Good gloves for chaining

Along the same lines as American Trucker, I have two pairs of Burton brand ski gloves (I snow ski also).
The cheap ski gloves never are very waterproof. I wear my Burton gloves in snow/ice weather while securing loads and they keep my hands dry and warm.

 

These seem to work well, haven't tried them in a deluge situation but seem to work well in normal rainy use.

 

check out a glove called TERMINATOR. They are made with dyneema, same stuff thats in body armor. Worked in a factory a few mths. last yr and took a pair with me when i quit. I have hung siding and framed houses on a daily basis for a good 5 mths on the same pair. No signs of a hole yet. Was looking to order me another pair and they have a wide variety to choose from. Water proof to cut resistant. Well worth your time to check it out. Only work glove i will ever buy again. Oh, and by the way, think they were only 10 bucks a pair.

 

Well we know who wears the pants don't we.

I don't need no stink'n chains!
But when I do.
Insulated rubber gloves a few pair.
Headlight strap on.
Rubber boots insulated.
Coveralls and hoodie.
Good Cargo lights on the headache rack.
Lots of rubber snubbers.
We throw 3 railers. Singles are useless except for a drag chain.

 

This is what I use and they keep my hands dry and warm. Dewalt Extreme Condition 100g Insulated Cold Weather Work Gloves.

 

Walmart sells excellent work glovks in fact they make great winter gloves as well.Just remember you get what you pay for.Some things don't buy cheap.

 

I second the Burton snowboarding gloves. Expensive but worth it. I recently found a pair of gloves in Walmart for $20 as a backup pair that have the same features:

1. Gauntlets with a drawcord that go partway up to your elbow. Keeps the snow from getting into your gloves.

2. Precurved fingers - the fingers are curved when you insert your hand. This means when your close your fingers into a fist there is very little bunching of material. You can easily grab things.

3. Outer Shell and Inner Liner - you can take out the inner warm liner if you want to in order to dry it out. The outer shell is made with a Goretex "drop liner" that is seamless to you won't get wet, but sometimes working for a long time will soak the inner liner with sweat. The outer shell for snowboarding gloves features durable fabrics on the back of the hand (like kevlar) so it won't cut, and rubber like material in the palms and fingers that stays pliable in freezing temperatures and gives you good grip.

Avoid gloves that don't have precurved fingers. If the fingers are straight, when you try to grab something you are working against the glove as all the material bunches up in the palm of your hand.

 

I bought a pair of $10.00 leather gloves and a can of Scotch Guard. Completely soaked them 3 or 4 times letting them dry a bit between coats.
Make sure you spray between the fingers and the stitching.

Chained up twice last week without my hands getting wet.

 

This sounds silly, but they sure do work! I bought one of the "better" pairs of fake, soft leather gloves with lambs wool (also fake) inside. Basically, a cheap imitation of the type of gloves a cop would wear in a cold (but not harsh) climate. I've chained twice with them. i'm not good at chaining, so I had to muck around with the chains more than most people. They work great! The leather is fake, and so it's really waterproof. And, the thick (also fake) lambs wool keeps you from pinching your fingers! Of course, my hands sweat in them, but they dry really fast on the defroster...