KenB2920
Veteran Member
Easy peasy
Snow Equipment Owning/Operating Cutting / Groving / Siping R-4 for snow
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kennyd
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Great job, at least no one went thirsty:laughing:
KenB2920
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Ha ha, yeah. A couple adult beverages kept us refreshed.
TSO
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dragoneggs
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- Kubota BX-25D, Kubota Z122RKW-42
One of the more profound comments I have read in TBN lately.When working in the barn, adult beverages are NOT an option... They're mandatory.
Danny C
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- Porters Lake, Nova Scotia
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- 2014 LS U5020C w/ LL5100 Loader
Just finished grooving my tires. Now if we would only get some snow this season!
I plow a lot of paved surfaces and do a lot of road running so chains were not an option. The areas I plow are very steep with turns and switchbacks. With loaded rear tires and pushing up hill in 4wd and the rear diff locked, I can easily get tire spinning. Due to this sipinning, I added two grooves to the rear tires instead of one the most here have done. Afterall, 2 is better than one...right?! :thumbsup: I only put150-200 hours/year on the tractor with 100-150 hours of that snow removal. Can't wait to try them and report back!
Used #4s on the front and #5s on the rear.
I plow a lot of paved surfaces and do a lot of road running so chains were not an option. The areas I plow are very steep with turns and switchbacks. With loaded rear tires and pushing up hill in 4wd and the rear diff locked, I can easily get tire spinning. Due to this sipinning, I added two grooves to the rear tires instead of one the most here have done. Afterall, 2 is better than one...right?! :thumbsup: I only put150-200 hours/year on the tractor with 100-150 hours of that snow removal. Can't wait to try them and report back!
Used #4s on the front and #5s on the rear.
haroldy
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- near peterborough,ontario
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- kioti ck30,,front mount snowblower
It is extremely important to cut the grooves from the outside in,,not otherwise or the tractor will only go in reverse!!!!!
TSO
Elite Member
Looks really cool ... I was afraid to sipe my fronts too much because I do so much loader work ... they're already wearing MUCH faster than my rears. I only siped every 3rd tread. Those look like they'll get great traction tho.
OrangeJbird
Silver Member
Danny, I think that's going to work really well for you.
Bradbilt
Silver Member
Try siping them. That made a WORLD of difference on my pickup tires. You would of thought I went from worn out tires to new blizacks. And All I did was sipe the 1/4 tread tires that were on the truck for the past 70k