snow chains for PT1430

[jfh28]

plowing snow up hill without chains the bars will crab easily too.....once the chains are on I'm fine......unless its a wet heavy snow then I'll crab even with chains.......I think its got more to do with our center pivot point and angling the blade so the weight is being applied at an angle.....if I keep the blade straight the crabbing lessens but then once the snow builds up in front of me I stall out........Jack

 

[MossRoad]

plowing snow up hill without chains the bars will crab easily too.....once the chains are on I'm fine......unless its a wet heavy snow then I'll crab even with chains.......I think its got more to do with our center pivot point and angling the blade so the weight is being applied at an angle.....if I keep the blade straight the crabbing lessens but then once the snow builds up in front of me I stall out........Jack

Good points. My driveway is laser straight and table top flat, asphalt. The neighbor's is gravel and grass, with slight bank leaning towards my driveway. I do his as well as mine because he does part of my lawn in summer. :thumbsup:

 

[MossRoad]

Anyone ever take their PT out in the snow with the blade raised up over the snow just to see how deep of snow it will go through? I take mine out through the yard and drive all the way around the 1 acre to make a cross-country ski path once in a while. I've never gotten stuck. Always been able to move forward. Most was about 22" deep. Not bad for what, about 7" of ground clearance. :laughing:

It was light, powdery snow, though.

 

[woodlandfarms]

Not to be a dck but I would sent back those chaines and get diamond pattern. Bar chains slip to easily into the grooves of the bar tires and do no good. I have had chains permanently on my PT for over 5 years now (outboard tires) and this year will be their last year. I need new ones as they are completely worn through.

 

[SpringHollow]

V-plow helps with many issues.

Worn out chains? Wow.

 

[woodlandfarms]

Some of the links are good, some are just worn thin. I can never get them tight enough so they tend to have weird wear spots. I could review them, try and cobble them together to keep going but not sure its worth the effort.

 

[AVIVIII]

Not to be a dck but I would sent back those chaines and get diamond pattern. Bar chains slip to easily into the grooves of the bar tires and do no good

Not at all. Same tire size on my JD430 (that has turf tires) so I'm really not out much if they don't work well on the PT. I have a spare set of 4 wheels for the 1850 that I considered putting HDAP style tires on for the winter too, we'll see where it goes.

 

[farm23]

We just received a years snow in 2 days [22 to 24 inches]. I got by with studs on my bar tires but they were not the best. My 1430 only have about 1" clearance between the side wall of the tire and the tractor tub. Triechain.com suggested using 1 or 2 " spacers and I thought about reversing the tires. I will have to decided if the extra work is worth the extra effort, wish I knew how severe this winter was going to be.

 

[ponytug]

FWIW: NOAA forecasts weak El Niño;


Also in the FWIW category: I have the net chains; once they are tight, I have had no issues with 1" of clearance on my 1445. I do tuck the extra two links of the chain under the "Y" fastening plate.

Don't hog the snow; I'd love some out here. :thumbsup:

All the best,

Peter

 

[SpringHollow]

One huge plus of my making the wheel adapters for the wheels I am using is that it allowed me to space the wheels out quite a bit which makes chains easy. Also, I have not had to put duals on for my slopes. On the down side, there are a few times where I would have gone into the woods if I had my duals on but the ground was too soft for singles. Swapping in the duals was not worth the hour's effort.

Ken