Stepping up

[JOHNTHOMAS]

That's the modification I was trying to avoid. I'm guessing that the tractor bucked a little while it was making that hole for you?

The siding on bottom is concrete board siding and it just crumbled and I was not going to go in all the way, just close. I got close.

 

[bstrom]

Forgot to add that I think I should be able to push quite a bit of snow with this setup. Last winter I didn't even have loaded tires and it worked pretty well! I've got a 400 foot drive too. A blower would be nice but the bucket and rear blade work pretty well. My blade cost 450 bucks - was a demo.

 

[bstrom]

Yes, I have been pricing out chains. So far I've just looked at the 2 link vbars, but I would like to know more about yours, especially if there are no clearance issues. Do they have links that run parallel with the tires?

Sorry Chuck I missed your post- to busy looking for a picture. Yes- the chains have a row of links on the inside and a row on the outside of the tire tread that are joined by a pattern of cross chains. The clearance space is the best I have seen, no problems! I've got them on so I could take a photo tomorrow - a picture is worth a thousand words as they say.

 

[Northland]

Sorry Chuck I missed your post- to busy looking for a picture. Yes- the chains have a row of links on the inside and a row on the outside of the tire tread that are joined by a pattern of cross chains. The clearance space is the best I have seen, no problems! I've got them on so I could take a photo tomorrow - a picture is worth a thousand words as they say.

How much were those Aqulne chains? I saw them on a web site and thought they looked very good.

I have 4 link (wish I had bought 2 link ones) v-bars on the back tires and 2 link v-bars on the front wheels. I just put them on (along with my blower) in time for a foot of snow. I love my chains and highly reccomend them on all four wheels although in order to accommodate them on the front had to reverse the front tires. No slippin or a slidin at all anymore

 

[bstrom]

Here's the Aqulne chains, they are also on line at Buy Tire Chains & Snow Chains from the Traction Specialistsｩ. as "CUT chains"

I bought them from dealer at around 430.00 so definitely not cheap but they are case hardened and should last a lot of seasons. Very light and easy to put on.

One thing I can't figure out is the directions tell you to leave them very loose. I always put bungees on before to keep my old ones tight and prevent wear. With these I guess it is a different principle, but I don't understand it. Anybody know why leaving these loose prevents wear?

 

[bstrom]

Boy, did I hi-jack this thread. Sorry Dyer, retired. I like your new tractor, let us know how it runs. Is that a six foot rear blade on there?
I think about upgrading to the 2630 sometimes, those bigger hydraulics are appealing.

Hey how about Dyer, for Hire?

 

[Dyer retired]

Boy, did I hi-jack this thread. Sorry Dyer, retired. I like your new tractor, let us know how it runs. Is that a six foot rear blade on there?
I think about upgrading to the 2630 sometimes, those bigger hydraulics are appealing.

Hey how about Dyer, for Hire?

No hi-jacking going on here, it's all interesting reading and the pictures are very helpful. The tractor is running great and I think I'll see how it does for the first few storms to see what the traction issues are...so far, no problem. I had a 5 foot Woods blade on the BX1800 and it was the perfect size for that tractor, but the 6 foot was better suited for the new rig, so I bought that. We are gearing up for our next storm tomorrow, but the weather folks haven't arrived at a consensus for how much we are getting. It's either a few inches or the end of the world.

 

[bstrom]

My driveway usually turns to ice by the middle of January over here on the coast. We get rain on top of snow - then it all freezes. I could sometimes spin the wheels last winter pushing snow backwards even with chains but they where cheapo ones and I didn't have the tires loaded. This winter better chains and loaded tires should help. I should be able to push a mountain going forward.

 

[Northland]

Here's the Aqulne chains, they are also on line at Buy Tire Chains & Snow Chains from the Traction Specialistsｩ. as "CUT chains"

I bought them from dealer at around 430.00 so definitely not cheap but they are case hardened and should last a lot of seasons. Very light and easy to put on.

One thing I can't figure out is the directions tell you to leave them very loose. I always put bungees on before to keep my old ones tight and prevent wear. With these I guess it is a different principle, but I don't understand it. Anybody know why leaving these loose prevents wear?

I like your chains for driveways-"[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]These are aggressive, yet won't damage asphalt when used for snow removal."

[/FONT]Not sure why your chains are suppoes to be loose. Perhaps there smaller size and weight requires them to be loose in order for them to have enough "dig"?

My v-bar chains (from www.tirechains.com) are suppose to go on tight. I use the bunjie method, explained elsewhere on TBN, which puts the chains on evenly, easily and very tightly. I use to dread putting my chains on but now it is a breeze.

We are having a major storm here

http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/radar/index_e.html?id=WGJ