Cage Wheels, are they really that bad?!

[DeeGee]

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Put on 8x44 and turn the 885 into a 50k!!

Now you are going to get Selectamatic really excited! He’ll be leaping out of his bed to question you further.
None of his collection have ever been faster than 15mph: and only then going downhill with a brisk tail wind.

 

[glasshouse]

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Now you are going to get Selectamatic really excited! He’ll be leaping out of his bed to question you further.
None of his collection have ever been faster than 15mph: and only then going downhill with a brisk tail wind.

Perhaps i should delete that, davy broons werent known for their brakes!!!

 

[Farmer Roy]

Sorry if I am being dense, but does the rim size matter (within reason) if I am putting different wheels on? Surely it's the stud pattern?

no, it doesn’t matter, as long as the match side to side & physically fit under mudguards etc

My tractor for example, could be configured with a wide range of wheel & tyre sizes, depending on what the customer wants, from I think a 38” rim up to a 50” rim
I have 480/50 on the rear, but I doubt many in the UK would run that

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Mans Wheels
Ploughed acres with a set of these on

 

[nick...]

Mans Wheels
Ploughed acres with a set of these on View attachment 884729

I’d imagine plenty of damaged axles and transmissions too.traction must be phenomenal with zero slip I’d imagine.and an uncomfortable ride
Nick...

 

[Derrick Hughes]

I’d imagine plenty of damaged axles and transmissions too.traction must be phenomenal with zero slip I’d imagine.and an uncomfortable ride
Nick...

We did smash a diff housing on a Dexta . That was when brother was pushing trees down

 

[Richard Devon]

Were they ever made that size?

yes, I saw a set (not for sale) last Saturday......finding another set is proving a bit difficult

 

[glasshouse]

yes, I saw a set (not for sale) last Saturday......finding another set is proving a bit difficult

Why?

 

[Richard Devon]

Why?

Presumably because the smaller sizes were more popular. Anyway if anyone knows or hears of any please drop me a message

 

[glasshouse]

Presumably because the smaller sizes were more popular. Anyway if anyone knows or hears of any please drop me a message

But why do you want them?

 

[glasshouse]

no, it doesn’t matter, as long as the match side to side & physically fit under mudguards etc

My tractor for example, could be configured with a wide range of wheel & tyre sizes, depending on what the customer wants, from I think a 38” rim up to a 50” rim
I have 480/50 on the rear, but I doubt many in the UK would run that

Theres lots of funny ozzie sh!t we wouldnt run, like a 12m header. Oh wait....

 

[Richard Devon]

But why do you want them?

ahh, sorry....wasn't trying to be beligerent


I want to modify them for working on steep grass ground by welding pieces of flat steel to the bars to make a kind of grouser. It gives the tractor more bite on dry, baked slopes where a dual wheel spreads the weight and reduces the tyre bite

 

[glasshouse]

You couldnt trust old star type wheels on a slope, they would break off
Best get a set of stocks dual rims and get the welder out
A 48 inch rowcrop might be a good base, but a step up stocks set will be like hens teeth

 

[glasshouse]

Put duals on and work across the slope it its dry

 

[Flat 10]

these definitely aren’t the same size as the normal rears. As said anything that fits under the mudguard on a 2wd is fine. Ironically I have made the better sort of 885 50k

 

[glasshouse]

View attachment 884747
these definitely aren’t the same size as the normal rears. As said anything that fits under the mudguard on a 2wd is fine. Ironically I have made the better sort of 885 50k

9.5x48?

 

[Boohoo]

Apologies for jumping on your thread @Selectamatic - but do you know if back wheels from a 990 will fit an 885? Or are they different?

I'm looking for some row crops for my 885.

It would depend on the age of the 990. Wheels from a 990 of the same era as your 885 should have the same stud pattern but I don't know if a 12.4r36 will fit under the mudguards. A 9.5r36 is the same height as the standard 885 wheel.

 

[glasshouse]

ahh, sorry....wasn't trying to be beligerent


I want to modify them for working on steep grass ground by welding pieces of flat steel to the bars to make a kind of grouser. It gives the tractor more bite on dry, baked slopes where a dual wheel spreads the weight and reduces the tyre bite

On reflection, get a set of cages wheels to suit 12x38 , should be plenty about and by the time you add your extra plates they will be right

 

[bumkin]

It's dry as fudge, and which nutter is asking about cage wheels?

the use of cage wheels is nothing to do with soil moisture its about spreading the weight of the tractor and perhaps he is planning for the autumn

 

[Happy hillbily]

ahh, sorry....wasn't trying to be beligerent


I want to modify them for working on steep grass ground by welding pieces of flat steel to the bars to make a kind of grouser. It gives the tractor more bite on dry, baked slopes where a dual wheel spreads the weight and reduces the tyre bite

Wouldn't new or newish tyres on the tractor, and a set of bald tyres on the duals be better for that situation, the tractor tyres giving you the grip, but the slick duals stop you tipping over ?
Not sure whether I would trust the 5 star mounting system either. I have four clamps each on the rear wheels of the 6640, plenty of people have told me two would be good enough, but where I go, if I were to lose a dual, it would be game over for me !