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73redblaze

73redblaze

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i found some tractor tires for cheep and i was thinking about getting them. how can i mount them on my k5. i know i dont have enough lift at all so i was thinking.... i know your all gonna tell me how unsafe this is... but i was thinking of welding a set of some old 8 lug chevy rims to the tractor rims. haha what do ya think. it would push them out far enough to clear my fenders... i know the rims could not have been off by much or they would shake like hell but still...?
 
if its just an offroad only mud toy on say a farm or something, then it will be a stupid/funny redneck thing to do, but i think ur wheel bearings will want to die after a couple hours.
 
ya let me assure everyone.. this is for mud pits only!!! no road use. hahaha
 
You wont be going anywhere in a mud pit if you cant spin them, assuming you are talking about mud and not a puddle that is muddy

= no fun
 
it doesnt sound like a great idea haha. the way you make it sounds the tires are gonna be bigger than your truck:haha::haha: if you do it please let us see lol
 
yea i wouldnt really do it but it sounds cool. its the cheapest big lift. just weld some tractor tires to your rims and go hahaha i can just see someone doing it to their honda civic.... thats a good idea. anyone got a $hittly little car or truck to test this on?
 
well how big are they? I ran 44x21" Ag tires with a 16.5" 8 lug center welded in, didn't make a bit of difference to the truck. they stuck out about 7" on each side. gotta keep em spinning though or they don't do you any favors.

I dont think I would just straight up weld one wheel to another wheel. just cut the center out of your 8 luggers and weld it into the other wheel.
 
I dont think I would just straight up weld one wheel to another wheel. just cut the center out of your 8 luggers and weld it into the other wheel.
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but then they wouldnt sit outside the fenders. there 57" tall!!!
 
There are a few people around this area that have tractor tires on their trucks. All they do to mount them is weld a truck wheel to the tractor wheel. Never seen one break. I haven't seen a truck with enough power to really spin them in the mud. But that doesn't really seem to be an issue. When is the last time you saw a tractor spining its tires and throwing a bunch of mud out in the fireld? They don't, they just crawl through the stuff. Some of the older ones only had 30hp and did just fine with 60" tires. Pulling plows and planters through the fields. Lots of gearing is how it's done. If you could get some portals (Unimog) or rockewells, that would be sweet. But that isn't cheap/bolt in deal.
 
toomany said:
I haven't seen a truck with enough power to really spin them in the mud. But that doesn't really seem to be an issue. When is the last time you saw a tractor spining its tires and throwing a bunch of mud out in the fireld? They don't, they just crawl through the stuff. Some of the older ones only had 30hp and did just fine with 60" tires. Pulling plows and planters through the fields. Lots of gearing is how it's done. If you could get some portals (Unimog) or rockewells, that would be sweet. But that isn't cheap/bolt in deal.
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your talking about a field, with a tractor heavy enough to find the bottom, not a 5000lb k5, not to mention if he is in actual sloppy deep mud, and not a puddle the results should be rather boring.

i wouldn't mind seeing it, I just think the effort wont net the desired results
 
toomany said:
When is the last time you saw a tractor spining its tires and throwing a bunch of mud out in the fireld? They don't, they just crawl through the stuff. Some of the older ones only had 30hp and did just fine with 60" tires. Pulling plows and planters through the fields. Lots of gearing is how it's done.
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This fall...

The reason you dont see tractors throwing alot of mud is because they cant spin the tires fast enough to throw mud anyway. Ive seen plenty of tractors, and combines buried in mud. But 9/10s out of ten if a tractor is in a field its not muddy enough to get a pickup to throw mud anyway.




I wouldnt mess with those tires on your rig unless your running a blown big block or something you wont be able to turn them fast enough to make them worthwhile.
 
toomany said:
There are a few people around this area that have tractor tires on their trucks. All they do to mount them is weld a truck wheel to the tractor wheel. Never seen one break. I haven't seen a truck with enough power to really spin them in the mud. But that doesn't really seem to be an issue. When is the last time you saw a tractor spining its tires and throwing a bunch of mud out in the fireld? They don't, they just crawl through the stuff. Some of the older ones only had 30hp and did just fine with 60" tires. Pulling plows and planters through the fields. Lots of gearing is how it's done. If you could get some portals (Unimog) or rockewells, that would be sweet. But that isn't cheap/bolt in deal.
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putting them on a truck is a different story for sure. If mine werent spinning, I wasnt moving. 6" of dirt puddle is a little different than 4' of sloppy gooy goodness.
 
