Mahindra 4540 4WD

r your tires filled mine not let air out put chains on fill with air prsxto, I got 3 50#each side easy peasy

 

Thread "de railing" The last few winters I took a small 20 some driveway plowing "route" from a friend. I didn't want to do all that roading on my good trygg chain's. These screw in studs do amazingly well without wearing the chains down not to mention the "chain bounce". We had a 50"+ week last winter and traction was not an issue. Busting the plow's "A" frame in half is another story

The shorter studs went in the front tires

 

Cool. I wondered how they were. Never tried them.

So no damage to tire? Just take them out when winter is done and re-use them next season? Do you think they would be okay to use on R-4 industrial tires?

How much?

 

Yes, yes, & yes. Iirc the shorter studs were about a buck each and the longer $1.50? I left the rear one's in because....... I just never got to it and eventually told myself "I'm only operating on dirt & gravel"

 

So, Yes. Damage to tire. Fuelrod!

 

No apparent damage to the front tires. It did leave a little "divot" where the stud was and has me wondering about possibly needing to install them in a slightly different location for this winter. If your mostly operating on your land, I wouldn't hesitate to just leave them in year round. They have actual carbide tips and I doubt any real wear happens in the dirt. This is where I got mine, Windy Ridge Corporation - Products it's a nice drive over there but I'm sure you can find them locally or on the www.
I put 4 in each "bar" of the tire and spent about $450 but my tires are a bit bigger and had no idea how many I really needed, 4 per "bar" was my guess. If you can find them handy near you, I'd think about trying 2 per "bar" and just add more if you feel it need's it.

 

Thanks for the info buddy. Just bustin on ya. Gotta keep ya alert.

 

OOPS I meant 4 per pair of "bars" Gas. (I just looked at my own pics!)

 

Look like they add some good traction. I've thought about them for my front tires. My chains on the back make a HUGE difference. I wonder if thewoodlands is considering chains or these studs now that you posted them.

 

Absolutely, somewhere I've even seen them screwed into CTL's rubber tracks also. If I didn't have chains for my SS I'd put them in those R-4's.

 

Here’s an older post I did on installing my chains.
Tractor chain-up day (pics)

To get the tire chain onto the tire you can lay the tire chain out behind the tractor, attach a regular chain to the tire chain and drape the rest of the chain up over the tire. Drive the tractor forward, running over the regular chain, which pulls the tire chain up over the tire. It isn’t super tight, but it gets it on withou having to lift it up over the tire from the side.

 

I find my chains start to lose effectiveness as the fresh snow gets to be over 2 ft deep. For lack of better words, a sheer zone develops in the snow between the tire and ground. I can still move around on the flat, but have to grind my way through tough spots in the woods. I suspect studded tires would begin to slip much sooner, as compared to the ice chains, and I’ve never run them but suspect Canadian ring chains are better than my ice chains for deep snow.

 

Will go through another winter without chains and I've never thought about studs for the tires.

 

You can't beat chains!
Good ice chains are expensive and if you just keep them on your "radar" all year long on C/L etc. you'll eventually come across at least a set of "ladder" type that make a huge difference as well. Running on your land on snow & ice they'll last a long time and are rebuildable.

 

It looks like you could get the 3550 dirty real quick after all the rain your areas in for. The winds are suppose to gear up in our area tomorrow morning through the evening.

 

I like removing them in certain areas, with age everything settles!

 

I dug some of the septic with the backhoe and the rest with the shovel, they came 1:30 early so I'm glad it was ready. I did get a new distribution box cover (had some bad cracking) but everything else was ok.

The FedEx guy delivered the heavy duty socket set today.

 

Nice work. Nice new set of tools. They will be handy.

 

So your poop pit is pumped now? Perfect.

 

Bombs away!