Cariboo4x4
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I recently replaced my old rear tires with new tires. The old ones were 6 and 8 ply. One had been replaced by previous owner so the two old tires were different plies. The new ones are 12 ply. I was told my old tires would last longer if I used chains all rhe time yet read recently tires will wear down quicker with chains if driven on harder surfaces like compact gravel roads. We get 6 months of snow/ice here. I'm mainly building small roads on our acreage and our acreage is hilly with lots of clay and small to basketball sized rocks. I'm offroad about 60% of the time. I want to get as much life out of my tires as I can and not worried about wearing out the chains. What do you all think? Photo is of my chains and I have fenders on tractor, and loader\backhoe attached currently and will leave backhoe\loader on 100% of the time.