Fallon
Super Member
My Kubota L3200 has done me great the past 2 years & I haven't regretted my choice in tractor or R4 tires... Until today. We got 6-8" of snow. Doesn't sound to bad until you realize 60% of my driveway didn't have any snow & I had 5' drifts in-front of the garage the shop & several places in between. After struggling for a while & making a bit of progress, I limped back to the shop to try & put on the chains I got 2 years ago. Of course I'd never tried them on before. I'd heard I'd need wheel spacers to get clearance between the inside of the tire & the fender. After trying things it looks like "they" were right. They are 4 link (possibly 2, forgot to check) V-bar ladders. In the past 2 winters traction wasn't great, but not problematic like it was today dealing with some of those dense drifts.
So obviously if I want to get those chains on, I'll need maybe 2" of spacers on each side. I'm not keen on widening things as I like the size & maneuverability I have now, but I think I like not getting stuck while trying to plow more. I hear the wheel spacers make things feel more stable, but my property is relatively flat. I do pucker up a hair when mowing side hill across the couple steep parts, but I've never had any problems or cause to think about widening my track because of that.
I've got a light converted truck plow on the loader & a 3pt blade on the back. Neither was performing better than the other plow wise or in stalling me out with traction issues. Eventually I'm thinking I want to sell the 3pt plow & get a blower, but that might be a ways off.
Will getting some chains for the front tires be worth it?
How much will front chains help on a 32hp 3,500lbs CUT? Enough to mitigate nothing on the rear a bit? Tractor Tire Chain indicates I'll be looking at $200-350 or so. I see no reason not to get some nasty V-bar ones as the only cement or pavement is the shop floor or 15' of apron. I don't think I could even get tires on the 5' apron in-front of our garage if I tried without ramming the door with a plow.
Should I bite the bullet & get wheel spacers?
Forget messing with chains at all & get a blower?
So obviously if I want to get those chains on, I'll need maybe 2" of spacers on each side. I'm not keen on widening things as I like the size & maneuverability I have now, but I think I like not getting stuck while trying to plow more. I hear the wheel spacers make things feel more stable, but my property is relatively flat. I do pucker up a hair when mowing side hill across the couple steep parts, but I've never had any problems or cause to think about widening my track because of that.
I've got a light converted truck plow on the loader & a 3pt blade on the back. Neither was performing better than the other plow wise or in stalling me out with traction issues. Eventually I'm thinking I want to sell the 3pt plow & get a blower, but that might be a ways off.
Will getting some chains for the front tires be worth it?
How much will front chains help on a 32hp 3,500lbs CUT? Enough to mitigate nothing on the rear a bit? Tractor Tire Chain indicates I'll be looking at $200-350 or so. I see no reason not to get some nasty V-bar ones as the only cement or pavement is the shop floor or 15' of apron. I don't think I could even get tires on the 5' apron in-front of our garage if I tried without ramming the door with a plow.
Should I bite the bullet & get wheel spacers?
Forget messing with chains at all & get a blower?