Snow Equipment Owning/Operating Cutting / Groving / Siping R-4 for snow

[DarkBlack]

Still amazing, starting stopping the tractor, and doing that to approx 40 lugs counting both sides, all in 10 minutes. You must have put a nascar pit crew performance to shame.

 

[KenB2920]

Still amazing, starting stopping the tractor, and doing that to approx 40 lugs counting both sides, all in 10 minutes. You must have put a nascar pit crew performance to shame.

Lol, not sure how your tractor operates but mine simply starts by turning the key and holding the clutch at the same time. It's hydrostatic so I just pushed the treadle peddle forward a touch which rotated the tire forward. When I shut my tractor off on flat ground I didn't have to engage the brake and I probably left the door open Which may of saved time there. Maybe you are just over thinking the process or have Not tried it to see how easy and fast it is.

Or maybe you have and are the kind of guy that should not be operating this kind of tool to begin with.
I am not saying I run with scissors but don't try and be offensive with little digs . This is a friendly forum and if you want help just ask. If it takes you all day, you're probably doing it wrong. It's ok you dont understand, that's why I am here too. I like to ask questions and help where I can. If you don't want it public, send me a personal message and I can send you a video on how easy it is.

 

[Garandman]

Still amazing, starting stopping the tractor, and doing that to approx 40 lugs counting both sides, all in 10 minutes. You must have put a nascar pit crew performance to shame.

I found a video on youtube of DarkBlack siping his tires.

(3 seconds for tire change).

 

[KenB2920]

I found a video on youtube of DarkBlack siping his tires. Video Link: http://youtu.be/aHSUp7msCIE (3 seconds for tire change).

That's an awesome video. That IS perfection. Cool post.

 

[kyles974]

I will be honest....I just reread this entire thread...lol
(I've read it last year when I was thinking of grooving my R4 on 2320)
Well....seriously thinking of doing it now since I finally have the exra money to buy a groover.

My concern: I live in Florida, so not looking for snow traction. I have a area I dig dirt out of now and then. When I back out of the hole...I always have to lock the rear differential to get out. So I was wondering if grooving would help this in simi hard pack dirt?
(I do run a homemade barrel ballistic with around 500-600lbs of poured concrete. )
But it's just a pain backing out slipping. ...and would be nice to have more bite.
Or maybe a heavier weight would do more for me?

Also...I mow with the tractor and a rear finish mower....so sometimes slipping when grass is damp. I would think grooving would help this also???

 

[k0ua]

I will be honest....I just reread this entire thread...lol
(I've read it last year when I was thinking of grooving my R4 on 2320)
Well....seriously thinking of doing it now since I finally have the exra money to buy a groover.

My concern: I live in Florida, so not looking for snow traction. I have a area I dig dirt out of now and then. When I back out of the hole...I always have to lock the rear differential to get out. So I was wondering if grooving would help this in simi hard pack dirt?
(I do run a homemade barrel ballistic with around 500-600lbs of poured concrete. )
But it's just a pain backing out slipping. ...and would be nice to have more bite.
Or maybe a heavier weight would do more for me?

Also...I mow with the tractor and a rear finish mower....so sometimes slipping when grass is damp. I would think grooving would help this also???

What little snow experience I had with the tires before I traded the tractor off, was that it helped in snow, but the mud and dirt experience was that I didn't think it helped any. I think perhaps you could profit more by having filled tires, especially on your mowing task if you are having traction issues there. I had the tractor thru just a partial winter and only one snow, but thru several months of spring mud and early summer dirt.

 

[kyles974]

What little snow experience I had with the tires before I traded the tractor off, was that it helped in snow, but the mud and dirt experience was that I didn't think it helped any. I think perhaps you could profit more by having filled tires, especially on your mowing task if you are having traction issues there. I had the tractor thru just a partial winter and only one snow, but thru several months of spring mud and early summer dirt.

From what little was covered in this thread on the "dirt/mud" ...I thought I would ask.
Been debating on filling the rear tires. (Specially since I can get away with just water down here )
But I have a bad back.... (fractured, protruding disc, blah..blah....etc.,) So....from what I've read here about filling tires and seems to get a bit rougher ride (?) ....I'm a bit nervous of doing the fill. ( I purchased a $400 or $500 Michigan suspension seat because of bad back. An hour on tractor before the seat would inflame back so bad)

Thanks for reply AND...
Awesome thread to all who has taken the time to post!!

 

[k0ua]

If you can get away with just water fill in your area, you would be out about $9 for the fill adapter if you didn't like the ride, just let the water back out. Best of both world's, you can fill the tires for next to nothing, and let it out or refill as often as you wish. You don't even need a pump, just your water pressure will fill the tires, as long as you burp often to keep the pressure to reasonable levels.

Be sure to put a handy inline shutoff valve before the fill valve to make burping easier. Shut off water, burp tire with the burp button, and resume filling. Personally I couldn't tell any degradation of ride quality, but perhaps I was not sensitive to it.

 

[kenb1023]

I was looking for info on snow chains when I came across this thread. I just bought a TYM 293 with R4 tires. We are looking at a heavy snow winter here in NM and wanted more traction. I have been using a smal JD lawn tractor to plow snow but it is 12 years old and slowly dying from the abuse I put it through. It has done ok pushisng snow with chains on so I thought that is what I would need for the new tractor but after reading all 28 pages here I think I will grove the tires instead of the pricey chains. Great post and thread. This forum is perfect for a newbie like me, Thanks.

 

[PhysAssist]

Hi Jen,

Welcome to TBN!!

It's great that you were able to find what you were looking for, a lot of the time finding things here isn't all that easy, but there are gurus who can help.

In specific, if you look up there at post #278, James has a link in the bottom of his signature that tells the best way to search TBN.

Personally, I never try to memorize things I can easily look up, and thanks to James, this is one less thing for me to try and remember. To be honest, it is simple enough that if I have recently been looking for something specific, I will usually be able to remember the proper syntax, but for instance, today- it has been a while since I've searched TBN, and if I need to, all I need to do is look for the K0ua member and he has the link there to remind me.

I am not listing any other member's names, but if you browse around here a while, you will see for yourself which people are knowledgeable and which are trying to blow smoke up people's posterior orifices ;-).

Again Welcome!
Thomas