Traction Traction tips ?

[tommu56]

I had to use my cable chains on my truck last night and love them you don't even back on them!

I wonder if they make them for tractors

SCC Shur Grip Z

tom

 

[wedge40]

The TBN-blessed answer would of course be to get a second tractor. Keep one setup with chains for days with icy conditions, and the other without.

Best idea I've read so far. I think with danger he has with hills and such I would put chains on and leave them on. If someone complained about the chain damage I would take em off my list of driveways to do. As I get older I try to eliminate the pucker factor as much as possible.

Wedge

 

[Mike058]

Maybe you could build something like this. Could be made out of wood or metal. Use PVC pipe, old tennis ball some light chain and a spring. If the tire starts to slip, pull the chain, and dump some sand on the tire. Let the tire deliver it to the road. I made the hopper square in the drawing, but slanted sides would be better. It could be as big or small as you wanted and shaped to fit the space. Carry extra sand in the back and refill as you need.

 

[Lone Oak Landscaping]

Thanks for the tips y'all
I need the box blade on the rear , so this year I am going to mount some 5 gal. pails on the blade and fill them with sand and give it a try when it is not too slippery by throwin a few shovel fulls here and there.
The chains on all the time is out for me.....too slow and to many driveways to plow.
Believe it or not my JD only needed them on the few times you get the icey wet stuff on frozen ground then the snow on top, so... good old chains seem to be the best bet when that happens , as soon as I get the snow off I have someone in the mason dump and he just backs in with the salt/sand hopper spinning.
The ideas here really helped and gives me something to think about.

I am going to try and make a quick set up that I think ? might work with some trial and error.... I am going to try and take a few small ratchet straps - 4 per rear wheel-and cut them down small and go through the rim in 4 spots around the wheel , then have a small piece of chain somehow hooked to the strap on each end to go across the tire , just like a cross link set -up ,then ratchet the chain tight against the tire with the ratchet buckle on the outside of the rim .

I am not sure how to get the chain to hook up to the tie town strap but have a few ideas that might work , I guess that if I can make it strong enough it might work ? And would be nice and light plus quick to just throw them on and off if I need a little more grip.

Gonna give it a try first with a link on each rear wheel and see how it works out and is strong enough to hold only for the times when I need them . Worth a try I guess.

 

[Reg]

Thanks for the tips y'all
I need the box blade on the rear , so this year I am going to mount some 5 gal. pails on the blade and fill them with sand and give it a try when it is not too slippery by throwin a few shovel fulls here and there.
The chains on all the time is out for me.....too slow and to many driveways to plow.
Believe it or not my JD only needed them on the few times you get the icey wet stuff on frozen ground then the snow on top, so... good old chains seem to be the best bet when that happens , as soon as I get the snow off I have someone in the mason dump and he just backs in with the salt/sand hopper spinning.
The ideas here really helped and gives me something to think about.

I am going to try and make a quick set up that I think ? might work with some trial and error.... I am going to try and take a few small ratchet straps - 4 per rear wheel-and cut them down small and go through the rim in 4 spots around the wheel , then have a small piece of chain somehow hooked to the strap on each end to go across the tire , just like a cross link set -up ,then ratchet the chain tight against the tire with the ratchet buckle on the outside of the rim .

I am not sure how to get the chain to hook up to the tie town strap but have a few ideas that might work , I guess that if I can make it strong enough it might work ? And would be nice and light plus quick to just throw them on and off if I need a little more grip.

Gonna give it a try first with a link on each rear wheel and see how it works out and is strong enough to hold only for the times when I need them . Worth a try I guess.

That might get you around, but will do little/nothing to stop pucker factor #9 slides.
FULL ladder chains would, preferably with V-bars.
The "on command" chains might, did you ever contact them to find out if they do anything for very wide very slow tires ?
OK, I'm not rich either, but even a broken wrist would be worth avoiding for $1.5K~$2K.

 

[Lone Oak Landscaping]

Reg , I already bought chains for the N/H tc 4oda from tirechains.com and they are less bumpy than the duo grip ones I had on the JD .

I tried them out over the weekend in the shop parking lot and they are still bumpy as heck anything over a crawl speed , that is just the nature of chains ,let some air out and it helped.

Never had a need for the v bars , regular chains work fine with less drive way damage, I am just lookin for an alternative to the pain and strain of putting the suckers on and off.
Figured it would not hurt to ask , but I might as well be asking to re-invent the wheel. We all know nothing is much better than chains for the ice.

To be honest it's not getting up the drives that gives me trouble or pushing snow ,it's the sudden stops when it does slide that scares me . thanks for the help, I will let you know if my idea works.

 

[foggy1111]

Hmmm.....you may consider setting up your ballast box so you can make it reach the ground (with some good spikes or bolts protruding from the bottom). Then if you would start to slide off the mountain you could drop the ballast box to anchor yourself to the roadway. ...just a thought.

Also, your idea for straps through the wheels and across the tread may be better served with cables (?) if you can figure out how to attach the ends together ....more thoughts.

 

[dqdave1]

What do the people that race on ice put in their tires? That might work; or just screws.

 

[Northland]

Then if you would start to slide off the mountain you could drop the ballast box to anchor yourself to the roadway

That's what I do I use my tractor for forestry work and snow blowing my driveway and trails.

I leave my box blade on, spring through fall, for both the added traction it provides as well as the stabilizing effect when I drop it to the ground (along with my loader) when I get on a 10 to 15 degree slope. I use the snowblower in the same manner.

 

[joe48]

why reinvent the wheel? the straps you are describing I have known for years as quicky chains or strap on chains. I've used several different types over the years; regular chain links, cable chain links, and my favorite that I got from JC whitney, they were yellow plastic cross links with tire studs in them. The cables and plastic ones would run 40+mph , vibrate sure but you could stand it to get yourself to bare road.
Seems like you could use these on a tractor as long as the wheel has openings to put the strap thru. ,carry 2 to 4 for each tire. could use front or rear.