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When was the last year the 6 inch front wheels tractor came out?

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Ed Kennell

My '86  312H had the 6"ers.     It has 8" now.    No clue on last year.

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clueless
12 minutes ago, Ed Kennell said:

My '86  312H had the 6"ers.     It has 8" now.    No clue on last year.

I think the 6 inch front wheels were started around 1985 for the two blade 37 SD inch deck, just wondering when the last year they were produced?

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953 nut

Take a look at the pictures in the 2007 thread I attached to your other post. The front spindles are the long ones so 6" wheels were used right up to the end. 

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Racinbob
13 hours ago, 953 nut said:

Take a look at the pictures in the 2007 thread I attached to your other post. The front spindles are the long ones so 6" wheels were used right up to the end. 

 

Actually I believe when they put the 'Classic GT' decal on the side and quit using the '315' is when the 6" wheels went away but I'm kinda guessing. My 2005 came with 8". :)

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peter lena

never liked the look of the 6" wheel, always changed mine over , to 8" , the side view with the  smaller wheel is out of proportion to the frame size . my 82 C -85 had 8" originally, the two other horses I have just did not look right when paired up to the older unit. just my own opinion , have all 3 set up the same way , in all areas , to make things reliable and simple , mixing both older and newer , builds, pete   

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clueless

My thought is when they quit producing the 37 inch side discharge deck is when they stopped using the 6 inch wheels. 

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Racinbob

There's not a lot of information out there for the final years of the Wheel Horse that we all know. It looks to me like the last 5-6 years there wasn't a lick of difference in them. Maybe even dating back to when they started using Command Pro engines which I believe was 98 or 99. Everything I've found lists 16x8.50-8 fronts leading me to believe the 6" fronts were discontinued in the 90's.

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gwest_ca

1990-2001 312-8 used 117285 6" wheel

1999-2001 314-8 used 117285 6" wheel

 

Garry

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clueless
7 hours ago, gwest_ca said:

1990-2001 312-8 used 117285 6" wheel

1999-2001 314-8 used 117285 6" wheel

 

Garry

Thanks Garry, but I have a 1987 and a 1989 312-8, second owner, that both have the 6" wheels.

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953 nut

Yes, my '87 had 6" front tires also used on my '92. The 8" front tires were used on the larger displacement units like the 417.

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tom2p

6" fronts on the classic 300-400 series garden tractors don't pass the eye test

 

bad decision 

maybe the 6" fronts could have been offered as a dealer option for use with the 37" deck ... or whatever 


I rolled a 6" tire off the rim plowing brush / dirt - and then later a 6" front tire developed a large bubble providing the motivation to finally replace the 6" fronts with 8" fronts 

 

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953 nut

300 series had the 6" front tires (15-6.00 X 6) and the 400/500 series had the 8" front tires ((16-6.50 X 8). Look at the brochures!

 

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Ed Kennell

I replaced the factory 6" wheels on my '86 312H with 8" wheels and kept the longer 6" spindles.   This gave me additional clearance under the front axle allowing higher lifting for the snow plow and front tiller.

 

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tom2p
2 hours ago, 953 nut said:

300 series had the 6" front tires (15-6.00 X 6) and the 400/500 series had the 8" front tires ((16-6.50 X 8). 


I've also seen some early 90's 416-H with 6" front tires 

 

( ughhh  lol)

 

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tom2p
2 hours ago, Ed Kennell said:

I replaced the factory 6" wheels on my '86 312H with 8" wheels and kept the longer 6" spindles.   This gave me additional clearance under the front axle allowing higher lifting for the snow plow and front tiller.

 

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I like the front tiller !


I did the same - replaced 6" fronts with 8" fronts on a 312-8 and kept the longer spindles 

 

I also have an extra set of short spindles  - but prefer the long spindles 

 

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