well you're in trouble then Wreck :P

Get your Rig set up to your liking Rocky?

 

I see no real reason to chain. If it is too slick for me to drive on tires and 80000lbs I will just stop and pull over. Save the time, headacke and posiably a damaged truck or trailer from a busted chain. Been there done that never agian. I wil just pull over and stop.

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But what should you do if the pavement is dry for a few miles then icy the next few miles? Just keep pissing off fellow drivers until you find a place to stop and take them off? I'm sure I've already answered my own question, but still? It's just annoying. It's icy here, it's dry there, and yet I'm still driving 25mph. It just seems senseless! And then you see these guys with no chains on at all! WTH!??? Why even bother with them?

 

do like I did-Run the Rumble Strip for traction :P

 

Merry Christmas, what do bungies do....? nothing!...

 

I guess they keep the chains on if everything breaks! Actually, I don't think they'd even accomplish that! Yeah, you're right... they're useless! 8)

 

They are used incase a chain cross link breaks. Kepping the chain from flying off and smacking your truck/trailor. Thats what I feel anyway. LOL Hope everyone had a good holiday.

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yep-that was my Habit too-Happy New Year

 

Let's see, getting the chains out and sorting them 15 min., 6 tires x 5 min = 30 min. Finding out you needed your low profile chains for the particular trailer that you were hauling 10 min or to warm yourself back up after laying in slush. Pulling forward to to re-tighten your chains 10 min.

15 + 30 + 10 + 10 = 65 min. Yes, I say so.

Let's add darkness and dumbazz 4 wheelers while doing the driver-side of the truck keeping one eye on traffic and one eye on what your doing.

Apparently you have never driven the I-5 in winter time with the DOT Nazi's. We had a driver who got pulled in for an inspection while his chains were on in Dunsmuir, CA so he could get his new stickers. He flagged 15 min ON-DUTY for chaining and the CA DOT guys put him out of service for invalid logs and a big fine. All he had to do was prove that it took him 15 min to put the chains on.


Snow and ice at 31 degrees is a lot slicker than snow and ice at 25 degrees and below. The colder it is the better the traction is.

 

Get some chain hangers on your rig. I wouldn't want to pull them out and sort them every time either.

It took me 10 minutes flat the first time I chained (2 sets). 6 should take less than 30 since I only have to get in and back over them once.
Most guys up here can throw 2 sets in less then 4 minutes, the guys pullin super b's that throw chains every day in the winter.