Plowing with Duals
 

Does anyone out there plow with dual wheels on their cubs. I thought about putting duals on my 128 to give it more weight in the back but with the extra wheel on the right side i figured it might not let the tractor drop down into the furrow.:bigthink:

I've seen guys with the on land dual (left side) and no dual on the right. You can't have duals on the right because like you said it would not be able to drop into the furrow.

Allen has plowed with his 100 with 6x12 ags on before. I'm sure he has pics of it here some place.

I didn't have the duals on. We took the outer tires off.

DOH! Old age sucks!:bash2:

Oh, just wait youngster!!!

John (where's my walker...)

I've watched a lot of tractors with duals on the upper side of the tractor(left). As it is the out side of the first tire barely hits the ground unless it's real soft. The only benefit the second tire would do is more weight maybe more stable. Most of the time the diff gets caught up on the tip of the furrow. I find it's better to have taller tires.
There are a lot of different theory's of this. I've plowed with a model 70 with 8.5's with no problems except the diff getting caught up. Traction was never really a problem.

Is it plow day yet!

cubcadet128: What do you mean? Looks like they drop down in pretty good to me. :bigthink: (Sorry Scotty) :biggrin2:

Dats' how the big guys do it. Run duals on left side single to drop into furrow on right side.

I totally agree. :beerchug:

The outer tire tends to not even touch the ground. No help with traction. More a weight thing. Or a neat/cool factor. :biggrin2:

or build a sweet onland plow and run duals on both tires and be the boss of the plow day.:biggrin2:

With my old 806, when it starts to slip a bit, the inner wheel digs in somewhat, then the outer duel is on the ground picking up the load and it helps with traction and stops the slipping. (Only run duel on non furrow side while plowing)
I can't load the outside duals, as lifting near #1000 is not accomplished manually, I would have to use the loader tractor.
But I do see a good benefit of using duals, especially when disking (both wheels are dueled) as it provides more floatation and less wheel slip occurs, if any.
I also use duals on the JD 730 when pulling the planter, as it produces less compaction and a more even planting depth.
Yes, I'm talking a bit larger operation here, but the principles are the same.

And an axle housing bushing/bearing accelerated life tester!

John

Haha I like this. It looks like my tractor after following both a Kubota and a John Deere with 12 inch plows that were plowing really deep. :biggrin2:

I know, what you mean. I've had that problem too, plowing after the bigger JD tractors.