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Anonymous-0

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After a bout with installing chains today (one on in 5 minutes and quit on the second 2 hours later), I think I got the brainstorm of brainstorms....

I need new tires sooner or later but my old tires are OK....

Setting back, steaming from sweat and having a beer, thought I'd just ebay up a second set of wheels for the new tires and mount the chains on my OK tires. Then just swap wheels in winter. That or learn the tire chain trick....

Done now,

Dave
 
Hi There are two way's to deal with the installation of tire chains,it's a dirty miserable job most every time. Alway's install chains before you get stuck. Get all the twist's and turns out and make sure they are straight. Many, many years ago I used to drive a milk truck and you soon learned the art of installing chains, they can be taken on and off quite easily. I haven't put my chains on the tractor yet this winter, sooo the first time this winter will be annoying. Cheers, Murray
 
If you can get a set of wheels & tires without going broke, and the wheel/tire changing isn't too awful, sure - it also means that your chains are not vanishing down in the lugs of a good set of tires, and you are putting less wear on the good tires over the winter. I have the perfect tires for this method (amazingly bald) but it would take finding more wheels/tires to do it.

With more practice, the tire chains should get easier to deal with.
 
i take the first rung of the chain and put it on a bar of the tire at least over halfway to the top then just slowly drive the tractor till that end goes all the way around hook it as tight as you can get it then drive tractor back and forth a few times and retighten chain then wait till you use it a time or two and retighten then you should be good to go the rest of winter the chains will set themselves where they want to be i always tighten them as tight as i can get them because they will always loosen up some
 

Umm, if you think putting chains on is awkward, then what about trying to roll around a tire with chains on it...

I think it would be way more work changing tires than putting the chains on, if your chains are decent, shouldn't take more than 10-15 minutes a side. Hard to spin a lug wrench for that....
 
Dave just do like johndeereman said and once you get the hang of it you will be able to put them on in no time. Bob
 
Putting chain on is something that is learned over time and once learn they are easy to install. As for changing tires/wheel just for chain that would be very hard and not the lazy way but the extra work way to go. Plus if your weather is any thing like what we have here you end up putting on and taking off chains and doing the wheel thing would get old fast
 

Thanks folks.
I pull the pin on a good idea grenade every now and then and need someone to kick it in the pit.

I'll spend some quality time with the second chain and see what happens. I had one side fastened OK guess I just got impatient.

Dave
 
Before 4X4 trucks were so popular most people around here kept a pair of tires with chains on them in the barn or garage. Floor jack in the middle, no climbing or crawling!
 
I used to put on/take off a set of chains on my Dad's WD-45 quite a few times every winter because running on bare pavement was hard on the chains, and the farmyard always had ice and snow. I used the methods the others have talked about, but didn't spend a lot of time retightening them. We had a handful of those black rubber straps truckers used for tarps and hooked them across the open side of the tire. Only took a minute to unhook them and drop tyhe chains off when needed.
 
chains are a snap to put on. lay the chain on the tire, tie it with a piece of twine and drive forward one tire revolution, you may have to stop a time or two to straghten the chain out. then just connect the ends and cut the twine. a trip of two around the yard and check them for excess slack. A CHAIN SHOULD NOT BE TOO TIGHT. IT SHOULD DROP SLIGHTLY WHEN LEAVING THE GROUND AND SHOULD ROTATE SLIGHTLY SLOWER THAN THE TIRE TO CLEAN PROPERLY.
 
On my truck I took a short plank and laid the chains on it,then nailed short 2X4s in between the chains,then just drive onto it and pull the chains up and over,Dont know why it wouldnt work on a tractor
 
Like other have said, it comes over time. I can put a set on in less than 5 minutes. I throw the chains over the tire, in a hanging position so the latch is at the bottom of the tire on one side and the end links are on the other side. Then crawl under the tractor and hook the inside together, finally the outside.
Other option is to leave them on year around. My neighbor uses his 190 Allis Chalmers loader tractor for moving hay and snow. The chains have not been off the tires in over 10 years, and they are still in pretty decent shape. Well over 50% use in them yet. He doesn't live on a paved road though, it's gravel. He says they help for traction in mud too and don't bother when running on the sod during the summer.
 

I'll get through it. Think I just got impatient. I'll spend a little time and make sure all the twists are out and erthing is straight and try again. The plank and 2x block idea sounds like a winner. I went out today with just one chain and couldn't believe the difference (never used a chain in my life). So good, I ordered a set for the quad (couldn't even go across the driveway with it yesterday.


Dave
 
Just lay the chain over the tire, drive ahead till the chain is all the way under. about two feet showing back of tire. Then hook the INSIDE first pull the slack out and hook outside. You can retiten if needed. Sometimes you need pliers or a pinchbar to get outside together.
 
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