I've been where you are. I had the wide, flotation tires and wide rims on the front of my 125 when I got it. Like you said, very hard to steer in ice and snow.
The 123 had the narrow rims, but the tires were not much better for steering either. I bought a pair of narrow ribbed tires from Miller tire, moved the wide tires from the 125 to the 123, then mounted the ribbed tires on the 125. Been that way for a dozen or more years. It definitively better steering, but could still use improvement. Steers good with the snowplow raised, with the plow down it steers OK until it gets a good sized pile of snow in front of it, then it goes opposite the direction the plow is angled. Can't fight physics.
I've thought about adding weight to the front end, or trying chains as was discussed above, but haven't done anything yet. Taking smaller bites of snow helps too.
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