are rear wheels handed

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Just about to swap some wheels between two of my kubota tractors and noticed a kubota part number label on the back rims with an indication of handedness i.e. one wheel is marked left and the other right. Can anybody shed any light on this? I initially thought the rims might be a different offset but searching the parts diagrams seems to indicate the rims are the same but the sticker differentiates the handedness. Could be for agri or industrial tyres which have a direction of rotation but i doubt it makes much difference to grass tyres.
 

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Just about to swap some wheels between two of my kubota tractors and noticed a kubota part number label on the back rims with an indication of handedness i.e. one wheel is marked left and the other right. Can anybody shed any light on this? I initially thought the rims might be a different offset but searching the parts diagrams seems to indicate the rims are the same but the sticker differentiates the handedness. Could be for agri or industrial tyres which have a direction of rotation but i doubt it makes much difference to grass tyres.
Labeled according to how tires are mounted.
 
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As far as I know, all tractor tires are lugged to be directional- even turf tires
 
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As far as I know, all tractor tires are lugged to be directional- even turf tires
Yeah, I think that label is just denoting which way the tires are mounted from the factory.

I suspect so that some dumb technician won't put them on the wrong way after the crated tractor is delivered from Japan.
 

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They are the same rims.
No difference in offset or any anything else to worry about.