I just saw this and for closure I finally, this winter, had the dreaded click again and even though i got it started and it would start when it wasn't really cold I took it as a sign and replaced. Since I got 12 years on the original i just replaced with 1 form my dealer.
I had read somewhere that the conventional set-ups worked better in a situation where the snow is deeper or you are clearing a long lane- as the old ones could process more volume and depth.
For contractors those advantages don't apply as they will keep up with the storm and are largely doing...
Rick- sorry for bringing up the dead here but I thought that the 2 R4 options were:
Industrial front25x8.5-14 Industrial rear15-19.5 and
Industrial front27x8.5-15Industrial rear43x16-20
The combination you mentioned would have a lot more lead and might stress the drivetrain, not sure if...
Correct and bluejay is the only one set-up to modify the chains
so the answer I got on those chains for 27x8.5x15 was a no from wesco and i'll get 'er done for you right away from bluejay. They get a thumbs up from me so far
To round this thread out- I have heading to me a shortened alloy diamond chain with wear bars from Bluejay- they were helpful and fast and quite reasonable
they look like this - 153$ shipped- which seems great
hopefully they work well
John- you were right, they can be shortened and wesco had a style that looked good - they said they couldn't be shipped but it turns out the get them from Blue Jay who will so -win
Thanks
Bluejay for the win - thanks you
They have been great- they had hardened diamond pattern chains with wear studs (looks kinda like an aquiline of OFA) that they adapted from 27x9-14 and they are one the way to me for a better price shipped than many of the 4 link regular chain ladders i was seeing.