Posted by JD Seller on February 01, 2015 at 08:23:14 from (208.126.198.123):
In Reply to: Chains on ice posted by bja105 on February 01, 2015 at 06:17:06:
bja105: A second thing to think about. Good tire chains are not usually cheap. Sometimes you can find good sets at sales in the summer. A worn out set with thin links will make you HATE tire chains and beat your fenders up with swinging broken chains.
So $400 for a set that would more than likely last you a life time. How would it have been yesterday if you had upset your tractor sliding around on the ice??? $400 does not go far on repairs,medical bills, or funerals!!!!!
I have asset of chains that are for 20.8x42 tires that are heat treated and doubled ringed. They where over a $1000 without delivery. So none of them are a $50 set of car chains anymore.
IF you are willing to watch farm auctions and Craigs list you can find chains that can be made to fit your tires. There are only about three common lengths of cross chains (15",18",23")IRC. The side chains just about never wear out. So if you have a torch for heating/cutting/spreading the links you can make good chains out of sets of the wrong size tire chains. I usually find a set of the size I need that have the cross bars worn out. They will be cheap to buy. Then I watch and buy odd sized chains that have the correct crossbar length.
I do this to have spare sets around for the common tires sizes my feeding equipment uses. Mainly 18.4x34 and 18.4x38.
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