glasshouse
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- lothians
Cage Wheels, are they really that bad?!
- Thread starter Selectamatic
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glasshouse
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- lothians
Steady
Dont spoil her
DeeGee
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- North East Wales
He couldn’t take his wife with him, he needed to get them home and into the shed quietly without her knowing!
Gave him time to get them gift wrapped ready for her birthday yesterday.
Gave him time to get them gift wrapped ready for her birthday yesterday.
Selectamatic
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- Location
- North Wales
Selectamatic
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- North Wales
She was busy that day... ??
Selectamatic
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- North Wales
Steady now! There’s two wheels, that’s birthday AND Christmas taken care of!!
she’s a lucky girl...
- Location
- Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
In the 60’s and early 70’s, where I grew up in the Fens, everybody used Cage wheels for top work. They were invaluable in reducing ruts and compaction for veg growing and drilling wheat late after a veg crop or sugar beet. They also virtually turned a 2WD drive tractor into a 4WD. An extra set of tyres wold have been expensive and for myself, it wasn’t until I had to replace nearly warn out rear tyres that I bought a set of Dual rims to put those tyres on.
If Cage wheels blocked up with mud, it was too wet to be doing anything on the land. Dual’s often got used when we shouldn’t have been going there at all.
However, I soon learned that a very cheap way of buying good replacement tyres was to buy them on Duals at a farm auction! Many a time I’ve bought hardly warn new tyres this way, but often many years old!
I reminded myself just how useful Duals are this last October, when trying to drill my wheat.
The last Half of which would not have been possible without them. Cage wheels would have been just as good, but not available in this size any more. These Duals cost me £900 inc tyres off eBay
They got left on all winter and were again very useful this Spring.
If Cage wheels blocked up with mud, it was too wet to be doing anything on the land. Dual’s often got used when we shouldn’t have been going there at all.
However, I soon learned that a very cheap way of buying good replacement tyres was to buy them on Duals at a farm auction! Many a time I’ve bought hardly warn new tyres this way, but often many years old!
I reminded myself just how useful Duals are this last October, when trying to drill my wheat.
The last Half of which would not have been possible without them. Cage wheels would have been just as good, but not available in this size any more. These Duals cost me £900 inc tyres off eBay
They got left on all winter and were again very useful this Spring.
glasshouse
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- lothians
No clamps?
Happy hillbily
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- Location
- Uwchaled, North Wales
- Location
- south norfolk, uk
I appear to have more duals than tractors to put them on 
....I really should have a sort out
Auctioneers seem to know my weakness and often look at me when no one wants to start on some (ropey) old dual wheels for a couple of quid
It has helped me accumulate various clamps though
....I really should have a sort outAuctioneers seem to know my weakness and often look at me when no one wants to start on some (ropey) old dual wheels for a couple of quid
It has helped me accumulate various clamps though
ashmore
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That's my photo! [emoji1]
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- south norfolk, uk
glasshouse
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- lothians
What size?
Happy hillbily
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- Uwchaled, North Wales
The duals are 13.6 r38 and the tractor 480/70/34 , I think.
Their great ! as just over 9ft wide I can get down the road with them still on ?
Cage wheels cheap and fairly useful.
glasshouse
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- lothians
I used to have 650x42 on tractor and duals, but it was too wide
Duals are now 20.8x42
glasshouse
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- lothians
Remember to post pics when you get them on
I would have bought them myself if had been nearer.
Our spraying tractor has 12.4 R 36 wheels ,when I saw a set of stocks duels the same size at a farm sale this autumn I got them bought, I dont know anything about them, brought them home and they don't fit.
Talked to stocks and they are step down duels for a bigger wheel, 100mm small all round. Thought about bolting wood blocks around them , probably easier buying some that do fit.
Still as above, quite a cheap way of buying nearly new tyres and I got 8 clamps as well.
Talked to stocks and they are step down duels for a bigger wheel, 100mm small all round. Thought about bolting wood blocks around them , probably easier buying some that do fit.
Still as above, quite a cheap way of buying nearly new tyres and I got 8 clamps as well.
glasshouse
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- lothians
Are they to fit a 32 inch combine wheel?
- Location
- Mendips Somerset
the way weather patterns work nowadays , will rain for 6 months at next change .A shrewd nutter. Best time to buy them is when nobody else is thinking about the wet.