TerraGrips Tire Chains (18x8.5-10) [ST90012]

The only thing I like is being able to return it without paying shipping. Other than that it is a complete piece of something not good. One rivet was half pressed leaving half the rivet sticking towards the tire(see pic) and would have punctured my tire had I not noticed it. Looking more closely at the other rivets it seems apparent that many of them will fail a lot sooner than if someone had properly installed them. The rivets seem a size smaller than they should have been which is a poor practice that some manufacturers resort to in order to speed up the process while losing some integrity. The rubber used is recycled leftovers. The tread that makes contact with the tire is different from strip to strip with some having more traction than others. Might I add that the rubber wasn't even cut straight on a couple. And finally, but not least. Since the rubber is scrap(crap) from another business the side that makes contact with the ground is not solid black. Why you ask? Because on some of the strips there are several layers of the rubber that are missing(see pic). Most likely due to the reason the material was rejected from the other factory. The missing tread, the mismatched textures, and miscut rubber is really of no consequence since the rivets are complete crap!!! The only rubber I'll be recycling is my current set of old tires and going with tractor tread tires! I promptly returned this product and hope this helps someone.

I was excited to get these, hoping for a smoother and better snow gripping tire chain to use on my JD GT245 with snowthrower. I've gone through a few sets of regular tire chains and they are bumpy rides and fall off every now & then, which is extremely frustrating when trying to clear snow.The GOOD: Great fit and were much easier to install than chains. Ride was smoother than chains (for the 15 feet that I made it before getting stuck)The BAD: They do not work for Snow at all on an incline and barely on paved flat if the snow is anything other than dry powder. Any wet or moderately sticky snow, they just spin and you will be stuck.We had our first snow of the year and I was looking forward to finally installing them and getting to try them hoping for a more pleasant experience. Instead I just had a very frustrating 3.5 hours trying to get the tractor unstuck and back in the garage, had to dig up some old broken tire chains and temporarily rig them up. Traction was perfect with the normal tire chains. Now I'm off to the store in a snow storm to find some chain parts to put the old ones back together.Might be good for dirt or sand, but NOT for snow.

A bit of trouble to get on and straight and tight , But they work GREAT. We just finished with 8 snow days in a 9 days stretch and I had to push the show banks back to accommodate the extra. These "chains" provided the extra grip.Hint:jack the tractor up and lower the tire pressure a lot. Then get the chains on and straight and air up the tires.

For discussion and review purposes, let's assume that correctly installed, fully functional "traditional tire chains" provide traction on various surfaces (concrete, asphalt, etc.) at the highest level of any user installed traction supplemental device. I will call this traditional tire chain traction level a "10" for comparison purposes to the Terra Grips.First, I have used "traditional tire chains" for more than 3 decades on various compact tractors. For the last 17 years, I have used a John Deere 455 Diesel tractor, which is rated at 22hp. My first set of John Deere chains last over 10 years. My next set lasted about 3 seasons. Since that time, I have used at least one set of chains per season, while plowing the same surfaces and quantities of roads and driveways.Clearly, the quality of the tire chains has diminished as the prices have declined, as my most expensive set of chains purchased were the original set which lasted a decade. The least expensive (I want to stress lowest initial purchase price, highest frustration level during ownership) regular "tire chains" were the ones which I just threw away. I suspect this is directly related to many former quality products now being made in China. Personally, I consider a "Made in China" label as a PRODUCT WARNING LABEL. The Terra Grips are made in America, which Is always a good thing.The failure with the traditional tire chains was always occurring in the tire tread cross chains. Individual chain links would fail. Some broke, others were rapidly worn through. In any event, "traditional tire chains" sure aren't the quality they used to be. As cross chains fail, they flail around under the fender banging into the tractor fender and axle housing, while also threatening to damage various hydraulic lines, electrical harnesses, etc. Once the cross chains fail, I originally repaired them with special "repair links", which proved to be a complete waste of time. Soon thereafter, I was stopped plowing and lying on the ground either cutting the broken chains off the tire chains or using zip ties to tie them off, to allow me to get back to my shop without the flailing broken chains simultaneously damaging something while driving me crazy.Anyway, if "Traditional Tire Chains" are the "traction standard" for user installed traction assistance, I found the Terra Grips an interesting concept but really questioned their traction abilities. Here is how I would rate the Terra Grip Traction Strips after having used them for over 30 hours of plowing and snow blowing in just 2 weeks since their installation;Concrete Surfaces - Terra Grips provide a strong 8 and even a 9 out of a possible 10 rating for traction.Asphalt Surfaces - Terra Grips provide a 7 to 8 for traction assuming that a level 10 is great.Frozen Ground (lawns, dirt drives, gravel surfaces) - Terra Grips provide a 7 to 8 for traction, but they also don't destroy the frozen lawn, etc.Sheer Ice (the kind you can barely stand on and can't walk on without falling) - Terra Grips add minimal traction providing maybe a 2 or 3 level assistance as compared to the traditional chains superior performance of a level 10.The good news is for my purposes, I rarely encounter "Sheer Ice" conditions on any large scale. My experience was in a culdesac which had flooded during a very brief thawing period and then froze to sheer ice, which one could have skated on with ice skates if available. In that scenario, the Terra Grips were better than nothing, but not by much. Now that same area has hard packed snow mixed in and the Terra Grips provide very good traction when they have the opportunity to "grip something", like the hard packed snow. But on solid sheer ice, you are going to find nothing which works like "traditional chains" as the chains actually score the surface to bite into the ice to get traction. While that is fine on solid ice, that same chewing into the surface on a traditional road or driveway surface is a major negative and can be very destructive.The installation of the Terra Grips couldn't have been easier. Installing a set on the rear tires took no more than 10 minutes. Once installed, they do not twist and flex like the traditional chains can while underway at tractor road speeds. Overall, I am very pleased with the Terra grips. I have to admit that I was skeptical and almost ordered another set of "traditional tire chains" as backup if these failed to meet my needs. Now I see no reason to have the traditional chains and their related headaches.I would suggest to the manufacturer that they call them Terra Grip Traction Strips or something other than the traditional "chains" they are using in their name and description. Frankly, I see these as an overall superior product to the traditional chains in many ways including their ease of installation, their use without damaging the surface being driven on, their quietness and elimination of the occasional "chain rattles". Referring to these as chains diminishes this products best attributes, which is the elimination of the chain on the tread and road surface.So far, after two weeks of heavy use totaling over 30 hours already, these Terra Grips show no signs of wear or weakness. They are a very capable replacement for "traditional chains" and even though I expected these to not meet my stringent demands, I am not disappointed in anyway. I think my days of battling cross chain failures are permanently over. Based upon my extensive personal use of these Terra Grip Traction Strips, I would not hesitate to once again purchase them and I would strongly recommend them to anyone looking for an alternative to the traditional tire chains.

Needed these so that my chains wouldn't wreck deco concrete out of the garage. Snowblowing down 1 km driveway - didn't even make it to the end - yes they were installed and tensioned properly - probably okay if you don't have to push hard but thats what I thought they were for?

Seems like a good idea, was only able to use once as no snow fell after purchased. But it certainly helped the slipping of turf tires, a great improvement.

Not wearing down as fast as I thought they would on asphalt.