Posted by David from Kansas on February 06, 2014 at 07:18:50 from (63.245.153.5):
In Reply to: Tire Chains posted by Sparktrician on February 06, 2014 at 04:31:47:
First time I remember using chains on a tractor was in the early 60's when we were using a 730 JD with a loader to load and feed silage from a trench silo. Lots of snow that winter that just wouldn't go away. We fed with a tandem axle grain-o-vator feed wagon, loaded to the hilt, of course. To get out of the silo to the lots there was a slight rise we had to go up and it got to the point that the 730 would spin out on the hard packed snow, even though tires were loaded and had wheel weights. Being poor farm boys, my brother and I decided to make some chains out of dual wheel truck chains that we had been previously using on an old 2-ton chevy truck. So, we just put two chains end-to-end and onto the tractor tires (the dual wheel chains were wide enough to cover the 18.4x34 tires and it worked great.
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