kenny thomas
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Don't know that I ever seen chains on a tractor here but when young we did use them on a pickup. It has been 40+ years since I seen a set for a truck.It's called "chains".............. Couldn't be without 'em!
Don't know that I ever seen chains on a tractor here but when young we did use them on a pickup. It has been 40+ years since I seen a set for a truck.It's called "chains".............. Couldn't be without 'em!
100 percent legit. There is no future in the expensive inputs year after year with no improvement. Future is in forward thinking management.RDFF, you are absolutely right! Folks, we are leaving a lot on the table by ignoring this regenerative stuff. Some is hard to follow, but it's legit!
When I was a kid I remember dad had em on his Mazda truck. The ebb and flo has us warm now thankfully. It'll cool off again soon enough.Don't know that I ever seen chains on a tractor here but when young we did use them on a pickup. It has been 40+ years since I seen a set for a truck.
You guys from the South never cease to amaze me. Chains on a tractor, even WITH FWA, is an automatic up here in winter! Even with FWA, if there's any amount of ice and you need to get anywhere, or if there's anything much for slope at all, you still need the chains to help you hold the line.Don't know that I ever seen chains on a tractor here but when young we did use them on a pickup. It has been 40+ years since I seen a set for a truck.
Love hate relationship for me.... hate to have to put 'em on, hate to have to ride down the road with 'em on, hate to hear 'em ticking the fender...... but LOVE not getting stuck or not being able to go where I need to!I hate chains with a passion and hope that they can remain hanging on the wall in the shop.
We don't get much ice only 20+ feet of snow. I get along just fine in the deep snow without pesky chains.
Snow almost covered the grass in the yard once this winter. I wouldn't need chains if we got 21ft of snow per winter because I would be moving south. You guys have my respect but its not for me.Nearly 21 FEET of accumulated snowfall here this season and haven't gotten stuck yet where chains would help (ie 4 feet of snow under the front axle). Use bucket and push backwards and pick another line. If you deal with a lot of ice then chains are helpful.
Wrestling 20.8x42 tire chains on is a task I hope never to have to do. Lol
You DO know to just hang the leading end over the lugs on the back of the tire and drive forward to put them on, right (letting the tractor do the work for you)? Meaning, you DON'T have to try to put them up over the top of the tire.....Nearly 21 FEET of accumulated snowfall here this season and haven't gotten stuck yet where chains would help (ie 4 feet of snow under the front axle). Use bucket and push backwards and pick another line. If you deal with a lot of ice then chains are helpful.
Wrestling 20.8x42 tire chains on is a task I hope never to have to do. Lol
Yeah, I know what you mean... I've only got about maybe 3" of clearance between my tire and the fender... 20.8 x 38's. I have to make sure they're on really tight, or I'm liable to lose something...........I've put more sets of tire chains and wheel tracks on than I can remember between logging and farming over the years.
No matter how you put them on its a wrestling match to get them on good and tight/straight/untwisted so they don't walk off when going down the road, slap the cab, slap hoses and fuel tanks off, etc.
You have a shop???? What's a shop??????????When I do run chains I let most of the air out of the tire then put the chain on tight and add air. On pretty much all my tractors the chains both front and rear need to be banjo tight to keep from wrecking things. Had one come lose on the road and hooked the cab fender, bent it and the actual cab structure up thus shattering a side window a few years ago. All the more reason I hate running them. Lol
Also they are hard on the floor in the shop, I have to put planks down to drive in and out.
You have a shop???? What's a shop??????????
Would like to make 2 or 3 bays of our shed closed off and doors thrown up. Seems invaluable at this point. Tired of working on a gravel driveway.A shop is a great investment to make machinery last more than a few years keeping it out of the sun and 20 feet of snow. Also allows a guy to fix and maintain equipment for myself and others in the cold snowy months when outdoor work is nearly impossible. It pays for itself in short order.
Do it. Life's too short to work on equipment in the gravel, we did it for years.Would like to make 2 or 3 bays of our shed closed off and doors thrown up. Seems invaluable at this point. Tired of working on a gravel driveway.