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Chains on rice tires.

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caveman2717

05-09-2005 19:31:10




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Hey everybody. I just bought an old (1978 or so) john deere 302 with 3pt, pto, and loader. This will be the newst tractor I have ever owned, so I will probably be asking a few questions in the near future. My first question is this. The industrial tires that are on it are bald enough to be turf tires. One of of the local used implement dealers has a set of 4 ply rice tires that would fit nicely. I have thought about rice tires before because my little piece of northern MN is a lot of wet clay for about three months out of the year. Of course the other thing Mn has a lot of is snow for about nine months out of the year. I"ve read that rice tires are made of hard rubber and don"t grip well on snow. The obvious solution would be chains for the winter months. But I just don"t know how chains will work on those deep treads. Has anybody here tried a set-up like this? Any opinions welome. Oh and now that I think of it, will doing loader work be too hard on those long treads? Thanx in advance.

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MSM

05-10-2005 03:35:26




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 Re: Chains on rice tires. in reply to caveman2717, 05-09-2005 19:31:10  
The rice tires will give you alot of traction,but they tend to ride rough,and not wear well on hard surfaces. Chains could be used,but would have to be ring type chains so they won't drop down in the tread bars and be useless. Possibly put a set of reqular chains on the tires you have now. The addition of wheel weights or a counterweight would probably help more. Going in the clay gumbo will be tough with the loader on the front as it will tend to push the steering tires down in the clay.Possible a wider set of steering tires could also be added.The chains on the back with a loader should work OK as long as a little common sense is excercised.

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