(ET) Mounting Chains

["Tim Humphrey" <hump evgrin com>]

I guess I'm sort of lucky.....

I have a spare set of mounted rear tires. One set has chains mounted  and
the other set doesn't. Winter - Summer.

I did *discover* one trick to use when mounting the chains though, take
the wheels off, let all the air out, put the chains on TIGHT, re-inflate
the tires, now the chains will be on VERY tight and will not come off as
long as the tires stay inflated.

On another note, I ordered two of the surplus center caps, they did not
work in my charger either, so I may have a different problem or they may
be bad caps.

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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu
> [mailto:elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu] On Behalf Of SteveS
> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 8:53 AM
> To: et
> Subject: Re: (ET) Totally dead E20, thoughts?
>
> And yet another method: I jack up one side, so I can easily get the chain
> under the wheel and rotate the tire. Then do the other side. As already
> mentioned I also use bungees on the outside of the wheel to take up any
> slack.
>
> - SteveS
> E20
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>
> Pieter wrote:
>
>> This is the method I use as well.  I lay out the chains, back over
>> them, pull them up over the top of the tire (all the while trying to
>> distribute the crossbars evenly), and then do the inside chain latch
>> first.  After doing up the outside latch, I use shock chords between
>> the circumference chains to take up the slack.  Then I run them a lap
>> or two around the driveway and try to take up a link or two on both
>> the inside and outside chain latches.
>>
>> Since I use mine with only a bucket loader, I usually leave the chains
>> on most of the time.
>>
>> At 11:50 AM 1/30/2005, john briese wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> Speaking of which I re-installed my chains. What a pain; I've found
>>>> it's easier to just take the wheel off, get them on, then put the
>>>> wheel back on the tractor.
>>>
>>>
>>> I lay mine behind the wheel, back over just past the middle, pull
>>> them up, connect, drive to redistribute and tighten...a lot easier
>>> than taking off a wheel.
>>> John Briese
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