winter tires

[mike123]

Yes someone will hopefully chime in who has used taller tires or even 16 inch rims

 

[mike123]

Tim I wanted to go this route but I only have 3/4 of an inch clearance in the tire well right now with AWS on.

 

[mike123]

That's interesting....

I have been running the 235 75 15's for what will be my fourth season with no problems. Does the B series weigh less than the other series?

I have 800 lbs of ballast, and a 1000 lb Blower on my TC's.

Tim

What exact tires are you useing? I cannot find a winter tire that will take the load of the tool cat and fit in the tire well. When the AWS is on I only have 3/4 of an inch clearance now.

Thanks Mike

 

[Mtngrancher]

It is the first week of January, and we've had about 140" of snow so far (It is dry snow, or "champagne powder"). I promised a report on the Latitude X-Ice tires. So far, so good. I have never been stuck. The closest I came was trying to clear 6' of compacted snow that our street plowers left on the downhill entry (12% grade) to my driveway. I was blowing down hill and slipped trying to back up the hill. I took another bite into the bank, got some new road under me, and backed right out. I've got about 400 lbs of sand in the dump bed.

I was gone for two weeks over Christmas, so when I got here yesterday there was 30" of snow on my driveway areas. The set up works great. I had to keep it slow, maybe 1 mph, to keep the motors from being overwhelmed, but it was throwing the snow a good 40'. The tires never were a problem. My set up is a 5600D, high flow, with a 240 blower.

I do keep a set of 4 chains in the bed, just in case, but they are still unopened. I've used the machine 5-6 times for snow so far this season. I'll post again on these tires if I have a problem or at the end of the season. My neighbor with a Kubota CT is planning on trading his machine in for a Toolcat. The attachment changeover is his stated reason.

 

[atgreene]

Not for nothing, but all this is moot without PICTURES! The pic ****** require pics. Colorado, Tool Cat, Snow, Snowblowers etc... etc... all add up to awesome pics, I would presume?

Please feed the ******......

 

[timm9]

Mike123,

I'm at the office at the moment but if memory serves me they are Mastercraft 235/75/15's. I think the "model" is Courser or some facimile. The are studded and while the really steep upslope drives (over 40%) typically need chains on the front, most of the time I only run the chains on the back.

This year I switched to a much better hardened cross link from White Mountain Chain in ID that appears to be wearing far better than my previous bulk cross link. I did use some of the old bulk cross link for the front chains and have already rebuilt some of the front chains that had the old stuff. I won't be buying bulk chain from the old company anymore.

 

[mike123]

thanks timm
I looked at alot of tires this year and couldn't find the load recommended.
I finally fould some great tires, nokian HP 235 75r 15 but they won't fit on the rear. They hit the inside wall when AVS is on.
Mike

 

[timm9]

thanks timm
I looked at alot of tires this year and couldn't find the load recommended.
I finally fould some great tires, nokian HP 235 75r 15 but they won't fit on the rear. They hit the inside wall when AVS is on.
Mike

Mike,

The tires are still available as I had to replace two of them after tearing out a side wall on one of the commercial sites on or about the 15th of December.

 

[Mtngrancher]

One of our fellow toolcatters wanted some photos of snow blowing and tires. Here they are. This was accumulation of 36" of snowfall over 10 days that settled down to about 22" by the time I got back up. You can see the X-ice tires. This snow was pretty dense, but not wet. This machine is a joy on this task.

 

[timm9]

Mtngrancher,

Nice photos!

That looks like one of my accounts!