Welcome! Please use the navigational links to explore our website.
PartsASAP LogoCompany Logo (800) 853-2651

Shop Now

   Allis Chalmers Case Farmall IH Ford 8N,9N,2N Ford
   Ferguson John Deere Massey Ferguson Minn. Moline Oliver

Attention Forum Users: On the 28th of December 2023 at 9:00am Central Time, we will be taking the forums down for maintenance while we prepare the new forums for your use. Please click here for more information.

Discussion Forum

Will snow chains work in mud?

Welcome Guest, Log in or Register
Author 
Muddy

02-20-2003 17:58:44




Report to Moderator

Trying to disc what we call drilling mud. They use it on the drilling rigs and when they are through they spread it on pasture and disc it in for fertilizer. The mud is relly slick and it is hard to get traction a four wheel drive tractor will work but I was wondering about using snow chains on the back of a 2 wheel drive tractor with duals and weight it down with water and weights will the chains help? The tires get the mud in the lugs just like any kind of mud and then that just makes it worse. I know that we shouldn't be plowing when it is wet but we have to get this mud mixed into the soil as soon as we can. Thanks

[Log in to Reply]   [No Email]
Skinner

02-22-2003 05:25:45




Report to Moderator
 Re: Will snow chains work in mud? in reply to Muddy, 02-20-2003 17:58:44  
What part of the country are you in? I assume your using spud mud and not drilling mud or oil base? Oil base shaker shavings makes great driveways and pads, however it's pretty much outlawed now since you have to keep a manifest, which means that it has to be properly disposed of. Last load of shavings we got was about 3 years ago, and now, it's almost impossible to get a truck to pump into your pond bottom. I would think spud mud would be rich in a lot of minerals and would work great, much deeper than that, I honestly don't know what the results would be.

[Log in to Reply]  [No Email]
Dick Kline

02-21-2003 09:07:35




Report to Moderator
 Re: Will snow chains work in mud? in reply to Muddy, 02-20-2003 17:58:44  
Find yourself a place that sells log skidders. They will have some real chains. They look like X's between the side chains and are made from rings 1" to 2" in diameter. Use them years ago and they get the job done when chains is the only answer..... .



[Log in to Reply]  [No Email]
Greg Miller

02-21-2003 06:18:36




Report to Moderator
 Re: Will snow chains work in mud? in reply to Muddy, 02-20-2003 17:58:44  
yes. use the chains. there are different types also. one common type is a simple link chain. another is a twisted link chain and the third most common type is the v-bar. these v-bar chains give the best traction since there is a v-shaped piece welded to the cross link in the chain.



[Log in to Reply]  [No Email]
Hugh MacKay

02-21-2003 03:06:02




Report to Moderator
 Re: Will snow chains work in mud? in reply to Muddy, 02-20-2003 17:58:44  
I really never heard them refered to as snow chains. To me they were always tire chains, and yes they will increase traction on just about any surface. Over the years there have been adaptions made to increase the effectiveness of chains on hard ice. Example of these are the Canadian ring chain and ice chains. Both of these add devices somewhere between corks on track shoes and horse shoes



[Log in to Reply]  [No Email]
JD

02-20-2003 18:20:04




Report to Moderator
 Re: Will snow chains work in mud? in reply to Muddy, 02-20-2003 17:58:44  

Yes they will help. I used tire chains for plowing when we had a vary wet fall.



[Log in to Reply]  [No Email]
[Options]  [Printer Friendly]  [Posting Help]  [Return to Forum]   [Log in to Reply]

Hop to:


TRACTOR PARTS TRACTOR MANUALS
We sell tractor parts!  We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today. [ About Us ]

Home  |  Forums


Copyright © 1997-2023 Yesterday's Tractor Co.

All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy

TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V.

Yesterday's Tractors - Antique Tractor Headquarters

Website Accessibility Policy