[RockyMtnProDriver]

Originally Posted by birddogg18603

That puzzled me to because i know it can snow sometimes late in May in some areas out west.

I was just using April as a sort of close approximation.

I have chained up in July to get over some of the local passes.

As a matter of fact, I hang chains on all of my trucks (3 of them) all year. They never come off the chain hangers unless they are being used or repaired.

[danj_otr]

Originally Posted by mikey4069

Yea them and california both . :lol:

California and Oregon both hate truckers for that matter!

[uglymutt]

If a company driver has to buy chains to be a company driver I would tell that company to go F3@K temselves.... I worked for FFE and they provided chains and ad to be issued to ya and that was such a headache I bought my own and there now in my garage. Someday I might use them but the company I am with now has chains on all their trucks... and loadlocks too.....

[danj_otr]

Well, in all reality, it does not hurt to have your own chains on the truck too. If you never use them on the tires, it makes great weight lifting devices :lol: in all seriousness.

[forsiktig]

How many chains are you obligated to have ?
In Norway a single truck must have 5, and a truck / trailer combinatin must have 7, the police can demand that you are putting all 7 on the tires to see if they fit !!

[jnk2001]

Originally Posted by forsiktig

How many chains are you obligated to have ?
In Norway a single truck must have 5, and a truck / trailer combinatin must have 7, the police can demand that you are putting all 7 on the tires to see if they fit !!

It's been awhile since I've used chains, but I believe it's 4-6. 4 on the drivers, and in some states 2 on the rear wheeels of trailer(drag chains).

what's the 5th one on a truck?

[danj_otr]

California requires: 2 Tri-rails on either front or rear drives, 2 singles on either the front or rear drives, and 2 drag chains.

Washington requires: 2 Singles on both front and rear drives, and 1 drag chain. I typically run 2 drag though.

Oregon Requires: 2 singles on both front and rear, and 2 drag chains.

[forsiktig]

Originally Posted by jnk2001

It's been awhile since I've used chains, but I believe it's 4-6. 4 on the drivers, and in some states 2 on the rear wheeels of trailer(drag chains).

what's the 5th one on a truck?

It's 4 for the drivers, 1 for the steeringwheels, and 2 for the trailer.

[homer]

if you got no chains you can also park it before you go into washington. a wsp going the other direction made me pull over and shut me down because i only had 8 chains in the rack for a 24 wheeler.he said i was out of service til i got one more. i kept rolling after he left tho they look at your racks when you cross the scale.
many times i chain up for 5 miles to get my load and get home an hour later.better than sleeping in a daycab.
i wont buy chains for some big company, i guess i would park it before i would buy them.they know your gonna tear them up so they want you to own them