Posted by Destroked 450 on November 10, 2016 at 07:19:30 from (173.242.142.14):
In Reply to: Tire Chains: DIY????? posted by steve terplak on November 09, 2016 at 13:54:20:
Not many in this area have tire chains for their tractors, many think 4WD is all they need. I've only found one set of chains at auctions in twenty years that where for smaller 28" tires.
During 2009 ice storm we had 1/2 - 1 inch of ice that pretty much shut the state down for a few days. I rapped log chains thru the wheels and bolted them together in order to feed cattle and blade roads. We have a poultry operation with our farm on top of a hill so roads have to be cleared for feed trucks making deliveries.
I ordered a set of Duo Grips that came in after the ice was gone so I put them in the shed never taking them out of the bag until 2014. We had gotten a few inches of snow but not enough to require putting chains on or so I thought, I wasn't aware that we had gotten a skim of ice before the snow until my second pass over the hill when the tractor suddenly broke loose and slid the last 50 yards turning sideways and finally slid into the ditch backwards across the main highway, luckily there wasn't any traffic coming by, had the tractor when into the ditch sideways it probably would have turned over. When I finally got it back to the house the chains came out of the bags.
$400 is a lot of money for chains that I rarely use but I'd do it again before going without.
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