Tire chains

[Lumbersawyer]

I have an Allis C with 9.5 x 24 field and road Firestone tires. I would like to buy some good tire chains for it. Does anyone have a brand they like or suggestion where they purchased theirs. My Dad had chains on his B Allis for snow plowing and it worked well. I'm putting the same front push blade on my Allis C, and I'm sure I'll need chains. The local farm store did not have tractor tire chains when I looked today. I have wheel weights and can add beet juice to the tires if needed. I will not put chloride in my tires. I have replaced too many rotted out rims. My friend just put the beet juice in his new Mahindra and likes it. More for counterweight on his tractor not for traction. Thanks, Brad

 

[Tim in New York]

I got chains for my Kubota from these guys up in Maine.

https://www.tirechainsrequired.com/search?q=11.2-24&submit=&type=product

I am very happy with the product and they were much less expensive than the other sites I visited. I did have to modify the chains to shorten them up and move the cross links closer together, because my tires were in between the chain sizes. I was able to use all the cross links, so it worked out very well. I bought the Tru-Grip ones for my R-4 tires and they do a good job of staying out of the lugs.

Tim

 

[leroy in ne]

been years but last ones I got were from tirechain dot com. I was satisfied at that time.

 

[Nordic]

I have exactly the same tire size on my B, I have truck chains on mine. They came with the tractor ,but if you're willing to go that route for chains, buy for 11-24.5. The ones with V-bar grip really good on ice as well. The less tread you have on your tractor tires the better the chains work. In my case the tractor came with full size cleats on the tires in which case truck chains can do their best to crawl down in between the tire tread - not good for traction. What I did was, weld a link between every two cross chains. In this way, cross chains are forced to stay on top of the cleats because both cross chains can't crawl down and hide at the same time, I trust you get the idea. Certainly, if you find the proper tire chains configured for tractors it's better but they will cost accordingly. My B has amazing traction, I'm so impressed what it can do in the snow, yet such a small tractor

 

[old]

I've always made my own from either chains I got at the local road dept that came off there graders pr snow plow trucks then used the part from them to make chains that fit. That way they cost little to nothing. Had a guy from one of the fire dept bring me some of there old chains last years and the price was FREE

 

[Dean]

I've bought several sets of tire chains from tirechains.com.

Never any issues.

 

[Aaron SEIA]

They are fairly easy to find used too. Facebook Marketplace is full of them. You can cut down longer ones if needed. Get the Dup Grip style with the X cross links.
AaronSEIA

 

[MarkB_MI]

I bought mine 25 years ago from <a href=https://tirechain.com>tirechain.com</a>. It looks like they now cost about quadruple what I paid for mine. I don't know if there's a cheaper source these days.

If you have conventional lugged tires, stay away from the basic ladder chains. The 'duo-grip' or 'double ring' style will work better. I had to shorten my chains quite a bit, so I assume they size them a bit on the large side.

 

[Geo-TH,In]

I needed Tire chains for my Jubilee and paid more than I should for chains at TSC. So I'm not cheap all the time. I needed them right away. Jubilee is in semi retirement. Still a good tractor my son wants. He just doesn't have a place for it. Hoping after I'm gone he will move back home to the only house he grew up in and I've owned since 1977.

 

[MarkB_MI]

> I needed Tire chains for my Jubilee and paid more than I should for chains at TSC. So I'm not cheap all the time. I needed them right away. Jubilee is in semi retirement. Still a good tractor my son wants. He just doesn't have a place for it. Hoping after I'm gone he will move back home to the only house he grew up in and I've owned since 1977.

George, with the money you're saving by not buying $200 cigars, you can afford to buy good chains.

I dunno if either of our sons will take over our house when we're gone. They like it here, but one has an old farmhouse he's fixing up and the other is a city boy at heart.

 

[Dean]

Unlike decades past, tire chains are sized to fit multiple tire sizes so it is expected that one custom fit a new set to one's tires.

I've removed side links and cometimes cross chains from every set that I have ever bought upon fitment.

One set actually needed an additional cross link. A single phone call to tirechains.com and two additional cross links were shipped.

Yes, tire chains have become much more expensive in recent years.

 

[Duner Wi]

My chain sets all came from farm auctions.

 

[Pete in MD]

''I bought mine 25 years ago from tirechain.com. It looks like they now cost about quadruple what I paid for mine.''

I had the same experience on a set of 11.2/12.4-38 chains about 25 years ago.

 

[Geo-TH,In]

Mark
I gave up drinking and smoking in 1982 after my daughter was born. That put an end to having children. One boy and one girl is too many..
So I guess if I smoked $200 cigars, I would be a gazillionaire now.

I'm working on my second million. I gave up on my first million.

 

[Lumbersawyer]

I found that the OTR truck shop nearby has new 11-24.5 chains in stock for $175 a pair. They have more cross links too if needed. The links are spaced at 8 inches and are a twisted chain type.