Truck claws and other tire traction substitutes

Gave up on the idea. CAn't find anything to use for securement. Not without spending a ton of money. I spent $80 on having i beleive 16 peices cut up. 4 per tire. Or less with spares. But no way to secure em. And I'm not even sure the idea would work for our use. I DID manage to give em a try and ended up just digging myself deeper and deeper in to the mud. Using chains wrapped around through the rim holes. And bolts to tie the ends together. Not only did the claws not work but the bolts and nuts got buried in mud and the chain slack so tight it was almost impossible to get the bolts back out of the chains to take everything off.

 

Don't remember the exact name but i had a piece of steel cut up in 5 inch pieces. Imagine a U shape. 4 inches wide with 2 inch walls. ( Channel Iron rings a bell ) Our problem is we drive in farm fields. The only good time for mud is the middle 2 weeks in January when the ground is completely frozen. The rest of winter and spring we're crap out of luck. There's no surface to even think about grabbing hold of. So the claws just basically dig out the mud and make your tracks DEEPER.

Last year i was hauling up to the field up north. Where there's no one around and a farm tractor to use. Hard to do with only 1 person pulling the truck and driving the truck. ( Chained all 4 tires up there, and even tried the claws with the tire chains. ) Occasionally we went west where there was a guy who manned their tractor all day. So he pulled us through all day long. This year i'm hoping we go to dairies more then the field. The grounds are compact enough getting stuck might not be a problem.

 

There's not much to impress. They should be used to it and equipped to handle the situation. Least they are around here.

I noticed the trucks that have 4wd stand a much better chance then my 2wd truck. It wasn't equipped with full lockers.