Archive through October 18, 2009

[jott]

Yay! First one on a new page

Guys thanks for the info on the tires. But that means i would have to get a pair of 10.50 rims

Anymore snow out there for you guys or is it still all wet? If it is, It will probably freeze and become a big ice rink

 

[jott]

Were is everbody?

 

[bbrigham]

I like the 6x12's, they put more weight per square inch to the ground. You can probably get away with bigger tires with the R-2's seems the lugs are twice as tall as R-1's. I never had problems with ags on the yard in the mowing season but I think if you had a spot that gets real wet like I do the R-2's might tear it up. I will probably stick with turfs and chains for plowin snow, we get a lot of ice on our roadway. Our neighbor always have water leaks from freeze ups and wont turn it off and fix it. I cut a hole in the ice last year with a hatchet and it was 13" thick.

 

[mgonitzke]

I'll keep my chains and turfs for snow too..our 500' driveway is shaded and always winds up with 2-3" of ice on it. Chains are a must for me. I've never used 6-12's before...I might have to put that blade on my 'new' 70 when I get home and chain up the rears and see how it does. I've always used 8.50s and lately 10.50s. I can definitely tell the difference between the 8.50s and the 10.50s; the wider tire DEFINITELY needs more weight to get the same amount of traction as a narrower tire.

 

[jott]

This winter will be my first with 23x8.50 chains. Last winter I had the snowblower, then the plow on my 124 and the 6-12 turfs and chains worked out ok.

 

[bbrigham]

I really like the chained 6x12's on the 73, I do our driveway which is like a big wrap around in 3rd gear, a full blade, with snow coming over the top. I do have 150# of wheel weight and traction is never an issue. Even with the shallow curve the IH blade has I can get a nice windrow of snow rolling off. I was going to frame up a 48" blade with more curve to it and use high density polyethylene as the face material but haven't gotten to it. Need to get a few more important things out of the way first.

 

[kide]

Matt:
Last I knew, the snow wasn't that deep in Miami - you could probably get by with just turfs, no chains

Josh - first on a new page???? No ribbons or donuts here... (wrong forum).........

 

[sstanton]

So would chains be necessary with an ag tread? I've been thinking of "borrowing" the new ags off the 104 for the 106 to plow with this winter.

 

[mgonitzke]

Kendell-

That's why I come home...I miss winter

Scott-

If you have ice, you'll definitely need chains.

 

[kide]

Scott:
My issue with chains on Ags is that the bar tread doesn't provide as much surface area under the chain - if that makes sense (The chains gets pushed onto the surface of the road/driveway/sidewalk by the tire.....). Next door neighbor's full size AC CA on solid ice is like a hog on ice , with chains on it,it has almost no traction..

Matt: We could Fedex you some snow...

 

[sstanton]

Kendall, yes that does make sense. I was also just considering adding more wieght without chains. I have 100 plus pounds already and will add more. I dont wiegh all that much myself so I only add about 155 to the overall wieght.

 

[aschumacher]

 

[rpalmer]

Today I put the blade and chains on the 104. I got to tell ya the chains fit pretty good on my ags. There isn't really much lose because the chains are a heavy gage and the tires are new. I'll keep ya all posted on my traction in the coming months. But it looks like these two links are going to work great with the ags.

 

[jott]

Kendell, ya what are ya thinking?

I never saw what the point of chains and ag tires was. I put a pair of 6-12 ags with chains on my my ealry this year and it didnt help. We had rain then it froze and we ended up with about 1" inch of glare ice, then it snowed a couple inches. The chains (and tires for that matter) were useless becuase the chains fell between the lugs and wernt digging into the ice. I have a friend who swears that if you have a lot of wieght(at least 500 LBS) and ag tires on the tractor, You will never have traction problems. I personally would never go into winter without chains and a fair amount of weight, especially if you have a snowblower on the tractor. Just my thoughts

PS- when i had the chains on the 6-12 ags(which are 4-link, I had troubles with keeping them straight on the tire. You see the turfs have the same amount of surface all the way around the tire, but ags obviously do not. Since the initial tire size is the same between the ags and the turfs; with less surface area on the ags, the chains will be loose.

 

[mlies]

changed my stack so the stress is not on the block it is mounted to the front and a piece of flex pipe in between. The weight of the HD muffler was too much for the block and after seeing one on this site I decided to change mine before I had the same issue.

 

[glippert]

Michael L - That looks solid, all right. Looks sharp, too.

If you can, go back and edit your posting, and hit the ENTER key once between pics, so the screen isn't spread so wide. Thanks for the pics.

 

[jott]

Mike L, what kind of muffler is that? Is it hollow or a regular muffler?

 

[jott]

Is eveyone putting chains on their cubs or whats going on?

 

[dfrisk]

Hmmmm I use HEAVY 2-link chains on 12.4 X 38's which are full of fluid (Valve stem height) plus have 300# of wheel weights per tire.

The Cubbies sleep during the winter.

 

[pdorow]

Josh Ott, I second that regarding the chains!