R14 tires any good in the snow on hilly driveway?

[LouNY]

I prefer the R-14s way over the R4s, hard to beat R1's most of the time. But once they spin on wet snow none of them are worth a damn. I switched one tractor over to BKT Ridemax last year they worked very well in the snow. But even then the rears were chained up. If it's steep and gets wet snow or ice under the tires none of them wil work worth a damn.

Putting the chains on the new rear tires.

 

[tacticalturnip]

I'm a little late, and I don't have experience with hills. That said, as a Mainer I have experience with winter. On my last machine, a 1025R, I went from an R4 with chains to a set of hybrid tires (in this case, Carlisle Versa-Turfs) and noticed no performance loss.

I did, however, see a huge improvement with traction in mud.

When I purchased my Kioti I insisted on R14's after these experiences, they made a believer out of me.

Again, I'm on flat ground, so take my input for what it's worth.

 

[kozal01]

Mt R14's have been great in the snow on my Kioti.