Dingo Man
Silver Member
For this year and just to save a little money I am thinking about buying tire chains just for the front tires (r4). These are great tires but I have found their weakness is any kind of lateral grip on snow, ice, and hard ground is non-existent. Snow removal in my driveway is no problem. But let's face it one of the things I looked most forward to with my tractor is being able to plow the entire friggin yard if I felt like it. I have been speaking with my dealer who advised me he remembers experiencing the same thing with his first tractor with r4s. He stated that running front chains was alright to do and is fine for any kind of warranty issue, but warned this would put a little extra strain on the "ring n pinion". Did he mean rack and pinion? Anyone running just front chains and has it help with hilly frozen terrain.