Tire Chains

[JJT]

I priced chains at tirechains.com and ended up getting them locally for significantly less money. I'm using double rings and love the traction, but hate the rough ride.

Where are you in upstate NY? My chains were made at Lynnewood Hands Farm store in the town of Glen, (6 miles south of exit 29 of the NYS Thruway, same exit as the Fonda Speedway). Stopped by in the AM, told him what I needed, ran some errnads and picked them up 2 hrs later.

 

[ThisldooFarm]

Thanks for all your help. I found the flanges to add 1.5" of wheel spread for $250. The Kubota dealer has them. But, I went with these: http://www.wallingfords.com/aquiline/cut_chains.html
chains made in Scandanavia, not China, especially for compact, low clearance tractors. I will let you know how they work. All the chains at tirechain.com were too high profile to fit the 1.5" between the rear wheels and the inner fender.

 

[Henro]

<font color="blue"> All the chains at tirechain.com were too high profile to fit the 1.5" between the rear wheels and the inner fender. </font>

Not all of them. I bought a set of 2 link ladder chains from them and they work fine on my B2910 with R4 tires. Turfs, now that would be another story.

That being said, I think what you are getting may work great as long as you are not abusing them too much. The link size looks on the small side, but the way the chains are constructed looks real good and until they break (seem to be small, but maybe that is not an issue at all) they will no doubt be superior to what I have.

How much does a pair of those cost? They really do look like they will provide more traction than my ladder type chains, especially since the ladder chains seem to have half of each cross chain down between the lugs where they do no good at all...

Attached is a picture of the 1/2 inch or so of clearance I have with the ladder chains installed...

 

[beenthere]

I doubt the Deere engineers would agree with your neighbors comments that the Deere axles are not strong enough for chains. Just from my conversations with them. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
My guess is the local shop is not a Deere shop.

 

[ThisldooFarm]

The chains cost 425. total, delivered. No tax. More than the TireChains.com product, but not made in China, (Scandanavia) and made to fit Kubota B's. See photo on link, it looks like a 2910. I will let you know. I really like the pattern for lateral stability, which is what I worry about most. I can always back down, hard to claw out of the woods as I had to do.

 

[WVBartMan]

I would not recommend putting tire chains on the front wheels only. I had a Kubota L245DT for several years and lived on top of a mountain (4000' elevation). I hated how bad the tractor rode in high gear coming down while plowing so I took the rear chains off and left the front on. Every year I would break off one to three teeth from the 52 tooth bull gear that was used to power the front driveline.

Every spring I would go to the Kubota dealer and buy the gear and replace it. The cost of the oil and gear was around $200. The last year I tried to purchase the gear I was informed Kubota no longer carriers the gear and I would have to have one made (>$500). I decided to trade the tractor in for the L5030 cab.

The mechanics told me that unless you have a MFWD then most tractors have what they called "front wheel assist" and not a true 4-wheel drive unit like a pickup truck.

The tooth on the bull gear would break everytime I would be coming up the mountain and all the wheels would be spinning, I would pick the snow plow up a little to add weight to the front tires so the chains could bit in and the front tires would grab and the rears, without chains, would continue to spin. I would here a clank and know I just bought myself another tooth.

Anyway, just a word of advise, if you live on a mountain and use chains, it's more important to have them on the rear than it would on the front unless you have MFWD.

 

[lmiller]

Where in upstate are you? I haven't gone for chains on my 7800 ...yet .
Oh and what type of tires are you running that you needed to spread the wheels?
Enquiring minds want to know /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Lou

 

[thcri]

With the snow as deep as it is I may have to get chains on my tractor. I have R4's and on the concrete they work great even with the hill I have. With the exception of the freezing rain we got this year I have all kinds of ice so the chains would work great there. My question is I have to get to my back yard to feed the deer. Again, steep hill. I can get down ok but not back up. Almost had to get another vehicle to get me out this morning with the 12" on snow back there. Will the chains help me in the snow as far as getting down to earth?

murph

 

[ThisldooFarm]

I am South of Rochester. Three feet of snow now. I ordered the chains via link below. They are on, and do make a world of difference. I run R4 Industrial

http://www.wallingfords.com/aquiline/cut_chains.html

They came in two days. They are made in Norway, and I e-mailed the maker in Norway, and got some answers. They went on easily. Had to cut exactly four links from each face chain. They are hardened boron steel, so you need a cutoff grinder. It is a huge difference on snow. Cannot tell yet about Ice. I also have a weight box.

 

[ThisldooFarm]

I did not want to spread wheels. However, for standard chains such as those on tirechains.com, you must add 1.5" flange to have room at inner fender. I went with specialized chains that did not need this. They work well.