Chains and Protecting the Concrete Floors

[Rara Avis]

Horse or Cow mats...
TSC should have them...
Horse Stall Mats, Interlocking Stall Mats, Dairy Cow Mats, Supreme Comfort Pad, Kennel Mats, Humane Manufacturing

They come normally 4'x6'...you can cut them into strips....say twice the width of your rears...

 

[DCJL]

Thanks everyone. Drizler, good idea, not local for me but I'll be taking my tractor back for the 50 hour service and have some hydraulics put on it so I may just go that route.

Paul, Great idea of TSC. They've got a variety plus some rolled rubber mats. I'll take a look.

 

[bucmeister]

Used belts from a roll type hay baler are also tough, however narrow enough to have to fasten a couple or more together to get the width you might need.

 

[Egon]

If you are fussy about the floor use several 2x 10 plank. Much easier to sweep around after the chains drop their collected load of mud.

 

[Rara Avis]

If you are fussy about the floor use several 2x 10 plank. Much easier to sweep around after the chains drop their collected load of mud.

Egon...do you know what lumber costs these days??? ...

 

[Egon]

Sounds like you are fussy about the floor. Go buy the lumber.

 

[Bigboyskioti]

My question is if your worried about the floor of the barn that nobody can see then what about the drive that everybody can see? Chains make pits gouges scratches all over the drive. I just had my drive done all 9600 sqft of it. I'm hoping I don't have o have chains..... cause I think the boss will freak if I scratch it up.

 

[DCJL]

Not sure if you're directing this to me or not. Anyway if so: I'm concerned about the cement floor to my garage which is where the tractor is kept. Not really concerned about appearance, but about damaging the floor. My road is gravel, not blacktop, so not concerned about chain marks on the gravel. You certainly bring up something very important for me to think about though. My drive is very steep and if I did pave it then I would have issues running chains on it to clear up the snow, so it is better and cheaper keeping is gravel than paving it. thanks for the thought.

My question is if your worried about the floor of the barn that nobody can see then what about the drive that everybody can see? Chains make pits gouges scratches all over the drive. I just had my drive done all 9600 sqft of it. I'm hoping I don't have o have chains..... cause I think the boss will freak if I scratch it up.

 

[John_Mc]

The couple pieces of scrap 1/2" plywood I put under my tractor have held up quite well for 3 or 4 years now. I've put v-bar chains (basically, studded chains) on my rear tires for the winter. Snow and ice tracked in by the tractor have not caused problems with the plywood. It was cheap (free, since I had them lying around) and has proven durable. I leave them down year round, but only have the chains on the tractor in the winter. Tractor is a TC 33D with filled rear tires.

John_Mc

 

[Danno1]

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I park on a couple of pieces of 1/4 luaun. Still looks good after 4 years. Of course I don't have chains either!

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