purchasing chains
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I bought a set of chains from a dealer, you can also try www.tirechains.com
What is the amount of snow you get during the largest of storms? I plowed one winter here in Maine with turf tires without chains. That year we had near record amount of snow and I got the job done. It worked well but the chains do help a lot.
What is the amount of snow you get during the largest of storms? I plowed one winter here in Maine with turf tires without chains. That year we had near record amount of snow and I got the job done. It worked well but the chains do help a lot.
JMynes
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Ebay.
$70.00 to my door. The dealership wanted $110 plus tax.
$70.00 to my door. The dealership wanted $110 plus tax.
shakin
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70 bucks is cheap i paid 400 for mine at my dealer they are ladder chains. this was cheap i had prices upwards of 800 for rings and ladders at other places.
SGStriglos
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Larry, I have the same tractor/tire setup and would appreciate hearing where and what you end up with. Everytime I look at chains I get overwelmed with the choices. I do have to say with what little amount of snow we had last year I had no trouble without chains using either the rear blower or rear blade. They were needed on my previous tractor. I now store tractor in walk out basement garage built in an addition thus will now have to blow my way around and up small hill along the house to the driveway in any larger snowfalls.
lakeside
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I just bought a set for my B26 from tirechains.com. Excellent service and even with the exchange rate and UPS ripoff brokerage fees they came out at $200 less expensive than at a local dealer.
As I wrote before I went one winter without chains on turfs and it did work OK using the loader and a rear blade. LOTS of snow that year even by Maine standards. Then I got chains for all four tires and it worked much better. No problem even plowing the snow uphill. I bought a snowblower last winter and I doubt that I will install the chains at all. I don't need to "muscle" the snow out of the way, just let the blower work. If you have a snowblower you hardly will run into traction issues unless you are driving on glare ice or have a very steep driveway.
bgtrck458
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It all depends on what you conditions you will be removing snow under. Do you operate on paved surfaces? If so then you need to make sure the chains you purchase won't ruin them. I had a custom set of chains made by BB chain here in nh for woods work and winter. I did pay like 650 for them, but they will outlast the tractor, and offer serious traction. We are talking tractor stalling traction in 2wd on ice. They would destro pavement though. I looked into a set of the tractor compact utility chains on this site, Tractor Tire Chains and Tractor Chains by the Traction Specialists™ they would be awsome for snow removal on pavement, and you can get them for all four.
varmint
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My B8200 has turf tires... the day it was delivered, we were recovering from a 29" snowfall here in Maryland. The guy I bought it from unloaded it a half mile from my house- with about 900' of unplowed lane left for me to clear, and I learned to use it by scraping and bucketing the snow off the narrow lane. Didn't need chains, but sure did need the 4WD! And, I learned I wanted power steering- maneuvering back and forth in the narrow, tree lined lane, getting rid of loader loads of snow. The only time I wish I had chains is when I am pushing a mass of snow with my blade, and it just gets too big for the available traction.