i hate wheel horse blowers

[horseman with no horse 58]

i have little shoes that came with the blower in place of the cast wheels, im glad to see all the useful  responses, you guys are always so helpful. chains it is. i thought i had a decent amount of weight but i still might try to add more.

[mrc 1,043]

hi horseman with no horse,

 

as stated in the many replies to your original post,  you need chains, period.     since the money tree is not blossoming for you perhaps you could find someone in your area that might have a set of chains.  then maybe you can barter for them.  just a thought.

 

 

 

 

[OoPEZoO 584]

8 hours ago, Racinbob said:

 

Here's one place.

 

SoftClaw Rubber Tire Chains - Traction without damaging your surfaces

 

I have them on both my blade tractor and the blower tractor. I love them and find that in most cases are as good as steel. Some cases a bit better. I also need them because of an asphalt drive. I do quite a bit of dirt work in the summer. They are excellent for that too. With that being said, would I choose rubber if I didn't have the asphalt drive? No. If for no other reason the cost.

 

I’ll be damned…..I was checking out that website and realized it was a local phone number for me. Turns out that they are literally a 5min drive from my house. Guess I’ll have to swing down have a look in person

[JimSraj 564]

1 hour ago, horseman with no horse said:

i have little shoes that came with the blower in place of the cast wheels, im glad to see all the useful  responses, you guys are always so helpful. chains it is.

 

i thought i had a decent amount of weight but i still might try to add more.

As has been stated….”it’s traction that you need!”

If you’re on grass you’ll need to get the scraper bar up by lowering the skids. 
Mine is set at around 2” above the skids. 
If you’re get some chains on that machine I think you will find it does very well. 

[horseman with no horse 58]

i sent a pm to WHX, hopefully i can get some chains from them 

[lynnmor 8,505]

2 hours ago, OoPEZoO said:

 

I’ll be damned…..I was checking out that website and realized it was a local phone number for me. Turns out that they are literally a 5min drive from my house. Guess I’ll have to swing down have a look in person

Be aware that it is an Amish business and he might not answer a phone call right away and you might need to leave a message.  He did have someone fielding calls maybe that still is the case.  I took a tire/wheel along to test fit before buying, you will find Mr. Esh is easy to deal with.

[adsm08 4,152]

6 hours ago, horseman with no horse said:

i thought i had a decent amount of weight but i still might try to add more.

 

Not to beat a dead horse, but you can add all the weight you want, if the tire isn't able to grip the surface well enough it won't do a lick of good.

 

 500 lb man can't run any better on a sheet of ice than a 100 lb man can.

[56servi 59]

I have a set of 4 link V bar chains that you can have.  They were on 23-9.5-12 AG tires.  I switched to rubber chains and turf tires because the V bars were too rough on my asphalt drive.

I live about an hour north of you in Walled Lake Michigan

[horseman with no horse 58]

i can ask my gramps to take me but im not sure if he can.

6 hours ago, 56servi said:

 

I live about an hour north of you in Walled Lake Michigan

 

[56servi 59]

Send me a message if you are coming. I will be home all day tomorrow

GPS I96 and Beck rd. I live about 5 miles from there

i will send address if you are coming

[56servi 59]

I just noticed I have 2 accounts on here. Not sure how that happened

56Servi and GeneB are both me

that explains why I have trouble finding some of my posts.

 

i will try and get back to only one account

[Ed Kennell 44,525]

8 minutes ago, GeneB said:

I just noticed I have 2 accounts on here. Not sure how that happened

56Servi and GeneB are both me

that explains why I have trouble finding some of my posts.

 

i will try and get back to only one account

@nylyon   Karl, can you fix this?

[WHX?? 54,277]

20 minutes ago, GeneB said:

why I have trouble finding some of my posts tractors

There fixed that ... servigene 

Sure sign of having a  problem when you have to have  two accounts. 

[56servi 59]

I blame it on old age

I started the 56servi account in 2012 and the GeneB account last year.  I sold my 520H 4 years when we were spending the winters in Florida.  We are now full time back in Michigan so I got another 520H for snow removal and forgot I had the old account.

Can I combine the 2 accounts or should I just delete the GeneB account

[nylyon-(Admin) 8,740]

1 hour ago, GeneB said:

i will try and get back to only one account

 

Please put a topic in the “Talk to the moderators” forum and we can get you situated.

[Chris689 27]

Believe me when I say I understand money being tight. Everyone’s been there. Chains are a great, inexpensive way to go. I went through last winter using chains and I believe 50# generic weights on my turfs with a snow plow. Drastic improvement over not using chains at all. However, at some point the chains shifted and ripped a lug causing a pretty bad leak. I may not have had them tight enough but at the same time the tires were also dry rotted so just keep the condition of your tires in mind. I saved up and bought some AGs off eBay for $160 roughly. This past storm CT got, I had anywhere between 8-15 inches of snow. I ran just my AGs with the same weights as last year and I used a snowblower attachment. 2nd gear low range and the machine just chugged along and ate the snow no problem. In the end use what’ll work best for you. Either route is better than just turfs.