How to posi

[Tweeder]

What is a 1 tire fire thingy?

When you have 1 tire spinning

 

[benski]

When you have 1 tire spinning

Ah, got it!:thumbsup::laughing:

Those technical terms sometimes escape me.:biggrin:

 

[wjjones]

What is a 1 tire fire thingy?

One spinning one doing nothing..

 

[JDgreen]

Any way of turning a hydro gear into a posi? I hate the one tire fire when on un-even ground or loss of traction plowing snow. I was thinking about welding the spider gears like on trail rigs.

May be a stupid question but does your machine have 2 brake pedals, one for each rear wheel? On my JD 318, if I had one rear tire spinning, gently using the brake for the spinning tire would transfer power to the other tire.

When pushing snow, I always wished for a diff lock, even with chains, loaded tires, 50 pounds of wheel weights per wheel, and 100 pounds of barbell weights on the back, I always needed more traction than it had. Wet, heavy snow on the front blade would stop me dead as one tire spun.

 

[Dangeroustoys56]

As good as posi is, its horrible for tight turns, as mentioned - if it was welded, itd have to be super clean and welded solid- otherwise the welds could break and wreck the trans.

Better alternative would be a straight 1" or 1 1/4" axle - itd be a pain and some machine work needed, but you could mount a straight axle inside a trans - keep the unlocked trans for summer and swap the locked trans in for winter .

Or get a beater tractor and do the locker just for the winter plowing- depends what route youd want to go....