Front Tire Chains ?

[DoubleO7]

In one of your posts you mentioned that you raise the blade in order to avoid scalping the lawn.
Would not more traction on the front result in tearing up the lawn
while trying not to scalp it?

[Jumper]

My pre-retirement job was plowing the sidewalks in town with a Ventrac. It was 4wd and 31 hp, but I was able to plow through a consistent 2 feet of snow and 4 foot drifts with the push blade. The tractor got great traction from the all terrain tires like the ones Jon has in his post. They hung onto the side of a hill when mowing also. They could give you enough traction to do what you need.

[Rescue11]

V61s with bicycle chain in the grooves. Seen it done before looks like it would work pretty slick

[johncub7172]

That sounds like a great idea! I was driving through about 6" of snow during that last severe cold spell we had here. I turned left in the snow and the 72 kept right on pushing straight, even with the 56" snow blade up front. Had to back up and try again. I'm thinking that front chains could bite when being pushed like this, and help prevent the front from sliding.

[Leadslingingdaddy]

How about getting a back blade and driving in reverse??? And if you had turning brakes would even be better.... Or better yet how about putting snowmobile ski's on with carbide runners???

[Workingstiff]

Originally Posted by jimbob200521

I've never done it personally myself but have seen this idea done and for what you're describing, it may benefit you.

Jack the front end of your tractor up and/or remove the front tires. Let some air out of them and then take a bike chain (or similar) and wrap it around the tire until it's taught. Then air your tire back up which will put pressure on the chain to keep it in place. I hope that description made sense.

I like it! Good idea. Cheap too. Maybe even the same with swingset chain and connectors. Cheap $10 trial.

[Tony h]

Originally Posted by DoubleO7

In one of your posts you mentioned that you raise the blade in order to avoid scalping the lawn.
Would not more traction on the front result in tearing up the lawn
while trying not to scalp it?

The Snow Blade is what can scalp into uneven sod. The tires with or without chains will not tear and lift clumps of sod. Yes, on wet or muddy areas the chains will mess up the sod but I'm talking about frozen ground at this point. Chains will run on top but snowblade will grab and lift.

[Tony h]

Originally Posted by yeeter

Blasphemy!!!

It's hard to explain my Scenario. I'm not doing a sidewalk, I'm not doing a blacktop driveway. It's a long downward slope ( on sod) about 20' wide that has a turn in it. I need to get the snow on the of the turn which makes for a very bad situation for the tractor to get traction. Without the front chains , I have been backing up and straightening the wheel and playing that game to get the snow where I need it. I was simply looking for a fix so I can run this 600' run of 20' wide area without playing games. Just hoping to go one direction to the end of the run, Turn around, change blade angle and come back.

[Tony h]

Originally Posted by johncub7172

That sounds like a great idea! I was driving through about 6" of snow during that last severe cold spell we had here. I turned left in the snow and the 72 kept right on pushing straight, even with the 56" snow blade up front. Had to back up and try again. I'm thinking that front chains could bite when being pushed like this, and help prevent the front from sliding.

I know Front Chains are a substantial help on Larger Tractors. After using my 3400 series Kubota for a few years without chains, Heavy snow would have that tractor Crabbing sideways. Front chains made that totally go away. That's a 3000lb tractor vs these 700lb Cubs. That's why I started this Thread to begin with.

[J-Mech]

Kubota L3400 is more like #2500. Unless you had loaded tires or wheel weights on it.

Here's my questions:
*Was/is it 4x4?
*Do you still have it?
*Have you bought and installed tire chains on the front of the 782?