Help ? on puting chains on my LSXJ2025H

[cvcman]

for the most part it moves snow great in 4 wd but there is a section going UP hill on my gravel drive that when the snow is deep It has issues
So anyone add chains on theirs ? if so just rear wheels ? And where to purchase and how hard to install ?
My rear tires are loaded...
Also I wonder how to stop it from digging into my new concrete floor in the pole barn ?

Thanks

 

[Peter 315]

(Also I wonder how to stop it from digging into my new concrete floor in the pole barn ?) Put down some plywood sheets or horse stall mats...tractor-tire chains-tractor chains

 

[LouNY]

I'd try just rears first, do you have adequate clearance on the inside for chains?
Also the only chains that I will consider anymore are the euro studded type,
their traction and ride performance exceeds anything else by several magnitudes.

 

[cvcman]

any trick to putting them on ?
As far as head room...my barn is 40 x 28 with 16ft high walls and a 14ft overhead door and a 7 ft overhead door...so I got lots of room

 

[LouNY]

I drive mine on, my tires are larger then yours I'm not sure how it works to drive them on.
https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/snow-removal/405039-mounting-tire-chains.html?highlight=mounting+tire+chains

 

[seville009]

I put chains on just the rears; work great

Chains are heavy; I drape them over the tires, drive forward, then hook them together. Use rubber bungee cords to tighten even. Doesn’t look pretty, but doesn’t matter.

Chains shouldn’t dig into your concrete floor; you'll be going to slow to do any damage.

 

[cvcman]

Ok why is the size on the larger rear tires smaller than the smaller fronts ??
Rear say 12 x16.5 and front say 23x8.5-12
The rears are a lot bigger ???

 

[jaydee325]

From LS website:

IND Front / Rear: 23 x 8.5 – 12 / 33 x 12 – 16.5
Turf Front / Rear: 23 x 8.5 – 12 / 33 x 12 – 16.5

 

[shooterdon]

I would watch a bunch of YouTube videos first. I had chains on my UTV and I was hopeless at putting them on. Cannot imagine putting them on a rear tires as they are huge (oversize turfs).

My plan was to first put chains on the front, and if they were not enough to stud the rears. So far, no issues with traction but I am on relatively level ground.

Good luck.

 

[cvcman]

The way I do mine on my JD 316 is I jack up the rear, let all the air out of the tire, drape the chains over the tire and get them as tight as I can...
Air up the tire... done