Tires and Fluid Question

I'm having the local tire store put on new tires & tubes on my old tractor. They are fluid filled and the fluid alone weighs 1100 lbs at each tire.

I plan on mounting a snow blower on the 3 point and my old loader with an 8 ft bucket on the front end.

Am I still going to need tire chains this winter to handle the snow and ice? I'm guessing I will, but don't want to drop $500 on chains if I don't have to.

Oh yeah, I live up here in the hills.

Thanks for your help,

Allan

Now you've gone and tripped the my old memory files with your talking about grinding corn.

Many years ago, we used a table feed Western Land Roller Bear Cat with a 3/4" seive to grind ear corn. We scooped the ear corn into the grinder's table with those old potatoe forks.

My dad had a severe case of asthma and his "sport" was to see if he could choke the Bear Cat and/or the tractor before he choked down first himself. He went thru this ritual with very tractor he traded for and every time we ground feed.

He always won the match with the old gas M, the 560D, 400D & 656D; the black smoke would just bellow out of 'em.

But, he couldn't stay ahead of the machine when he bought that 966. Just too much raw power and the table feed on the grinder would simply kick out first.

Thanks for the memory,

Allan