Thread: Split Rims - source of?

I ended up with 9 Landcruiser split rims for $10.00 each and $80.00 each to have centres made and fitted. Summerfield Engineering in Perth, or the business may now be Summerfield Rims. Cost me more in freight to and from Perth than the rims did.

Rick

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

kubota front rims are the right pattern for a deefer. If you get the right model.

Hi Dave

I would put that information about the Kubota wheel in the curiosity bin, as I am not a fan of Japanese built tractors.

The neighbor has a 75 HP Kubota and I have a 55 HP Massey Ferguson 165, both tractors needed a water pump about the same time, the price for both parts was wildly different.

At the time when these repairs were done;
the Kubota water pump was, with freight $780.00. It took weeks to get the correct one from Japan.
the Massey Ferguson pump was, with freight less than $100.00. Came overnight from supplies kept on the shelf and fitted within a day of being ordered.

In fact if I had budgeted $800 and the three weeks of time off to fix it, I could have had a nice holiday with the change left over of money and time.

A link with more about Kubota wheels.

meat: Kubota vs John Deere .
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Originally Posted by justinc

i have a set of 6 from a perentie, need some blasting and coating but will get round to it soon. as they are hard to find nowadays, i would graft some disco centres onto cruiser rims i reckon, then you could pick your offset too

Eastern wheel works willl do that job easily.

jc

How heavy are they JC ?

I remember my ex-JRA mate reckoning they were so over the top weight wise it wasn't funny.

Originally Posted by wrinklearthur

Hi Dave

I would put that information about the Kubota wheel in the curiosity bin, as I am not a fan of Japanese built tractors.

The neighbor has a 75 HP Kubota and I have a 55 HP Massey Ferguson 165, both tractors needed a water pump about the same time, the price for both parts was wildly different.

At the time when these repairs were done;
the Kubota water pump was, with freight $780.00. It took weeks to get the correct one from Japan.
the Massey Ferguson pump was, with freight less than $100.00. Came overnight from supplies keep on the shelf and fitted within a day of being ordered.

In fact if I had budgeted $800 and the three weeks of time off to fix it, I could have had a nice holiday with the change left over of money and time.

A link with more about Kubota wheels.

meat: Kubota vs John Deere .
.

That's a shame, as we used a Kubota 75HP tractor, as well as a front deck mower and most all the other gear including mowers and brushcutters on a farm we used to be on and I really liked it.

It was all bought new so nothing major every failed in the time we were there and we had a great servicing dealer.

Your MF parts are much the same as our old Fiat stuff, Bareco or New Holland have most everything on the shelf even though the tractor is forty years old.

Have I derailed this thread enough now ?

Originally Posted by rick130

How heavy are they JC ?

I remember my ex-JRA mate reckoning they were so over the top weight wise it wasn't funny.

They are heavy Rick, unsprung weight is a concern for suspension control, twin shocks or Raid 90's may have to be fitted BUT combined with the fact that they are 'OE' Landrover fitment and split rim I'm happy to use them.

JC

I suggest a wheel manufacturer. Years ago a friend used to have a factory here in Penrith. He would plasma cut centres of any design, press them into a dish shape, and weld them into the rims.

I expect others in Oz can do the same thing but with even great accuracy with today's CAD and laser cutters.

Originally Posted by carlschmid2002

Not all Army Perentie rims were split rims. I have only seen them fitted to the Special Patrol 4x4s and the patrol 6 x6s.

Maybe a silly question but how do you tell if a rim is a split rim or not ?

Originally Posted by cinan

Maybe a silly question but how do you tell if a rim is a split rim or not ?

Hi Cinan,
If your rims look like the ones on this 110:

(photo borrowed from Sixty via REMLR)
They are split rims. Note they look like a flat bit of plate where the wheel studs go, no contours at all.

If they look like anything else, 99% chance they are not split rims. There were a few Series 1s that had splitties and probably some aftermarket ones on the civvy market at some stage, but very uncommon.