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<blockquote data-quote="Gehl-2500" data-source="post: 29487" data-attributes="member: 3075"><p>I picked up this 1977 Gehl 2500 a few months ago. Ended up using a Small Engine Warehouse Honda 24hp replacement engine in it. It seems as though there is no replacements available for the tires on the 13" rims. Has anyone come up with a solution to this? I thought about using Ford Ranger 14" steel rims and running "real" Skid Steer tires on it. In the FSM they say "if using Flotation tires the Loader must be equipped with Hydraulic Relief Valves to take the pressure off the lower ports of the Hydrostatic Drives while driving forward". Mine does not have these valves. By Flotation tires do they mean "real" Skid Steer Tires? Has anyone found a rim that will work on these for 14" tires? It is a common bolt pattern and many vehicles ran this bolt pattern. 5 on 4.5". The current rims have a 3" backspacing but it looks like up to a 4" backspacing would work. The tires I want need to fit on a 6" to 8" wide rim. That is one problem with the first set of Ranger rims I found as they are only 5" wide. I think the fancier ones may be 6" though. I'll ask Tazza to post a picture of my completed project... With the old tires of course! Thanks Mike</p><p><img src="http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/ac233/tazza_/GehlComplete003.jpg?t=1256989483" alt="GehlComplete003.jpg picture by tazza_" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 600px; height: 450px" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gehl-2500, post: 29487, member: 3075"] I picked up this 1977 Gehl 2500 a few months ago. Ended up using a Small Engine Warehouse Honda 24hp replacement engine in it. It seems as though there is no replacements available for the tires on the 13" rims. Has anyone come up with a solution to this? I thought about using Ford Ranger 14" steel rims and running "real" Skid Steer tires on it. In the FSM they say "if using Flotation tires the Loader must be equipped with Hydraulic Relief Valves to take the pressure off the lower ports of the Hydrostatic Drives while driving forward". Mine does not have these valves. By Flotation tires do they mean "real" Skid Steer Tires? Has anyone found a rim that will work on these for 14" tires? It is a common bolt pattern and many vehicles ran this bolt pattern. 5 on 4.5". The current rims have a 3" backspacing but it looks like up to a 4" backspacing would work. The tires I want need to fit on a 6" to 8" wide rim. That is one problem with the first set of Ranger rims I found as they are only 5" wide. I think the fancier ones may be 6" though. I'll ask Tazza to post a picture of my completed project... With the old tires of course! Thanks Mike [IMG width="600px" height="450px" alt="GehlComplete003.jpg picture by tazza_"]http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/ac233/tazza_/GehlComplete003.jpg?t=1256989483[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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