Cage Wheels, are they really that bad?!

[Selectamatic]

Just thinking out aloud...

Little David Brown and Box Seed Drill, would I see any benefit from adding a pair of cage wheels to the tractor for either winter or spring sowing?

What's the good and bad things about them?!

 

[7610 super q]

@carbonfibre farmer

 

[76masseyman]

Good.....easier to handle than dual wheels.

Bad.....absolute b45tard if they clog up in the wet ( but at least you can’t knock a valve off with the spade )

 

[Exfarmer]

Cage wheels were good for light tractors under 50hp. Over that it seemed nobody could design a wheel to take the stress and strains. but I rather suspect you know that already

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

@carbonfibre farmer

Now why did you think of me.....

If it hadn't been you it would have been @Nearly

 

[ollie989898]

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

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

Good.....easier to handle than dual wheels.

Bad.....absolute b45tard if they clog up in the wet ( but at least you can’t knock a valve off with the spade )

To be fair, our 12.4 36 stocks duals are a bloody site easier to use than our catchpole cage wheels....

 

[Exfarmer]

To be fair, our 12.4 36 stocks duals are a bloody site easier to use than our catchpole cage wheels....

Anything which has five star in the name, should have been strangled at birth

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

Anything which has five star in the name, should have been strangled at birth

Of course the (superior ?) catchpole cage wheels didn't work on that system.

 

[ARW]

Have they not all gone to scrap?

 

[ollie989898]

Of course the (superior ?) catchpole cage wheels didn't work on that system.
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I bet that publication is right on the top of the pile of stuff you have sat by the downstairs loo....

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

Have they not all gone to scrap?

No

 

[neilo]

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

A shrewd nutter. Best time to buy them is when nobody else is thinking about the wet.

 

[ollie989898]

A shrewd nutter. Best time to buy them is when nobody else is thinking about the wet.

In fairness I did wonder if someone was building an improved version of this and needed some wheels for it...

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

If your really keen you can get ones for the front too....

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

Or as a burner.

 

[Exfarmer]

Of course the (superior ?) catchpole cage wheels didn't work on that system.
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I still have nightmares of a set of those on a David Brown 1200. I think they made the hooks of putty!

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

Just thinking out aloud...

Little David Brown and Box Seed Drill, would I see any benefit from adding a pair of cage wheels to the tractor for either winter or spring sowing?

What's the good and bad things about them?!

I guess in answer to this post, they are better than nothing. Would reduce the wheelings (a little). But a set of small duals would be preferable. Least you'd have some teeth left if you went on the road with duals.

Farm a few miles away used to use them a fair bit in the 70s so the tractor driver who worked there said. Lots of road work ??.
Reckoned it was torture going up and down the thetford road, rattling the tractors to hell and back.

BUT, if your only doing little bit. No road work, they will do a job. And as mentioned previously, do a job when it's really too wet to be fair.

 

[Exfarmer]

The trick was keeping the wheel pressure just right so On the road the cage took no weight, as long as you did not mount the verge .
of course on a small tractor there was no excuse taking them on and offwith a small piece of wood took seconds , not minutes!

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

The trick was keeping the wheel pressure just right so On the road the cage took no weight, as long as you did not mount the verge .
of course on a small tractor there was no excuse taking them on and offwith a small piece of wood took seconds , not minutes!

Unfortunately ours appear to be for 13.6 36 but the tractor tyres are 12.4 36. No amount of pumping the tyres stops them banging like mad on hard surfaces ?
Having had the pads rebuilt a time or 2 has increased the circumference.....
They are also bloody heavy. If they drop on the floor, it takes a fair lift to pull up. Bettison duals on the other hand are lightweight in comparison.