and tire questions...
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2011 at 4:45pm
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Just a couple quick questions on tires for a WD. I am putting a 2 row mounted corn picker permanetly on my WD. The picker itself weighs 1850 pounds. Almost 1 ton. Would 4-ply tires be acceptable for this additional weight? The manual says to inflate the rear tires to 14 Lbs. pressure to compensate for the additional weight.
Also, The tractor came with 14.9 x 28 tires on it, both tires are junk.
I figured that these would be too wide, because the 2 snouts, that mount in front of the rear tires could possibly hit the tires if they are too big. Would 13.6x28 tires be small enough?( I have 10" rim widths, at least thats what it looks like) Or does this not matter? I guess I don't really have another picker close by to look at, I am just going by pictures in the manual.
Any input on this would be helpful. Thanks!
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Posted By: BennyLumpkin
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2011 at 4:59pm
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if it weights 1850 pounds is only close to 1 ton, not 2....and I dont see why those tires wouldnt be sufficient. As far as the 14.9's Im not sure if they would fit turned clear in or not.
------------- Central PA Allis Express 1934 WC254 1945 WF 1945 WC135755 1951 WD68085 1953 WD45-150217 1957 WD45D-230744D B110 |
Posted By: Don(MI)
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2011 at 5:03pm
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Whoops, thanks Benny, my typo there.
Ya, I was kind of hoping 4 ply would get the job done. But I will go to 6 ply if I need to.
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Posted By: BennyLumpkin
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2011 at 5:07pm
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Either way, tires are an expensive habit....I have a WD45 here Im debating if I want to rebuild the engine just because the tires are shot......
------------- Central PA Allis Express 1934 WC254 1945 WF 1945 WC135755 1951 WD68085 1953 WD45-150217 1957 WD45D-230744D B110 |
Posted By: Lester
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2011 at 5:24pm
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Years ago dad put 170 picker on a WD and its weighted 3600lbs on 13.6 tires and never had any trouble. |
Posted By: Robert Musgrave
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2011 at 5:25pm
| Gramps/Dads 1953 WD-45 (S/N 146867) currently has 13.6 x 28 tires and has had that size since the beginning. It carried a #33 picker right up to the late 1960's. Saw that tractor over Christmas, verified the tire size and even noticed that the picker brackets are still on the rear drop axles. Tractor is still used; in fact dad is 86 and had the clutch pedal bracket LENGTHENED since he is shrinking! |
Posted By: John WV
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2011 at 5:31pm
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for years I run my 33 corn picker with 14.9 and had no trouble with them. the 2 snouts will have cleance at lease my did on the wd |
Posted By: Skyhighballoon(MO)
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2011 at 5:33pm
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Before I go fetch my 190 picker for the WD45 I need to swap rear tires. Right now it has some 16.9X26's on Gleaner rims. I'm going to put on the worn 16.9X28's on spin-outs that used to be on my 180. Will repaint the centers orange for the 45 but it will have the newer style eccentrics. They currently are filled with fluid...planned to keep some of it in the tires to make it less top-heavy...not sure if I should leave it all in or pump half out....yes I know the tractor will be heavy but it's not going pick over a load or 2 year at most unless some neighbors suddenly want some custom work done. Mike
------------- 1981 Gleaner F2 Corn Plus w 13' flex 1968 Gleaner EIII w 10' & 330 1969 180 gas 1965 D17 S-IV gas 1963 D17 S-III gas 1956 WD45 gas NF PS 1956 All-Crop 66 Big Bin 303 wire baler, 716H, 712H mowers |
Posted By: John WV
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2011 at 5:33pm
| the other day i price 14.9 x 28 at 480 per tire (firestone) |
Posted By: Don(MI)
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2011 at 6:06pm
Do you guys think 4 ply tires will be ok then?
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Robert Musgrave wrote:Posted By: John WV
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2011 at 6:28pm
| I always used 6 ply |
Posted By: Don(MI)
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2011 at 5:07am
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Where do they put the ply thickness on the tire? Sidewalls and tread? Or just tread?
Still debating on some nice 13.6x28s with 4 ply, they still have 75% tread left, firestones. $150 each.
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Posted By: JayIN
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2011 at 7:00am
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dont debate! BUY!!! ------------- sometimes I walk out to my shop and look around and think "Who's the idiot that owns this place?" |
Posted By: Harry up of Mi.
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2011 at 5:36pm
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Don
I bought new 13.6x28 Firestone field and road tires for my WD-45 with mounted #33 picker and they are just fine with 14 psi pressure. At that price for 75% tires you shouldn't go wrong. That is half what I paid 2 years ago.
Harry up of Mi.
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Posted By: armandjones82
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2011 at 3:25am
| I think that if you put up some good tires, like what http://www.stylintrucks.com/sn.aspx?attribute_value_string%7CBrand=Continental+Tires - continental tires and other brands can compensate you. I'm sure that things will be okay and it shall be well in the future. |
Posted By: JC-WI
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2011 at 9:09am
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Our early WD was equipped with 12.4 tires and Dad put new 13.6 tires on it back in about '66. The bigger tire made it so we had to slip the hand clutch a whole lot more while picking corn. Where the corn was heavy, you slipped that clutch by the hour....WD45 is slower in first gear and would have made a better picking tractor.
14.9 will fit but think they would be to fast unless it was last years of the WD with helicut trans gears.
"nice 13.6x28s with 4 ply, they still have 75% tread left, firestones. $150 each." At that price, buy them, they'll work!
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Posted By: Don(MI)
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2011 at 11:30am
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Well, funny this post came to the top of the forum today.
I just finished mounting my rims back on the tractor last night, and planned on putting those $150 Ea. tires on the rims, this coming Friday. Well, those plans changed fast.
I was looking them over last night, and noticed that one of them has a 4-5" slice down the sidewall. Needless to say, I am not a happy camper. I thought I was getting a good deal, from the firestone dealer. Wrong.
The tires will be headed back soon.
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Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2011 at 1:30pm
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"Well, funny this post came to the top of the forum today." That is because Armand Jones replied to it this morning. ------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: Don(MI)
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2011 at 4:21pm
Anyways, I ended up biting the bullet on new tires. 13.6 x 28, 8 ply. $315 a tire.
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Posted By: Bill Long
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2011 at 5:55pm
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For what it is worth one of our last sales was a D-14 Industrial with a Henry Backhoe and Loader. The tractor came through with 4 ply tires. After reserarching the weight being carried and the pull on the tires with the front end loader I suggested to Pop that we should change out the tires for 6 ply tires. Needless to say we did not. Later the owner said that the tires burst through the sidewalls. Weight and Torque caused that.
Now that it appears that you have a chance to change and since the weight will always be on the tires I would carefully think about 6 plys.
Good Luck!
Bill Long
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Posted By: Don(MI)
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2011 at 5:59pm
| Thanks Bill! That is interesting that the Industrial would come factory with 4 plys. I ended up going with 8 plys and they should be here by the weekend. |
Posted By: Chris (swIA)
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2011 at 6:21pm
| As expensive as any new tire is, it won't pay to be cheap, especially with that picker on there. You may cringe when you pay the bill, but you won't be sorry down the road! |