Better Traction for your Tractor Snowblower - Replacing the Turf Tires with Snow Tires.

Even with chains and weights, my Craftsman T2400 Riding Lawnmower with a snowblower is almost useless in the snow. It just can't get traction. In this video, this novice replaces the OEM tires with some serious off-road tires. We talk about what the tire size numbers mean and how to mount the tires on the rims at home. Pretty pleased with these SunF Power 19x7 Off-Road Tires.

[@pongmonkey]

Good video. I appreciate that you did this right in the kitchen. I’m showing my wife so she understands what room in which tires should be replaced.

[@Icutmetal]

Shit, I’ve washed snowmobile clutch parts in our dishwasher.

[@pongmonkey]

@@Icutmetal Well now I have to try that.

[@jaypeerobot3745]

Just to let you know, good choice on your rear tires. You want a narrower tire to help give you a better weight to ground ration. I just recently purchased a 15x5-6 snowblower tire for the front of my garden tractor. Traction on the front is good too.

[@nfisheremti]

nice! soapy water slopped all around really helps.

[@toasteroverdrive1097]

I use grease on the lips, a lot easier and safer. I just learned that there are studs for the ice you can screw on, they're sold at my local new holland dealership but they cost like 3$ each.

[@mbrenengen]

I threw the chains on them, and had no trouble, even plowing the lake.

[@fredbishop4381]

Soapy water works and evaporates

[@Spinonemaster]

Nice series, but you need a lot of weight in the rear to counter balance the snow blower even with Ag tires ... wheel weights work fairly well with a plow ... but that blower is heavy cantilevered way out far past the front wheels ... and the trick is to start when the snow is halfway down ... and do the drive twice ... also less stress on the machine ... if you get a lot of snow ... clear the perimeter well as it turns to solid block ...

[@mbrenengen]

You are right on. I have filled them with liquid too.

[@elijahmcgaugh8219]

I need to use 20x10:00-8"lown mower tires

[@theeasternfront6436]

Sk they worked better? I have a “cabin” up in the hills. Went with my mower/blower and blew 16.5” of snow off the road. Traction was a pain.

[@mbrenengen]

They work great with weights. If you have ice underneath you will still need chains.

[@rifleman7313]

I have never heard about using windshield washer fluid in tires to add weight. It makes sense as fluid weight is used in full size tractor tires. I just would have no clue of how to add the windshield washer fluid. Could the fluid be left in the tire full time or would it expand during the summer and unseat the tire?

[@mbrenengen]

I have used it in my tires all summer with no problem. The video shows how I added the fluid. You could also stick a funnel and hose in between the bead and wheel before you inflated it, but that would limit the amount you could put in there.

[@mbrenengen]

Wait. Ignore that. There is actually a separate video for filling them up with fluid - the link is at the end of the video. Also, I forgot I used inner-tubes, so that funnel and hose business will not work.

[@Icutmetal]

Remove the valve stem core, fill tire, replace valve stem core.

[@strainrelief]

What is the overall measurement of the tire from ground to the top of the tire once they are inflated

[@mbrenengen]

It should be 19". It is 350 miles away now otherwise I would go measure for you...

[@strainrelief]

@@mbrenengen thanks

[@davel1372]

just wondering how they worked in the snow. i have the same problem on my mtd tractor with a snow blower.

[@mbrenengen]

By the time I finally got everything set up, all the snow melted last year. Yesterday I got the snow thrower installed on it, and I am ready. I will report back to you in a month.

[@mbrenengen]

I am happy to report I got to use this last weekend. In the snow the tires worked great. When I tried clearing the snow on the lake, as soon as I hit the ice, I lost traction. I put on the chains and had no problem on the ice. Big success.

[@robertanderson5796]

You definitely haven’t done this before. 😂 Tube goes in before the last bead is fitted.

[@mbrenengen]

I thought that was clear. Do you learn more from someone who has done it 100 times?

[@robertanderson5796]

@@mbrenengen Yes you can. There’s always an easier way, but you have to start somewhere.

[@Retro_80s_Guy]

Can't help but wonder why you're working on tires in your kitchen!?

[@mbrenengen]

? It was very cold outside.

[@Retro_80s_Guy]

@@mbrenengen :-D

[@johnle9484]

Funny when saw you changed these tires. You should buy a new tractor for easy way.

[@riffracingteam]

In snow you want tall as possible and skinny but not too skinny

[@agnarbeip]

You doing this in the kitchen? :o

[@mbrenengen]

Clearly you don't live in a cold weather state.

[@agnarbeip]

@@mbrenengen Neh, Iceland a warm country..

[@mbrenengen]

@@agnarbeip That would be a nice place to be right now. In Minnesota, we always do mechanical repairs in the kitchen when it is winter.

[@chriswilliamson806]

No offense, but I probably would've just bought a second set of rims, and taken it to an installer if you could afford it.. but maybe, that's just me..

[@mbrenengen]

It sounds like you are the kind of guy who would probably just prefer to have someone else clear the snow.

[@chriswilliamson806]

@@mbrenengen no, I'm just the type that would think it would be easier to have a 2nd set to just switch out instead.. work smarter not harder..

[@mbrenengen]

@@chriswilliamson806 I use the same tires all year round. Traction is critical. I am towing more boats with the tractor in the summer than mowing lawns.

[@organicvids]

Put dish soap on bead