Minumum tire spacing for safe operation of bush hog

[MapleLeafFarmer]

I would say you simply found a chinesium style typo / translation issue.
their manual 2 year newer than your says this.

 

[Grandad4]

Thinking about it a bit more, the 60 inch measurement would make sense if it was referring to the distance between the rear tires, centerline to centerline, not the inside to inside distance. That would mean the rear tires would contact the ground at least 5ft, apart for a 6 ft cutter, which is pretty good spacing. Who knows if that's what they meant, but it seems more reasonable.

 

[SDT]

My bush hog (Bush Hog BH216) manual states that the tractor tires must be spaced at least 60", inside of tire to inside of tire. My tires (of my Kubota L4701) are currently spaced at 36" and I don't see how to make them wider (the rims are already set so the tires sit as wide as possible), let alone 24" wider. Besides, if I set the tires an wider, they would be wider than my mower which I don't want.

What do I do? Is it alright to just ignore that guidance? It seems like anyone with my tractor and a 6" mower (i.e. a lot of people) has the same problem.

Thanks in advance.