Tire Chains

[crazyal]

So I'm looking for advice on which chain type would be best. My driveway is gravel but I'll be parking in the garage on cement that was poured this summer. I have the R1 (Ag) tires so I think the regular ladder type will just fall between the lugs. So my choices are:

Duo-grip from tirechains.com for $280 shipped.

Aquiling Talon chains $700ish but I'll have to put down plywood

I'm not sure if I have the clearence but think I do.

Aquiline MPC $530. They say that they work well on pavement so I'm guessing cement would be OK as well.

Does anyone have the MPC chains? I have some pretty steep hills but I only plan on using a snow blower, no FEL work. I think the Talons would be more than I would need since I run regular ladder chains on the rear of my dump truck for plowing (mainly downhill but sometimes uphill).

 

[sal64]

hello i have a jd990 i have steep gravel drivway, i have vbar chains they are great they make a tremendous differance going up my hills.but they will put tinny holes in the concrete flore so what i did is put down plywood and then drive tractor on.what i dont like is they are very heavy and hard to put on.

 

[bill in ny]

crazyal, take a look at double ring chains. they work great on my tractor with r1's.

 

[rekees4300]

Does anyone have the MPC chains? I have some pretty steep hills but I only plan on using a snow blower, no FEL work. I think the Talons would be more than I would need since I run regular ladder chains on the rear of my dump truck for plowing (mainly downhill but sometimes uphill).

I have the MPC chains. They work great on both concrete (no chipping) and gravel.

 

[crazyal]

crazyal, take a look at double ring chains. they work great on my tractor with r1's.

I did look at them but I thought Tirechain.com said they were hard on cement.

 

[Wayne_H]

I've got a painted garage floor, so I just put a rubber mat under the tires when the chains are on. I got mine from tirechain.com, double V bar or something. They are AWESOME!!

Wayne

 

[crazyal]

I have the MPC chains. They work great on both concrete (no chipping) and gravel.

Do you use them on flat ground or do you have some hills? I would say they are the ones I'm leaning towards. I think both of the Aquiline types have the advantage of having two strips of chains going around the tread of the tire where as the duo-grip and the double rings have sections where there isn't any chain. It may not make a difference but like I said I don't want a chain that's only touching a very limited amount of lug. But they do cost more.

 

[rekees4300]

I've got a painted garage floor, so I just put a rubber mat under the tires when the chains are on. I got mine from tirechain.com, double V bar or something. They are AWESOME!!

Wayne

I got the double V-bar for the front tires and they DO in fact chip concrete so a mat, plywood, rugs or some sort of floor protection is needed. Yes they are awesome. With them on the front and the MPCs on the rear the tractor becomes a mini dozer! No more slipping, sliding and spinning on the icy hills.

 

[rekees4300]

Do you use them on flat ground or do you have some hills?

My driveway is 900' of gravel with hills plus 200' of flat concrete. The MPCs work well on both surfaces. Yes they are expensive but you get what you pay for. Last week I tried to remove extra links using a jig saw with metal blade. The chain just laughed! Had to use a grinder and even that wasn't easy... high quality steel.

 

[crazyal]

I do remember reading about them being a harden steel alloy or something like that. There's very little info on the web about them. Most sites just cut and paste what Aquiline has, only one or two had their own opinions about them.

I have a 2 1/2 ton International dump truck. It's 4wd and without chains it barely moves on the hard pack snow/ ice. So far I have only run chains on the rear and never had a problem. That's pushing a plow. With a snow blower it shouldn't be as hard to push. I doubt I'll put chains on the front of the tractor.