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I'm getting ready to do my fall maintenance to the CS (disassemble, clean, lube, change fluids, reassemble) and convert it to a snow machine. I've got an LED light bar on order to mount on the ROPS (details to follow) as well as a wiring kit.
I've been going back and forth whether to install tire chains or not. With 4WD and using the back hoe as ballast & weight for the SB50 snowblower (who needs beet juice in the tires when you have a 750 pound weight well past the axle) so I was thinking that chains might not be necessary. After all, the snowblower clears right down to the black top. But after some thought I figured, "why not install chains, they can be useful if there's an ice storm prior to a snow storm."
Then I noticed this:
There is about 1/2" - maybe 5/8" - of clearance between the tire and the backhoe mount frame. I just don't think the chains will clear the gap. Has anyone on the forum installed chains on a CS2410? Is it possible to bias the chains towards the outside so the buckles ride more towards the wider part of the gap?
I've been going back and forth whether to install tire chains or not. With 4WD and using the back hoe as ballast & weight for the SB50 snowblower (who needs beet juice in the tires when you have a 750 pound weight well past the axle) so I was thinking that chains might not be necessary. After all, the snowblower clears right down to the black top. But after some thought I figured, "why not install chains, they can be useful if there's an ice storm prior to a snow storm."
Then I noticed this:

There is about 1/2" - maybe 5/8" - of clearance between the tire and the backhoe mount frame. I just don't think the chains will clear the gap. Has anyone on the forum installed chains on a CS2410? Is it possible to bias the chains towards the outside so the buckles ride more towards the wider part of the gap?