Company Provided Chains
#31
01-17-2007, 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by birddogg18603
That puzzled me to because i know it can snow sometimes late in May in some areas out west.
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.
#32
01-17-2007, 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by mikey4069
Yea them and california both . :lol:
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#33
01-17-2007, 02:18 PM
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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.....
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#34
01-17-2007, 04:21 PM
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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.
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#35
01-23-2007, 06:29 AM
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 !! 
#36
01-23-2007, 06:59 AM
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 !! what's the 5th one on a truck?
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#37
01-23-2007, 02:30 PM
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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.
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#38
02-06-2007, 08:11 AM
Originally Posted by 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 !! what's the 5th one on a truck?
#39
02-07-2007, 04:10 PM
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 |
