New Aquiline Talon tire chains!

[MinnesotaEric]

Resurrecting a zombie thread with an update. As of this time I was unable to locate studded diamond chains sized at 10-16.5 and went with 11mm Aquiline Talons. The Seller (Tractor Tire Chain - Aquiline Talon | Free US Shipping ) acknowledged that Aquiline had breaking problems early on but that the Talons have been redesigned and has had three years of good luck with them. We will see as a do quite a bit of snow blowing and plowing.

 

[Oldpath05]

For the past couple years I've been running my Talon chain loose as someone here suggested, which has always been totally against my grain of thought but I have hardly any breakage now and my chains stay on straight which has always been a problem when tight. My tractor is totally useless without chains.

 

[Snowman87]

Resurrecting a zombie thread with an update. As of this time I was unable to locate studded diamond chains sized at 10-16.5 and went with 11mm Aquiline Talons. The Seller (Tractor Tire Chain - Aquiline Talon | Free US Shipping ) acknowledged that Aquiline had breaking problems early on but that the Talons have been redesigned and has had three years of good luck with them. We will see as a do quite a bit of snow blowing and plowing.

Any update on use? I'm considering these or the little bit lighter duty Aquiline MPC chains.

 

[SwampOwl]

Seems like a lot of money for a lightweight chain, any update there Eric?

 

[oosik]

WoW!! Am I glad I no longer need chains. My Kubota M6040 @ 10,100# has adequate traction with R-1's. I looked at the Aquiline Talon chains for my tractor. Around $800 for a front pair - - around $1000 for a rear set. It would be cheaper to just relocate to Florida for the winter season.

 

[RedNeckRacin]

WoW!! Am I glad I no longer need chains. My Kubota M6040 @ 10,100# has adequate traction with R-1's. I looked at the Aquiline Talon chains for my tractor. Around $800 for a front pair - - around $1000 for a rear set. It would be cheaper to just relocate to Florida for the winter season.

R-1's are still worthless on ice. I have r-1's on my 5083E and I still chain all 4 tires for winter. I do like the idea of moving to Florida if it wasn't for the heat in the summer! I don't think I can afford a second house though!

 

[oosik]

In my case - it's plowing my driveway where I need the traction. I have a valley in my driveway. A very large field drains down onto one side of the driveway and freezes. It's never a problem with a vehicle. It can get "hairy" when plowing snow. I've learned - motor up out of the valley - over the ice - turn around and plow that short section DOWN into the valley. It's only a 150 foot section on my mile long driveway.

Otherwise - I've never needed chains to get anywhere on my 80. The snow accumulation just never gets that deep. At least, for the tractor.