Lightweight traction intensifying means for agricultural wheeled tractors and the like

Traction intensifying means for a rubber tired vehicle having a power driven drive wheel comprising

• a resilient traction bar formed from substantially U-shaped cross section segments of a tire casing having a tread pattern with the configuration of the outer surface-engaging base portion of the U-shaped segment being positioned in use parallel to the outer transverse contour of a vehicle drive wheel, and the substantially parallel portions of said U-shaped segments extending radially outwardly from said base portion being positioned in use parallel to the sidewalls of the vehicle drive wheel,
• at least a first belt secured at one end to one of said substantially parallel portions of said U-shaped segment extending radially outwardly from said base portion and having a free end for engaging a cam buckle fastener,
• at least a second belt secured at one end to an opposed one of said parallel portions of said U-shaped segment extending radially outwardly from said base portion and having a cam buckle fastener secured to the end thereof for engagement with said free end of said first belt for securing said resilient traction bar to the vehicle drive wheel, and
• auxiliary traction enhancing means carried by said resilient traction bar including a shank portion positioned between the outer transverse contour of the vehicle drive wheel and an inner surface of the base portion of said substantially U-shaped cross section segment of tire casing for securing said auxiliary traction enhancing means in use between said resilient traction bar and the vehicle drive wheel, said auxiliary traction enhancing means further including a radially outwardly extending ground engaging edge portion extending from said shank portion across substantially the transverse width of the vehicle drive wheel.