Got the chains and H.D. blade mounted on the 3012 today. 1st time I have it done before my fingers froze. Yeah .. I use bungee's on my chains. Would rather play it safe than wrestle loosened chains in freezing weather.
Got to mount one more blade and two blowers. That way I have a blade and blower both here at the house and over at the farm.
My snow blade is being re-worked, but I have a 42" dozer blade and chains on the 7112H. I like my 42" blower on my 3416H, it never balks, but I'm still mowing. I'm thinking I'll put my spare 48" deck on my "new" 7013S and set the blower up early.
Seems there is something to having more than one tractor
Got the chains and H.D. blade mounted on the 3012 today. 1st time I have it done before my fingers froze. Yeah .. I use bungee's on my chains. Would rather play it safe than wrestle loosened chains in freezing weather.
Got to mount one more blade and two blowers. That way I have a blade and blower both here at the house and over at the farm.
You might want to get some more chain lengths and add to your chains, those are four link spaced, not near as helpful as two link spaced chains, seems like you could buy some chain at the hardware store in lengths and cut and attach them to help you out in the snow and ice.
i disagree. 4 links work great. the chains to close together will roll over each other.
Really, everything I've heard is that there wasn't enough chain on the ground at any one time to be helpful, but heck Freddie I'm a Okie, two days after a blizzard were down to green grass again, so I wont know what works for me, or doesn't, until this winter and I get to try out my plows and chains.
I have a set of cleated 4 link chains on my 7112H, and a set of standard 2 link chains I run with the blower on the 3416H. They both get great traction, but on a hard surface, the 4 link noticebly bounce you up and down, where the denser 2 link chains rides smoother. The 4 link are easier to put on and keep tight, IMO the denser chains are nicer, (and correspondingly more expensive) but any chains will work fine for snow removal. Steering, and not drive wheel traction become the issue.
I have been told that studded tires are very hard on the road surfaces especially when people continue ran them on a clean road bed between storms. I think I read somewhere that they were outlawed in some states. Seems like it was at a state welcome station. "Welcome to ______________________, studded tires not allowed"
Phil
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither safety nor liberty."
They do create havoc on the roads. Here in SD you could only run them for certain months of the year. After that it started getting expensive. They also have a distinct sound when driven on a dry road so it's hard to deny that you have them on. I don't know that anyone uses them anymore or if they are even legal. Seems all weather radials and front wheel drive put an end to their popularity.
East Central South Dakota
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...and I prefer the 2 link chain. They cost a bit more, but last much longer. I hate fixing stuff when it's 10 degrees. Never had them roll over each other, and they hold onto the tire better. I still use a bungee, again because I don't like pulling off my gloves to try and un-knot steel when it's cold and blowin. Used to use a set of cleated chains, but I'm plowing concrete, and it tears it up worse than the snowmobiles...
If I push snow only 4 days out of the week during Jan and Feb, I'm lucky!
Uh sorry I wasn't clearer, I was talking about studding the GT tires, maybe big studs, that can aerate as wheel, lol
OH! I don't know. I have seen the type that penetrate the tire from the inside on off road vehicles and dirt bikes. I guess the punch in type are still available.
Phil
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither safety nor liberty."
Can still get tires studded here. I think they can be ran in Illinois, not sure. I know they can be run in Iowa during the season. I work in Iowa, the big body shop I work at,(we're a two man operation) also sells tires, our tire man still studs tires. Sells them mostly to rural mail carriers. Those studs do have a distinctive sound on the road, kinda like a hundred dogs trotting on linolium!
I have thought of studding a set of turf tires for snow duty. Come to think of it, I really should. I had problems spinning on ice last winter, I of course realized I had a set of chains on hand sometime around May!
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Posted - 10/07/2010 : 15:54:48
also sells tires, our tire man still studs tires. Sells them mostly to rural mail carriers. Those studs do have a distinctive sound on the road, kinda like a hundred dogs trotting on linolium!
