Re: (ET) Rubber tire chains, chains on front

[Rob Brockway <getractor yahoo com>]

I have used rubber chains this winter.  They work much better than the tires alone, but they are not as good as steel chains.  They will not push forward on hard ice.  Also when you do spin your drive wheels, you tend to slide to the side.

 

Normal chains do not improve lateral or side to side traction, so chains are not usually helpful on non driven steering wheels.  I put snow hog snow tires on the front of my modified E12M and it really helped steering traction this winter and reduce the pushing sidewaqys effect.

 

One negative with the rubber chains, they are very hard to install.

Chris Tromley <ctromley gmail com> wrote:

> This last sleet/ice/freeze incident is giving my New Idea EGT 150
> fits. This stuff is so dense and so stuck to the pavement that
>  my
> blade tries to just ride up and do nothing, or if I set the blade at
> an angle and carve away at it in slices, it slides the whole tractor
> sideways.
>
> I have steel chains on the rear tires. They work fine, but every
> spring my driveway has a new collection of scratch marks where a tire
> has spun in place.
>
> Have the rubber tire chains proven to be as effective as the steel ones?
>
> Do they make the rubber ones small enough to fit the front tires, and
> will they help? I'm wondering if there's enough weight on the front
> end for them to be effective.
>
> Chris
>
> P.S. I know a blower would do better with this wet stuff. Just don't
> have any room to store one.
>
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