Chains on Ag (lug style) tires
 

How well would chains work on my Ag tires? I have a 782 with wheel weights and new Ag tires, but seem to do alot of spinning when pushing snow. Would normal chains work on these tires or do I need special chains? What do you guys use? Thanks

I have good results with ags and chains on my 125. I also have about 150 lb of weights on the rear. The chains make a big difference over last year when I only had ags and weight. I am mostly running in loose snow over hardpack or loose over concrete, not much ice. EDIT: I read your post again, I use ordinary 4 link chains, but 2 link might work better. You should just need ordinary gt tire chains in the proper width for your tires. If you have really bad/icy conditions you might consider v bar chains, they will bite in more, but can mess up pavement.

Your best bet would be to lose the ag's and put turf tires and regular 2 link chains on. I don't understand why everybody thinks that ag tire are good for the snow and ice. Any body that has ever driven a big tractor in the snow will tell you that the ag's don't go as good as you think. Just look at a good winter tire for a car,they don't have ag style tread. They have allot of cuts,grooves and sips.In the snow many small grooves are better then 1 or 2 bigger ones.

I agree...get another set of rims and turf tires (used is fine) and chain them up. Ags do not work well in the snow, and ANY tire without chains is useless on ice.

My dad's Farmall has ags on it, and the chains help it a bit, but they fall between the lugs. That tractor would REALLY move snow with turfs on it.

As usual, Matt is correct. The chains will fall between the lugs, but you can buy chains that are made specifically to use on farm tractors with AG's. I'm not sure about their availability for garden tractors.

I built a set of tire chains for my big tractor and they work just fine. I joined each pair of cross chains with two chains about 6" apart that run on the surface of the tire so that the chains for the most part sit up on top of the lugs - kind of an "H" with two cross bars configuration. I think it would be a fairly simple matter to do the same with small tractor tire chains so that they don't work themselves down in between the lugs.

I also recommend putting turfs with chains. i use ags with weight with no problems but I'm located where I probably won't ever have to push more than 6"

Yup, chains on ags will fall between the lugs, all of my plow tractors have turfs and chains except one of the 123's, it has 6-12 ags with chains. Honestly though, I don't know if it has ever spun a tire pushing snow... Except for those cases where it's trying to push something that it shouldn't/couldn't push anyway.

You didn't say if your tires are loaded, if they're not, they should be, it really does make a big difference.

I agree with the guys, get your self a cheap pair of wheels and turfs, a couple of tubes and a set of chains then tube and load those tires, put the chains on before filling the tires, that way the chains will be good and tight. Run them in the winter and go back to your ags for the summer.

What do you mean by tires being loaded? I have wheel weights. If you mean filled with something, they are not.

filled tires usually mean filled with either calcium,or antifreeze. Others also have used windshield washer solvent. I filled my 23x10.50 AG'S with about 7 gallons of eco safe antifreeze and used about 6 gallons in my 23x8.50's today. It helps alot and is easy to do with a little ingenuity..