Re: Tire Chains

Posted by RWK in WI on December 28, 2000 at 08:06:49 from (169.207.134.141):

In Reply to: Tire Chains posted by Tom on December 28, 2000 at 04:27:33:

In my opinion YES! Think of it this way your
tractor tread gets a grip by molding the material
- dirt, sand, gravel, snow. etc - under it to
create a form to push against. Once there is ice
or a frozen soil the tractor can't form a grip and
has to just trust the friction of the weight of
the tractor on the surface for traction. Not
much. With chains the weight of the tractor
causes the chains to dig into the surface of the
ice and you have traction again.
Be careful in your chain choice. Regular cross
links can drop down between tire lugs and loose
effectiveness. "Duro-Grip" or "Double rings"
stay on top of the tread bars and get a better
grip. In the worst conditions of pure ice you
could even go to studed / logging chains. These
can get pricy to $800. Guess you get want you
pay for.
I have double rings on Ford 640 and two 3000's and
a MM 302 all used for snowplowing. I have
Duro-Grips on a For 860. They aren't as good on
the deep stuff over ice.

Hope this helps you.

Dick Kraus
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