Chains Insufficient clearance for chains on 4110

[dlearyfun]

Got my tractor in May of this year and have been having a blast doing all kinds of projects. Since winter has been showing some signs of imminent arrival, my thoughts turned to tire chains. A friend and I took a peek under fender to see how much clearance was available. Glad we did before I ran out and plunked down hard earned cash. There appears to be enough space above the tires, however there is very little between inside of tire and fender sheet metal where it is attached to the frame. No more than 1 to 2 inches. Looks like chains on front tires only will have to do assuming I can find them.
Any 4110 owners out there who have run into this problem? I know that wheels can be adjusted in or out, however mine appear to be out as far as possible although I am not certain of this. I have ag tires and fairly level land where I will be moving snow with bucket. Exception is my driveway which is somewhat sloped. Any comments or ideas will be useful and appreciated.

 

[LAWALLSTRACTOR]

I believe you can turn the wheel dish arround to set the tires out further. I am not a the shop now so I can't see for sure right now. I am assuming your tractor has the 16.9/24 r4 tires on it. I believe if you had the R1 ags on it there would be more room. I haven't had any of my 4110 customers ask me this question, so without looking I can't tell the answer for sure. I will look on Monday to see what options there are.

 

[civesnedfield]

Got my tractor in May of this year and have been having a blast doing all kinds of projects. Since winter has been showing some signs of imminent arrival, my thoughts turned to tire chains. A friend and I took a peek under fender to see how much clearance was available. Glad we did before I ran out and plunked down hard earned cash. There appears to be enough space above the tires, however there is very little between inside of tire and fender sheet metal where it is attached to the frame. No more than 1 to 2 inches. Looks like chains on front tires only will have to do assuming I can find them.
Any 4110 owners out there who have run into this problem? I know that wheels can be adjusted in or out, however mine appear to be out as far as possible although I am not certain of this. I have ag tires and fairly level land where I will be moving snow with bucket. Exception is my driveway which is somewhat sloped. Any comments or ideas will be useful and appreciated.

Dick
Take a picture of the rear wheels and post it. It will be easier to tell if you can adjust the rears after seeing the picture.

 

[dlearyfun]

Good idea Ed. I will take pic and post it.

 

[knute_m]

. . . Since winter has been showing some signs of imminent arrival, my thoughts turned to tire chains.

. . . Looks like chains on front tires only will have to do assuming I can find them.


. . . I have ag tires and fairly level land where I will be moving snow with bucket. Exception is my driveway which is somewhat sloped. Any comments or ideas will be useful and appreciated.

Depending on the slope, you may be just fine with just the AG tires.

Over many years, I've had front chains, rear chains, and both, on various 2WD and 4WD tractors.

For the last 40 years, I've always had some very steep parts in my gravel driveways, and we get a number of 10-24 inch snowfalls.

I must say, that I'm not sure I could tell the difference between using front or rear chains on a 4WD tractor with ag tires and chains.

I was hoping to use front chains on my current little 4WD tractor with R4s, just because I didn't have anything to fit the rear tires. I was afraid that front chains would rip the grease zerks off. So, I found a set of rear chains.

However, the two tractors before this one had very close rear fenders, so I used front chains. Both also had AG tires front and rear. I never had any snow plowing problems with either.

The only time I've had problems has been with 2WD tractors with AG tires, with or without chains, using a rear blade trying to push snow backwards with a rear blade.

Happy snow season,
Knute

 

[LAWALLSTRACTOR]

I have looked at the 4110 on my lot, and can see that if you have the Ind. tires, you have no options. But I think if you have the Ag tires there should be no problem having enough clearance.

 

[PILOON]

What a buddy of mine did was install studs instead of chains and he is now on season 3.
Also he maintains about 60 drives commercially and if he'd chained he would be on probably his 4th set for shure.
Also studs do much less damage on asphalt surfaces.

Another commercial operator with 5 tractors has justified the purchase of a pneumatic stud insertion tool just based on cost savings vs chains.

There is so much tire thread on a tractor tire that you could even drill in 1/4" self tapping sheet metal screws (the kind with 7/16" hex heads) as a 'homebrew stud'.

Also I'd be leary of front chains as a crown and pinion set is costly to replace.