Bolt on Grousers

[Frankdozer]

Has anyone ever heard or seen or have a set of bolt on grousers for the snow/ice/safety? And if so, where can I purchase a set. Thanks, Frank

[jtrichard]

when i first got my 2010 it had 1 1/2" angle iron bolted on it as full grousers it worked quite well for years ....some of them got loose late in their life and sounded like bells clanging i wore them down to flat strap then went to weld on grouser bar

[dehli farms]

on my john deere track loader, the parts book has no m 1665 calk snow for triple semi grouser typ shoe 2 used pewr shoe i dont know what cost.

[Paul Buhler]

Hi: Check out this thread for some ideas.
http://www.jdcrawlers.com/messageboard/ ... highlight=

[eppeljd350]

i know you said bolt on but I made some out of rebar in the shape of a bracket welded to every other shoe they worked well in Missouri clay mud.

[Jack-the-Ripper]

Weld-on grouser repair stock is available. It is hardened steel with chamfers on one edge to facilitate full penetration welding. I saw it at "Trackman" in Spokane. Grousers will help on packed snow. If you are plowing your road with a frozen base on a hill, there's times when nothing will help, particularly to prevent sliding downhill sideways (where a "friendly" snow bank is your only savior). (Trees are not so friendly.) Before the "rebuild" when my road was 17% I would plow down and have to run back up hill with one track out of my tire ruts or edging up the hillside in order to fight my way back up hill, even with good three blade grousers.

I've found, and used, short weld build-ups (1" wide x 1/8" high) on alternating grouser edges to be helpful in reducing the "ice-skating effect" of a side slide as they increase the psi on the ice allowing the tracks to catch just enough to suppress the slide. They won't help much pushing a load however.

If you must plow on a hill, wisely choose your turn around points for flatness, being aware of what you might hit, or fall over, if you slide.

I bought my 450B from a former logger/owner who had welded short chunks of 3/4" square x 1/4" "bars" randomly every few pads (similar effect to the bolts seen in the referenced link). They may have worked in the woods but were useless even on my "new" 7% road when it iced up after a thaw and refreeze. They were rough riding and really tore up the graveled road during spring repairs. I torched them off.