tractor chains for snow removal??

55 50 Ron · Jan 17, 2023

Interested in your comments about this subject. Good or bad. Thinking here about a pair on 14.9-38 rear tires on a loader tractor for snow removal work. Thanks.

504 · Jan 17, 2023

For snow no,but as soon as you get an 1/16 inch on ice under the snow you need chains. Chains make a huge difference.

Whiskey Bent · Jan 17, 2023

Chains make a HUGE difference!

chuck from neb · Jan 17, 2023

Chains help a lot in snow ....even more on ice

NY 986 · Jan 17, 2023

Chains are generally good. Double ring configuration can be hard on black top so be advised.

Kow Farmer · Jan 17, 2023

You would be surprised how much chains will help you. Kow Farmer

Glenn F. · Jan 17, 2023

Chains and weight

Glenn F.

SDE · Jan 17, 2023

My dad and I have similar snow blowers. I have chains on mine and he doesn't. It makes a difference. If I want to move my trailer in the snow, I have to put the chains on my truck. Then it moves the trailer. Chains seem to almost double the work that any machine can do that doesn't have them. Tractors also. Once you spin a tire that doesn't have chains on them, the snow becomes hardpacked and like ice. Chains will cut through that snow and you can keep moving.

Old Farmall Fan · Jan 17, 2023

You'll be surprised at how much chains will help, especially if you have any ice.

rustred · Jan 17, 2023

Its unclear if youre pushing snow on a road or loading the snow to haul it away such as in towns. And dont know what tractor either. Extra weight and lower tire pressure does help. But chains are no dought the best in deep snow.

the tractor vet · Jan 17, 2023

When i got the hair brain idea to mount a 7 foot 6 inch Western snow plow on the ft. of my Super H I dove in and in around three and a half hours of cutting welding and hooking up the Hyd. it was on , then put four sets of Donuts on the wheels then added in a 1000 more on the draw bar then added a 1000 more and it was still helpless . Then we put tire chains on it , NOW it would push snow and handle four foot snow drifts with ease . No more getting STUCK no more just setting there spinning . I did commercial snow plowing with my F 250 Ford 4x4 and when it got bad out the Iron went on all four . I had some long drives and farm lanes that would really drift in and with out the Iron on you were NOT getting thru . The one Ford dealer i plowed the south side of the service dept would drift in when we got hammered by a lake affect snow out of the N or N/W and the one storm i had snow drifts 15 feet deep , that one i called for help and a friend brought in his 1086 with a 9 foot snow blower . But yes ya need Chains .

Rich'sToys · Jan 17, 2023

Wouldn't be without mine.

Johnhof · Jan 17, 2023

The only way to go. My snow tractor is 4WD so Im fine with chains just on the front wheels. Probably a bad idea but I used the loader to raise front off the ground and spin the chains on.

Ultradog MN · Jan 18, 2023

Another advocate for chains here.
If you've ever done any winter Interstate driving in the western states, during snow and ice storms they will not allow big rig trucks through the mountain passes unless they are chained up.
For good reason.

MarkB_MI · Jan 18, 2023

As soon as you drive on snow it turns to ice. Rubber tires don't work on ice. My chains go on at first snow or as soon as the ground is frozen, and stay on until there's no chance of snow.

Dan in North Houston · Jan 18, 2023

We put the chains on in the fall and left them on until mud season in the spring was over. Not only do they help in snow, but they are great in mud.

moresmoke · Jan 18, 2023

While all the posts so far are in agreement that chains are a positive for traction, Ill get the disagreement started.

Chains are good yes, but there is a big difference in what is available for chains. You will find everything on here from pieced together auction bargain lots to European ice chains. Any might serve a particular persons purpose but you need to decide what you need and how much you want to spend. I have not priced a set of Trygg chains lately but I would guess they are at least $2k. A good set of chains will outlast you for general yard work.

caterpillar guy · Jan 18, 2023

Live in MI, and never have had a set of chains other than to passify the boys out west for the semi. I've had them for over 10 years and never used them either. Still in the bag they came in unless the bag has rotted out. NMot saying they don't work just never thought I /we needed them. We usually only get about one good storm per year and some smaller ones during the winter. A foot is a lot of snow for us here at one time. Most times we only get about 3-6 inches at a time. We do plow it out or it would build up over the winter.

rustyfarmall · Jan 18, 2023

(quoted from post at 19:40:30 01/17/23) Interested in your comments about this subject. Good or bad. Thinking here about a pair on 14.9-38 rear tires on a loader tractor for snow removal work. Thanks.

Chains are a requirement around here. Won't push ANY snow without them.

fastfarmall · Jan 18, 2023

I couldn't agree more, My dad had a set for him M, they had a big twisted link,they shook the tractor all the time they were on, and as brittle as glass, they broke very easy, in other words junk!

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