Can I use rims the opposite way round

deere150

Member
Location
Cumbria
Got a round baler and I'm wanting to narrow it in a bit, it's currently 9'6" wide and I'm catching the walls at both sides of the road going to my biggest customers. Now I can turn the wheels round, and due to the offset make it 7 1/2" narrower. The stud holes have a chamfer on one side where the spring washer sits, can I get away without it on the other side, if I use a flat spring washer, or will I always have bother with wheel nuts coming slack. Studs are a bit slack in the holes, but the rim does sit tight on the hub
 
I have seen wheels with the taper on both sides. If the wheel centre is thick enough, perhaps an engineering firm could taper them. Alternately, maybe the centres could be cut out and rewelded to change the offset.
 

Karliboy

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Livestock Farmer
Location
West Yorkshire
I could do with looking at this on my marshal barrel spreader, but to make it wider as it’s definitely unstable on bankings that I like to cut across. I have a funny feeling it will require new rims though.
 
Just be afraid, very afraid, check the valve don't snag!
had friend did this on Quad, who though he could make fit tramlines, it did, but 4 flat tyres :) :) :)
Need row crops. Space savers cut to fit ,
 

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