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Message: <blockquote data-quote="skidsteer.ca" data-source="post: 14253" data-attributes="member: 307">There is a studded tire for snow removeal available somwhere, "snow wolf" I believe. There was some talk about them on plowsite.com a while back. The only other way to make a skidsteer tire good in snow is to run tire chains on them. A intermediate step wuld be to get some 16" rims and run the tallest pickup snow tire you can find. For most applications a std tire will work, but its not optimal.As for tracks, if you only want rubber ones to protect your garage floor when you park, why not get a rubber mat to lay down in that area?  Most soft shoe tracks don't wear or last like a steel track. If I drive my loader straight in and out of the shop it does'nt do any more then make white marks on the surface. it not like walking a dozer in, the weight is not there to really gouge the cement. I don't know if I like tracks for snow removal. You don't need them if the surface is flat and hard. As for the offset, use this guide to measure your clearance <a href="http://www.tracksplus.com/forms/new/MeasGuide.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.tracksplus.com/forms/new/MeasGuide.pdf</a>Then see measure the offset of your wheels and you should have your answer. A 317 with 10 by 16.5 tires show it needs a 1.5" spacer  to run tracks, so you would likely need the offset wheels.Ken</blockquote>