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Snow Wheeling, Tire Chains & Tow Rigs

I just run regular bungee cords on mine.

As everyone seems to be dialed in on road driving...... I know what Money is after and Karl has been with me in my truck and I put on chains to get somewhere offroad.

If you recall Money we were the only groups wheeling at Rieter with the big snow in '07. I towed up to Rieter a few times to go play in the plus foot white stuff. I also was towing my two rig hauler with two rigs on it. I would not of made it out to Rieter with that load without chains in my "hood".:redneck:

Stick with chains, go cheap on the tensioners i.e. bungee cords work awesome, and my best advise is to chain up BEFORE you tow into the deep snow. Also the tighter you get the chains on the less chance of spinning the tire in them.
 
I picked up a set of those HD chains this last winter prior to heading down to the KOH race. Didn't need them but at least they fit well/tight on my 20" OEM tires. Even tried them on in the parking lot prior to buying them.

I got mine at Les Schwab.

Terry
 
nowires said:
If you are going to get chains. Get the good stuff
Here are the good chains :awesomework:
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From my experience those suck! The coupler on the cable brakes easily and so does the red outer chain. Those are just a little, and I meen little step, above cables.

These are what I stand by http://www.tirechain.com/LITETRUCK.htm , and they are often cheaper:awesomework:

But just my $.02
 
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Those Z chains are the fisher price version of real chains. Get big truck chains with cam locks run them for a bit then go back and crank them down tighter and go with it. I've ran the big truck on a foot of snow chained up doing 50 with the chains as tight as I could possibly get them and didn't have an issue.

Standard rubber bungee's are great for tensioning chains, I run at least 2 per chain to keep things in check, like I said I run fast so things gotta stay put.

Get cables for the trailer if you just wanna make the WSP happy or a set of the Z links, they'd be just fine back there.
 
tomsbrokeagain said:
From my experience those suck! But just my $.02
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winner :stirpot:
It is my experiance that 90 % of chain failure is do to inproper instalation


Chains are built on the 99 rule
99% of the chains will never be used
99% of the chains are installed incorrectly
Chains are designed to last 99 miles
 
http://www.chainquest.com/browse.php?vcat=lt

I run the v-bar trail blazer chains although I think the v-bar is illegal but as I have a 4wd by the time I need chains shits real bad so the cops don't mind. I also run an all season tires that have better traction in the snow.

When I lived in eastern Washington I ran studded snows during the winter months with a 2wd and I never had to chain up...
 
nowires said:
winner :stirpot:
It is my experiance that 90 % of chain failure is do to inproper instalation
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my experiance has been seeing the cheap ass "chains" being sold at the local autoparts stores... there just junk...

I also don't like cables as I can't just weld them back together when they do fail.
 
boxboy said:
my experiance has been seeing the cheap ass "chains" being sold at the local autoparts stores... there just junk...

I also don't like cables as I can't just weld them back together when they do fail.
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Proper instalation
the only chains that I have ever had fail were wore out
In my life cables have one purpose..... to keep LEO happy, they are quick on and quick off
 
I am trying to work a deal for you Mark for your toyota. My really good friend works for a school district bus barn as the lead tech. He may be able to get some tire chains. I had a set for my 35" bfgs when I had my jeep, but I sold them with it. I used to run in 4-6' of powder like a freakin snow cat with my bus chains... it was legit. :cool:
 
Do any of you have experience with the automatic chains??? How well do they work???

I'm gonna look for a set for the outside tires, just wondering how much confidence I should have in my auto ones...

Should I run a set of chains with the automatics??? Or is it better to run one or the other???

The only time I played with them was in the yard just to see if they worked...
 
Maverick26 said:
I am trying to work a deal for you Mark for your toyota. My really good friend works for a school district bus barn as the lead tech. He may be able to get some tire chains. I had a set for my 35" bfgs when I had my jeep, but I sold them with it. I used to run in 4-6' of powder like a freakin snow cat with my bus chains... it was legit. :cool:
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Let me know if he can get the bus chains... And how much... Thanks...
 
dirtygoat said:
Do any of you have experience with the automatic chains??? How well do they work???

I'm gonna look for a set for the outside tires, just wondering how much confidence I should have in my auto ones...

Should I run a set of chains with the automatics??? Or is it better to run one or the other???

The only time I played with them was in the yard just to see if they worked...
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they work great on the road and moving, that is what they are designed for

parked in deep snow and trying to get going. They don't work so good
 


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