Re: (ET) A stark comparison

[Pieter Litchfield <pieter_litch yahoo com>]

Jeez - I was tempted to confess I have 2 ETs - 1 for mowing
the lawn, and 1 with a bucket loader and chains for (among other things)
snow removal, Why two?  Because its too much trouble to drop the
quick change bucket and wheel chains!  But Dave's confession about
two sets of wheels almost tops mine.

I have found the easiest way to put chains on (in the garage) is to lay
them flat out on the floor, then drive over them.  With the tractor
about 1/3 of the way onto the chains, it is possible to pull the front of
the chains over the tires and fasten them at the back where there is more
access.  Then a few bungee cords to take up any slack and you are
ready.  I can do this in ten minutes.  But its still easier to
buy a second ET.....

Happy Holidays,
Pieter


At 04:12 PM 12/13/2008, David Roden wrote:
> On 13 Dec 2008 at 10:39, Max
> Hall wrote:
>
> > the difference between putting tire chains on a wheel by itself (not
> on
> > the vehicle) in a warm basement and putting tire chains on a
> wheel
> > that's on a vehicle outdoors ... 
>
> I have two sets of rear wheels, one with chains, one without.  IMO
> it's less 
> trouble to jack up the tractor and put on the wheel with chains than to
> try 
> to apply a set of chains to a wheel that's already on the tractor -- and
> I 
> have a garage in which to work.  
>
> My hat's off to you for your fortitude.  If I had to put on chains
> in the 
> driveway in the slush and snow ... well, I might be tempted to give one
> of 
> the kids down the road a double sawbuck to shovel the driveway while I
> watched from the dining room window.  ;-)
>
>
> David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
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