I do snow plowing for us and the neighbors, and have thought of using the most aggressive tires I could find. I saw these online-

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on this site- http://www.nebraskatire.com/ag_tires/conti/conti_rears.htm

But also these-
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On Interco's site- http://www.intercotire.com/tires.php?id=8&g=1

How much better would the tractor tires be in the snow?? I can't imagine enough to go through the hassle of getting them fitted. But DANG !! If I had Jay Lenos budget...I'd do a tire test!

So I guess I'll stick to what I have-

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57" tractor tires break rockwells just keep that in mind. lol
 
supersize75k5 said:
your talking about a field, with a tractor heavy enough to find the bottom, not a 5000lb k5, not to mention if he is in actual sloppy deep mud, and not a puddle the results should be rather boring.

i wouldn't mind seeing it, I just think the effort wont net the desired results
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Drey said:
The reason you dont see tractors throwing alot of mud is because they cant spin the tires fast enough to throw mud anyway. Ive seen plenty of tractors, and combines buried in mud. But 9/10s out of ten if a tractor is in a field its not muddy enough to get a pickup to throw mud anyway.
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moneypit_K5 said:
putting them on a truck is a different story for sure. If mine werent spinning, I wasnt moving. 6" of dirt puddle is a little different than 4' of sloppy gooy goodness.
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The trucks I have seen with them are running in the mud bogs/races, and out in the fields.

The bog pit for the 40"+ tires can get pretty nasty towards the end of the day. The trucks with the tractor tires basicly idle through it (compared to the guys with actual mud tires who have to spin to clean them out).

FWIW: There is a farmer who has a field that floods every spring. He throws a big bogging party each year. If you think there is a bottom to that kind of mud...then you have differnt fields around you. There have been times where my 38's were completly burried. And trucks with 44's were finding holes that swallowed thier tires. The trucks with the tractor tires (one is owned by the farmer) normaly do ok. It's not like their skinny tires are doing anything for floatation, and the fact that they weigh allot doesnt help either. I'm not saying that it's a good idea to run tractor tires, just that it can work even if you don't have the power to spin them.

I'll see if I have any pics from the field partys or of the mud races.
 
toomany said:
It's not like their skinny tires are doing anything for floatation, and the fact that they weigh allot doesnt help either. I'm not saying that it's a good idea to run tractor tires, just that it can work even if you don't have the power to spin them.
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only experience I have is with the ag tires on my K5. Identical in size and width to my 44x19.5's maybe even wider. that said, my opinion doesnt carry past my own experience with one tire.
 
bodacious said:
If you want to see tractor tires slinging mud, check out the Trucks Gone Wild videos. I have all of their DVDs. All of them are runing Rockwells and crazy horsepower, though. www.trucksgonewild.com
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I know some of these guys personally. Tractor tires are where its at!

toomany said:
There are a few people around this area that have tractor tires on their trucks. All they do to mount them is weld a truck wheel to the tractor wheel. Never seen one break. I haven't seen a truck with enough power to really spin them in the mud. But that doesn't really seem to be an issue. When is the last time you saw a tractor spining its tires and throwing a bunch of mud out in the fireld? They don't, they just crawl through the stuff. Some of the older ones only had 30hp and did just fine with 60" tires. Pulling plows and planters through the fields. Lots of gearing is how it's done. If you could get some portals (Unimog) or rockewells, that would be sweet. But that isn't cheap/bolt in deal.
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Where at the MI bogs do you see guys that weld one rim to antoher? I have yet to see that. They weld the center section in all the time. Thats how 99% of them are done.

yellowK20 said:
57" tractor tires break rockwells just keep that in mind. lol
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In the mud, 57s will last with a Rockwell.
 
[QUOTEIn the mud, 57s will last with a Rockwell.[/QUOTE]

they still break I've done it 3 snapped axles and 2 broken carriers

I grew up in NE Minnesota we built a 71 crew cab dodge on rocks with 57" tires and a built 413

it was pretty lame for anything but big open mudpits which in my opinion is pretty boring
 
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