John Deere B front wheels

Tractorwhisperer · Jul 20, 2017

I have a 39 B with solid F&H front wheel cast centers. The rims look like farmall A or B rims. Anyone seen these before or know if they are rare or not?

SamV · Jul 21, 2017

If these are the wheels you are refereeing to then yes very rare. I have only seen them a couple of times. Daughter's 37 is the on in the background with these wheels. 49 is in the forground almost done now.

Tractorwhisperer · Jul 21, 2017

SamV · Jul 21, 2017

I have never seen those before.........

ecclap · Jul 21, 2017

Yes they are very rare for a B. They are variable
tread fronts and should have the casting number
W276A. Good find!

Tractorwhisperer · Jul 21, 2017

Very good, thanks for the info! Any other info or trivia about early styled John Deere Bs is appreciated.

Thanks again!

ecclap · Jul 21, 2017

I can post pics of what the rims should look like. They have pieces of angle iron attached to them.
This type of wheel was also made by F&H for several other tractor models.

Tractorwhisperer · Jul 21, 2017

Please do. I am restoring this tractor and I like oddball parts you don't see every day. I have mostly Farmall and Case tractors but I'm not bias. I like em all!

ecclap · Aug 6, 2017

Here's a pic of the Farmall F-20 variation of the same wheels you have. The original rims have 4 angle iron brackets attached to them with countersunk rivets. Your "B" wheels used 3.00 X 15" rims. You can also see in this pic how the rims were reversed making them variable tread with two settings. This type of wheel was common in listed crop areas where planting was done between furrows. The wide setting for the fronts helped the tractor to straddle the ridges when cultivating. Your cast centers have extra holes drilled in them to mount the incorrect rims. Given the scarcity of your wheels it would be worth the effort to plug and smooth out the extra holes and find a set of correct rims.

Tractorwhisperer · Aug 6, 2017

That is very cool! I will be hunting for some of these rims and brazing or welding the extra holes shut. I have the tractor completely disassembled and started cleaning up. Hopefully it will be running by New Years.

Thank you

ecclap · Aug 7, 2017

You're going to have a tough time finding those rims in the correct size for the B. All of the other tractors that used this wheel setup had 16" rims. I'm thinking about making some of these rims new but I need to get measurements for the angle brackets on the B version.

ecclap · Feb 12, 2018

Have you had any luck find rims for your centers?

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