Turned Around Combine Wheels

Turned around combine wheels COMBINES Modifications 10-1-22 "We turned the wheels around on our combine to have more room for maintenance," says Darrell Anderson, Sheyenne, N. Dak., who simply flopped the wheels on each side of the machine. Putting the convex side of the wheel to the inside moves the tire out 6 to 8 in. "Makes it much easier to get at chains, belts and grease zerks. One side benefit is that because the lugs on the tire are reversed, the tractor has better back-out traction if you get in mud or a soft spot." Anderson's used the idea on both a Gleaner M-2 and a Gleaner to harvest wheat. It might affect row spacing in row crops, he notes.

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