Track performance in snow

[MessickFarmEqu]

chains are good.. hard on asphalt... but good.

 

[Rustyiron]

chains are good.. hard on asphalt... but good.

Yes, REALY hard on it!

 

[Doc_Bob]

chains are good.. hard on asphalt... but good.

Just as I expected. I saw the damage chains can do on asphalt when I lived in Washington State.

All the ground I have to run on is dirt and or gravel. So chains should be okay?

Doc

 

[jobguy]

A Bobcat with steel tracks will out push, out work most anything else. I have owned two Bobcats with the Steel tracks, they bite into snow AND dirt to give amazing traction. They slip like ice-skates on ice and other hard surfaces though. They also will tear up a lawn a bit depending on how sharp you turn.

 

[Doc_Bob]

A Bobcat with steel tracks will out push, out work most anything else. I have owned two Bobcats with the Steel tracks, they bite into snow AND dirt to give amazing traction. They slip like ice-skates on ice and other hard surfaces though. They also will tear up a lawn a bit depending on how sharp you turn.

Great information. How easy/hard is it to mount the steel tracks and take them off?
Doc

 

[BarryinMN]

Caveat skidloaders are great for snow But they lack the reach of a tractor loader for piling high.

I usually run a wheeled skidloader for snow it's quicker & smaller than ag tractor with loader & blower.

 

[Johndeere3720]

I have used my Dad's John Deere CT322 (standard rubber tracks) to plow snow and had a very bad experience. I was plowing on our driveway (1/3 mile of incline and 20 feet of flat) and about slid down the hill. The only way to stop was tilt the bucket all the way forward and get a good bite at the ground. We used the John Deere 3720 with front chains only and plowed the whole driveway without slipping once and we even lost the chains on the right side! Tires are much better. :thumbsup: Sounds like what you need is an S185 with tire chains and possibly steel tracks.

 

[Doc_Bob]

Sounds like what you need is an S185 with tire chains and possibly steel tracks.

I do believe you are right.
Chains on all four wheels?
Doc

 

[tawilson]

If someone needed traction on ice, the Bobcat/Grouser steel ott tracks do have holes in them for optional spikes, probably like what you can add to snowmobile tracks.
Refreshed my mind and they are not like a snowmobile's.

 

[Doc_Bob]

If someone needed traction on ice, the Bobcat/Grouser steel ott tracks do have holes in them for optional spikes, probably like what you can add to snowmobile tracks.
Refreshed my mind and they are not like a snowmobile's.

They look like serious spikes. Imagine they would do quite a bit of harm to asphalt