I have no experience with snow but I would think that for snow the super lugs would be great especially with weights and chains. But for mowing, I would think that the tires themselves would give you enough traction without chains or weights. Better traction is the reason I was interested in the Carlisle HD Field Trax tires mentioned in a couple other threads here.

Here is what comes to mind on first reading:

Super Lugs are tearing up the turf, not because of the tire, but because of lack of weight. In other words the tire is getting a better bite, but the weight isn't there to make them work efficiently. So, they are doing more damage.

Chains on lugged tires, probably should be those, designed for same. Regular chain cross links have a tendency to drop between the lugs.

Chains available on eBay sometimes and on Internet. The other thing, which you might do, is find some car chains at a yard sale and modify them.

The Super Lugs will work great on snow but no better than turf tires without chains on ice. If you have a gravel driveway, good chains on either turfs or ags are hard to beat for snow blading.

I have an asphalt driveway and use ags without chains for blading snow. I've found that chains can tear up asphalt. I blade my snow soon after it falls...many times while it's falling. By doing this, I avoid packed snow which can turn to ice.

-Deerslayer

I would experiment with air pressure also. Sometimes too much air pressure cause lost of traction in most tires. Also, try not to make shape turns if you can. I would try about 8 PSI see if that lessens your problem.

I've got super lugs on my main mowing tractor, they don't hurt the grass unless you spin them, sounds like you need to fill them with fluid, it is a night and day difference in traction and does help stability too. I fluid filled the rear tires on our shop push tractor (turfs 23-1050-12)and my ole 1855MF (26-1200-12 ags), didn't have to fill the ags on the mowing tractor, my yard is mostly flat.

I'll go ahead and fill 'em and see what happens. Currently I'm running 9 psi in them--haven't tried anything else.

Did some more brush-hogging at the farm yesterday and noticed that the big boy doesn't tear up anything unless the tires are slipping, so TMajor might have a good point. (When I use the inner wheel brake to turn sharper, it rips up a huge patch). Don't know how much the big boy's tires and traction compares to the GX255, but we've got the big boy all weighted down and fluidized, so it makes sense.

Thanks for the advice.

If your tractor came standard with 24-12-12 tires,then the rims are too wide for the lug tires you installed,causing an uneven contact patch(ie-too much contact on the outer edges and not enough in the center).

24-12-12 lug tires should work,without being too tall.Or,even better for less turf rippage,an ATV tire such as a Titan 489XT or similar.

Or,if you want to keep the lugs you have,change to a narrower wheel.

At 9 psi, most of the contact is on the center 50% of the tread, as evidenced by the track on the dry driveway after driving through a puddle.

You may want to lower the pressure on the tires for more contact on the edges.

FYI,
I have ag tires and they are filled with ww fluid. My pressure on one dropped to the point where the fluid worked in between the bead and rim. This caused the tire to slip on the rim. A little more air and all was well. At first, I thought I had sheared a key, but the blue fluid leaking onto the snow was a dead giveaway :)

On my blacktop driveway, I find the ags to work better than turfs with chains. I have a pretty flat driveway with about 2% grade.

fullmetal

Grassmaster, my advice is to put the turf tires back on and fill them with fluid. This will give you the weight at the ground that you need and won't tear up your lawn. If you're tilling or doing something that requires more traction than usual, put the chains on the turfs. When you need traction for snow plowing or blowing, most guys will tell you that chains on turf tires work better than ag tires because you get more surface contact. The only time I would use ag tires is for farm use where the tractor spends most of the time in the dirt/mud.

For filling the tires, check out a product called Rimguard, it is as heavy as calcium chloride, but is not damaging to the environment if it leaks and it will not corrode your rims. Also, you don't need tubes with Rimguard. With your 24 x 12 x 12 tires, you could get about 80-100 lbs extra weight per tire. I've done this and it works great.