purchasing chains

[taborekle]

Hi all,

I have a new B2920 with Turf tires and am thinking that we're going to have a harsh winter. I'm thinking chains. Anyone have a good source to get tractor turf tire chains and their price?

Thanks in advance,

Larry

 

[easygo]

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.

 

[JMynes]

Ebay.
$70.00 to my door. The dealership wanted $110 plus tax.

 

[shakin]

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.

 

[korydz]

tirechains.com is where I got my for the turfs on my BX2660. Even getting them all the way to Canada, they were still the best deal.

 

[SGStriglos]

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]

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.

 

[easygo]

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.

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]

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]

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.

 

[taborekle]

Hi all,

Thanks for the replies and the advice. I do think that I am going to get chains. Most of the input that I see here is that I could probably do without them. My problem isn't that I need it to muscle the snow. My problem is that my private lane is very hilly, and one year it was so slick that I could barely WALK down the road. Just sheet ice. I fear that I'll put my little kubota either into the pond (off one side the steep hill) or off the dam (off the other side of the steep hill).

I'll let you know what shakes out. It might be awhile before I buy. My AC unit in the house just went.

Larry

 

[psj45703006]

Hopefully you will read this before making a mistake. The largest mistake being buying a set of chains from tirejunk.com.... All there chains are absolutly CHINA, ask them. If you have no pride and say the china set will do, know that tire chains take a beating and buying domestic or import of good quality will service you much better in the future. Take into account you will most likly be using your chains in the worst of weather. If they break you will need to remove them so the cross chains dont ripe your fender off your rig. Alright enough with the ranting, Some simple steps to outfitting your machine 1- how much clearence do you have from your fender to your tire(assuming you will be chaining your rears. I would never recomend fronts chains unless its the last resort. Its hard on front end components.) 2- How much will the chains be used and on what surface, tar is hard on chains you may want a harder material. Good chains will have different grades of quailty. This is why your seeing such a price difference. Back to the surface, if your driveway/ road is asphalt you may not want to go to aggressive unless there is a safty issue. ok onto styles there are two ladder and patteren. ladder is the clasic style and it looks like a ladder when you lay them on the floor. patteren is for lack of a better explanation a skidder chain. Although skidder chains are patteren style thay are not the only style out there thay make patteren styles in much less aggressive styles. Anyway there is so much more. I would call a local distributer ask questions ect. If you cant find someone local call BB Chain ask for Pete he is really informative. 1800.698.2640

 

[ehchvac]

I bought chains from tirechain.com for at least a half dozen tractors and have never had a failure yet.

 

[mike69440]

St. Pierre Manufacturing Corporation
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Tire Chains
- Patented Roller Grip detachable tire chain

- "Claw" cross chain and sets

- V-Bar reinforced - full line

- Cable chain in Singles and Dual Triples (every size to fit any radical, even if wheel clearance for chain is a problem)

- New Alloy chain - heat treated for extra durability

- Z type tire cable - all sizes

 

[PILOON]

I run 'double ladder' chains on my MITSUBISHI witrh ice 'V' grippers.

Previously they were made up as a kinda zig zag pattern that had a square footprint in the center but kept coming apart so I purchased additional side hooks and converted over to ladder style.
Since the ride was rather rough and they slipped between cross links I spent a good 8 hrs to add the extra cross links. (time was because I did lots of cutting and welding)

With the 'double ladder' (that's a cross at every 3rd link) the ride really smoothes out and traction is awsome. Also I never have broken a link or cross in the last 4 years while B4 I'd have a failure every 2nd or 3rd outing.

To answer another common question about chains; I have asphalt on part of my drive.
Shure, come spring I do notice some surface scuffing but never have I torn up asphalt per say. Goes away about 2 weeks after the spring thaw after a bit of dirt and filth works the way into the scratches and minor nicks. (But then I dont paint sealer on either, nor do I wax my tractor, LOL!

So my take is;
double ladder chains, V or studded ice type as 1st choice and if on a budget plain double ladder.

I blow and plow.
Have serious hills.
Plow in high gear wide open with full load of snow without spinning, unless it is that early heavy wet stuff, then I diminish the loads.

 

[some zilch]

i have ring chains from tirechains.com on the l4400. they are great. there is absolutly no way an unchained, turf-tired tractor could plow the snow or fucntion in the winter the way mine does