Chain Pay?

My first time chaining was 3 am in a snowstorm at the base of Wolf Creek Pass, UPS driver gave me a few pointers when he saw me staring at my chains in bewilderment

 

Holy ####! Someone that gets it!

 

@otherhalftw

 

Bungees. Did you know, that they aren't intended for tensioning tire chains, but are actually intended to pull the chains to the outside, in the event the chains gets thrown? Tjhat way, the chain doesn't damage airlines, etc. True, that.

Properly installed traction chains are tensioned using the cam adjusters. Get a 9 inch 1/2" pipe nipple, used as a cheater on the tensioning tool.

 

adding: last winter I had to run over Marias from Great Falls, to Kalispell, and back,, in one night. Chains required from East Glacier to about Essex, about 40 miles each way, or so. I ran the whole thing twice that night, chained, at 45 mph each way, not a peep from my properly installed chains. Get 'em straight, flat, and tight, and it's almost like they're not even there.