Wheel chains vs. lug tires & weights?

[nikster]

Gotta a newbie type question, well 2 ?

I'm a stout type of guy & being 6'4" & weighimg 290lbs., i was just wondering?
(my other at times calls me a lard arse but thats another story). Sooooo;

When I put on my chains this Winter will wheel weights be needed even though i'm adding 290lbs. of weight?

Will rear lug type tires be better in snow & that would mean I could eliminate chains??

Well 3 questions.

If more weight is recomended by UZ, I have already thought about fabricating an attachment to my hitch, adding 3 or 4 25lbs. of weights. My Son-in-law offered his ole' free weights for this project.

Oh, oh, my Daughter came over yesterday & her husband is really getting into my new/old #109. We spent over an hour tinkering with it.

Thanks,

Nik

[CBH]

No matter how big the driver is, it's really hard to beat loaded rear tires for traction. I have tried the lug tires in the snow, but they did not work for me. So for snow removal, I now use loaded turf tires with chains on my Cubs.

[jfinney]

I plow a paved driveway that goes uphill to the road. I've tried loaded ag tires with weights and turf tires (not loaded) with chains and the same weights...NO comparison! I still lost traction and spun my tires with the ags. Turfs and chains and I went right up the hill without any problems. That's just my experience. I know lots of guys run ags with weights and say there machinces are unstoppable...that just wasn't my experience.
Jason

[johncub7172]

My reason for just using 4-link tire chains for mowing{if I had to,yard is sort-a flat} is because it is less weight and better traction ONLY if you dont mind all the tire marks left in the yard after mowing. But then again the yard marks up well when you need to mow in the wet. During the winter plowing monthe, its a whole nother animal. I'am not sayiny anyone here is wrong at all, this is my opinion only! Thanks, John

[rmunro]

In winter there is no tire, with any amount of weight will bite in slippery conditions anywhere near what chains will.

[Matt G.]

Chains and turfs are the way to go. AGs, or ANY unchained tires, for that matter, are useless in ice.

I'm about 170#, and I put washer fluid-filled tires and wheel weights on the tractor. The fluid and weights adds about 300#, and that's been enough to move snow in my driveway.