Snow Plowiing Snow - PT425

[Sedgewood]

<font color="red">So you're 1 for 2. Good stats for a hitter, but I haven't checked the record books for chain installation </font> You won't find ME in the record books for @$%^ bloody chains!

<font color="red">When you get a moment, I'd appreciate your measuring and posting the minimum clearance between your tire and brake caliper. I don't know if the sidewalls on my turfs are the same configuration as your bar treads. To my eye, there doesn't seem to be room for chains</font>

That was some long moment! Here's a picture - and another to follow. No there's no room for chains beside the brake calipers. The chains, if you get them on straight /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif run "outboard" of the caliper ie. at a greater radius from the centerline of the hub than the calipers.

Sedgewood

 

[Sedgewood]

Another picture

 

[Charlie_Iliff]

Let's see: If I buy the chains, there won't be any snowstorms.

If I don't buy the chains, I get to play in the snow, but without any addition to the toy inventory.

Decisions, decisions.

 

[Charlie_Iliff]

Chains for Plowiing Snow - PT425

Sedgewood:
Those chains, with the studs, look great for big snow with ice underneath, etc. I assume, however, on lighter stuff, particularly on paved areas, they rattle your teeth, right?
How are they for plowing uphill?
Any temptation to put them on the back, as well?

 

[MossRoad]

Brake Calipers!!! We don't need no stinking brake calipers.(at least us 400 series owners don't /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif)

Looks nice. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Sedgewood]

Re: Chains for Plowiing Snow - PT425

<font color="red">Those chains, with the studs, look great for big snow with ice underneath, etc. I assume, however, on lighter stuff, particularly on paved areas, they rattle your teeth, right? </font>

Nope (yes I have teeth - so far anyhow /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif) In heavy going they might tear up the pavement a bit but my plowing is all on gravel with no more than 1/4 mile of highway between driveways so that's a non issue. You might not want the lugs on your valuable blacktop.

<font color="red">How are they for plowing uphill? </font>

Great - no crabbing but a little more horsepower might be helpful. The new snowplow pucks eliminated about 1/2 of the crabbing and the chains finished it off. If I hadn't ordered the chains before I got to test the snowplow pucks I may never have bothered with them. The pucks are far far better than the handcart caster wheels. Being able to acurately position the blade relative to the ground makes all the difference. PT must have gotten a good deal on a load of handcart wheels and put them on everything!

<font color="red">Any temptation to put them on the back, as well? </font>

Nope. Traction was never the issue the crabbing was.


Sedgewood