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

[Glrret]

Yea well we don't call the dusting you guys get down there snow, that's just decoration. I'd rather buy tires than bust my hump or the tractor pushing this stuff around. I think I'll may even buy my next set from you and make you groove them for me. It would be worth the drive.

Dick, Dave may ask you to provide the grooving tool..... and you can charge him rent.....

 

[dickfoster]

Dick, Dave may ask you to provide the grooving tool..... and you can charge him rent.....

Heck I'd let him use it for free as long as I could watch.

 

[DavesTractor]

Heck I'd let him use it for free as long as I could watch.

You snow guys are ganging up on this flatlander.

 

[Glrret]

You snow guys are ganging up on this flatlander.

Well, Me being from Maine we don't really refer to you California boys as flatlanders.....We have another name for you.... but I'll be nice :dove:

 

[dickfoster]

You snow guys are ganging up on this flatlander.

Hey, you picked this fight. You shouldn't have even been looking in this folder. :laughing:

 

[dickfoster]

Well, Me being from Maine we don't really refer to you California boys as flatlanders.....We have another name for you.... but I'll be nice :dove:

Heck I live here and you should hear what I call many of them. It won't fit though the language filter on this board though.

 

[DavesTractor]

Well, Me being from Maine we don't really refer to you California boys as flatlanders.....We have another name for you.... but I'll be nice :dove:

Kind of you!

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

Those look to be 1/4" grooves. I'm thinking that the larger 3/8" size is what's making it harder. The pamphlet than came with iron even states that larger grooves takes more time and effort. I know I was out there for longer than 90 minutes and only got about 1/3 of the rears done. I was really putting some weight behind it. I have it set to cut 3/8" deep so the deeper depth and flat bottom probably has something to do with it too. I will start with a new blade when I get back to the rears. I plan to do 1/4" X 1/4" in the fronts and that blade has a round bottom.

I have pea gravel spread where I park the tractor and the 3/8" grooves match the pea gravel size so they're getting stuffed with gravel. Studs?

I've put ATV studs in tractor tires before. Worked like a charm and lasted about 250hrs. Didn't mark up asphalt unless you really spun the tires.

 

[dickfoster]

I was talking about the pea gravel acting like studs. Sort of a side ways joke.

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

Ah...