Threw a chain again...

[Oldoak]

Try putting the chains on with the chain connectors running in the opposite direction. Of the three different sets of chains that I have owned, two sets came with diagrams of how to mount the chains and which direction the couplings should rotate. Never had any disconnect or thrown a chain even running with a small amount of slack.

f that doesn't keep the couplings from becoming undone, secure them with a wrap or tow of wire. Bailing wire is old farmers' duct tape.

I nor any of farmers that I know have ever let air out of the tires in order to chain up. Never required the chains to be that tight.

 

[Oldoak]

Deleted my double post.

 

[atsah]

Ya I'm gonna wrap some wire around them.

 

[crazyal]

The mfg of my chains say to leave them a little loose. I use to put them on tight but the last few years I haven't. I've had one come off when tight (in about 7 years of use) and not one come loose in the last two years of being loose. It seams like before they come off they kind of wander. Simply looking at the side of the tire and seeing that the chain is no longer centered is a hint that it needs to be adjusted.

 

[fruitcakesa]

The mfg of my chains say to leave them a little loose. I use to put them on tight but the last few years I haven't. I've had one come off when tight (in about 7 years of use) and not one come loose in the last two years of being loose. It seams like before they come off they kind of wander. Simply looking at the side of the tire and seeing that the chain is no longer centered is a hint that it needs to be adjusted.

This saved me from throwing a front wheel chain the other day.
I removed the bungee holding it on, readjusted the chain and all is good.

 

[Mowbizz]

The mfg of my chains say to leave them a little loose. I use to put them on tight but the last few years I haven't. I've had one come off when tight (in about 7 years of use) and not one come loose in the last two years of being loose. It seams like before they come off they kind of wander. Simply looking at the side of the tire and seeing that the chain is no longer centered is a hint that it needs to be adjusted.

That might be my next trick...the thing is when the chains are being put on it seems the link you can get to connect is the right one...moving it back to the previous link would be a lot easier to close that cam hook.

 

[SDT]

Chains were purchased by the tire size so they do fit. Last time one came off it had bent the connector link.
I havent looked at this one yet...just threw it in a bucket.

Too loose.

Chains will not move if properly fitted and properly tight.

Tire chains are manufactured to fit more than a single size tire. I've never bought a set that did not need fitting.

SDT

 

[Mowbizz]

Oy-vey! Too tight...too loose...how about just right? Everyone has their opinion on how chains should fit...
I guess I will keep trying and what the heck, only 2 weeks til MARCH!! Yay!

 

[Oldoak]

Oy-vey! Too tight...too loose...how about just right? Everyone has their opinion on how chains should fit...
I guess I will keep trying and what the heck, only 2 weeks til MARCH!! Yay!

I know what you mean. And I really don't understand all the problems people are having with chains.

Over the years, of the tractors I have owned and other farm tractors I have used, we never had a problem with chains slipping and never had thrown a chain. And never heard of partially deflating tires in order to chain up and then adding air. Never ran chains that tight. Never used bungee cords or spring tensioners on the the outsides either.

When mounting chains we always just pulled them as tight as we could get them, which always left a little slack. And sometime had to take up a link after running with them for the first time. I guess you could call that fit "just about right".

Less of a matter of opinion of what's right, rather, what ever works for individual people.........

 

[Dave M7040]

Many new chain designs are much more sized to the tire than the old ladder style.

Having the correct tool to get them tight makes a world of difference.

After three years with my expensive TRYGG chains, I spent $279 and bought their tool.
It is like having a gorilla help you.

You can make your own tool along the lines of the red or green ones.

Dave M7040