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Chains are good on ice. If you don't have ice, you don't have a call for chains. Go without them. And if you do find yourself slipping on the ice that you thought wasn't there, then go buy some chains. Probably the single biggest mistake I see people make when attempting to push snow around is trying to push too much. Angle your blade to shove it off to the side. You're not trying to build a snowman, so rolling a giant ball of snow around does nothing good. Clean and lubricate the blade. If the snow sticks, it doesn't push off, and you're still building a snowman. Take smaller bites. Don't try to clear the entire road in just one pass. Remember too, when you're using something like a normal scraper blade, it's not the right tool for snow. Oh, it will work, but it doesn't work correctly. The best way to move snow is to lift it up and throw it over. That's why the good snow plow blades you see on the big trucks and locomotives have that distinctive shape and are run fast. It lifts the snow up into the curl of the blade and throws it over the edge of the snow bank. And if come spring you think chains would have been nice to have, watch yard sales. I picked up 5 sets of chains once for a buck a set that way.
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