Making 32" rims into double doubles

I had a pair of good cheap 30.5's that I wanted to put on the 210 to replace the wore out 24.5's but wanted the best of all worlds when it came to widening the rims. The easiest way is to weld in a 6" band on the inside half of the rim but that ment moving the cast center out to the end of the axle and I didn't like all the overhung load on the axle and the bearing. The other way was to put the 6" between the double drop and the bead but that would put the double drop too far in to mount the tire. The solution was to cut the originial rim between the double drop and the bead, cut an old combine rim inside the double drop and weld the two together. It was easy to get the tire mounted and I did not have to move the cast center. I'm very happy with the results so thought I would share.

Did you first true the rims to the tractor frame or did you just start cutting?

Looking good Calvin you are really going to have two hosses with that 210 and 220. I will get you what shipping is soon on that grill piece. Sorry been busy getting ready for planting.

Dang thats the way to do it !! Good work

Sweet!

Nice job Calvin. When I wanted to put new rims on the rusted out front spokes of the 35WC, I couldn't find any narrow enough. I bought a set and chucked them in the welding lathe at work, parted one side off, moved over an inch and parted it again (using the plasma cutter attached to the compound). Then all I had to do was tack the 2 pieces back together and put em in the lathe to weld em up. After welding to the spokes, you can't tell they were ever cut. You can tell the rims aren't original cause they are welded to the spokes instead of riveted like when original F&H.

Calvin, You gonna have enough ponies under the hood to turn them big tars?? LOL

Calvin, great pictures.   Love the way you made the fixture for the plasma cutter to sit in.  I have been wanting to do something similar with a set of 36" spoke rims and 38" dished rims and combine the two for a WC, but I was worried about making it all come out true, but you gave me alot of ideas with that setup.   Thanks for the tips. 

ChuckLuedtkeSEWI wrote: Calvin, great pictures.   Love the way you made the fixture for the plasma cutter to sit in.  I have been wanting to do something similar with a set of 36" spoke rims and 38" dished rims and combine the two for a WC, but I was worried about making it all come out true, but you gave me alot of ideas with that setup.   Thanks for the tips.

Thanks for the kind compliments guys!! I'll answer a few questions that came up. The ground for the plasma cutter was on the rim for the cut (first picture). Power? I bought this tractor on skids with a bad engine out of a salvage yard. First plan was to install a 670T engine from a genset that I bought. I also had a 220 with a fresh rebuild. Then a 3500 MKII industrial engine with 7080 injectors, inline pump and 82 originial hours came along. So the new plan had the 220 engine go into the 210 and MKII engine with intercooler going into the 220. Both these tractors will not be factory correct. I can't resist touring through the A-C parts bins and putting together something that could or should have been. I call the Big Hoss my 220 XT. I'll post more on that one when it gets out of the Skunk Works lab and into the field. It will have more rubber than the 210. The rims were sand blasted and painted CaseIH silver (sorry) , but that what the painter had in stock. Here are two pictures of our other rim and tire variation from factory correct.

Wow Calvin, this project makes me drool. Nice job! Great pictures

Excellant job! Tracy Martin