How much to cut?

[CK732]

Finally got around to putting my tire chains on the tractor,now the qustion is how much do I cut off.these are both tires.

 

[LouNY]

I'm sorry but, those chains do not appear to be properly installed to me.
You may need to remove or relocate one of the cross chains. You do not appear to have either chain fastened correctly. I'm seeing an inside chain not hooked right in one picture and the other the outside fastener is not being used.

 

[BlueKnife]

Finally got around to putting my tire chains on the tractor,now the qustion is how much do I cut off.these are both tires.

You don't need to start a new thread each time you've changed something, just FYI. As I said before, you need to get the chains installed properly before you go cutting anything. Those are not installed properly. You should not be using tie wire for holding anything together on tire chains. Did you watch some of the videos in the link I posted?

 

[CK732]

Yeah I watched the videos. If I don't use wire they work ther way off the tire.

 

[RayIN]

Yeah I watched the videos. If I don't use wire they work ther way off the tire.

That is because of incorrect installation. Heed Blueknife's advice!

 

[CK732]

I put thoes chains on the way they put them on in the video! . The cross link is facing up just like you guys told me to do it so how can they not be right?.

 

[BlueKnife]

I put thoes chains on the way they put them on in the video! . The cross link is facing up just like you guys told me to do it so how can they not be right?.

Which video? When you say that you put them on like they did in the video, do you mean that you got them onto the tires the way that they did or that you actually installed them (all hooks attached and tensioners in place) the way that they did. You have the cross links facing the right way, so you're on the way. Getting them onto the tires is just a step in installing the chains. If the two pictures that you posted in this thread illustrate how they installed them in the video, then they didn't have the faintest idea what they were doing.

The chains should be installed properly, with all hooks attached as designed and tensioners in place before you start cutting anything. I would recommend doing that. Remove and discard all of the tie wire and get the chains installed, completely, without using any tie wire, and then post some pictures, in this thread (no need to start another) and we can help you go from there.

 

[CK732]

I took the ends of the chains and put wire though them then though the rim and I drove the chains on stopping a few to fix them.

 

[dieselscout80]

The chain on the right tire looks like it has the inside side chain HOOK on the outside putting the latch on the inside.

 

[BlueKnife]

I took the ends of the chains and put wire though them then though the rim and I drove the chains on stopping a few to fix them.

Ok. Now cut the wire off and finish installing the chains. Everything attached and tight, hooks on the inside, latch hook/cam hook on the outside, tensioners in place.