Or do you even have a chain bag. Well I do. It's just a bag with all the stuff i need for the crappy donner weather.
Mine is as follows, and if I'm missing anything let me know.
-Overalls, bright and reflective for night chaining. Good ones that don't rip after one use.
- Thermal undergarments to keep you warm.
-change of clothes and underwear
- toilet paper and baby wipes
-Extra pair of boots/socks
- 5 pairs of gloves. They get soaked real easily.
-Atta Links
-Extenders
- Bungee Cords..lots of em
- Bolt Cutters
-canned food and power bars
-Two headlamps and extra batteries for each
-jetboil
- books to read in case I get stuck
- Gerber multi tool and simple hand tools.
This is the majority of it..cant really think of anything else at this point.
What's in your chain bag?
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For winter and/or chaining I have flock-lined rubber gloves, the bright orange ones. If it is real cold I wear a thin cotton liner in them. That way I can still grasp small steel items without freezing my fingers and together they are warm enough for anything you're going to encounter in CA... or pretty much anywhere else (I work in the frozen far north).
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Well depends what I am doing for reefer/dry van I carry;
Propane camp stove
winter hunting orange coveralls
10 pack road flairs
northern 2 layer winter gauntlets
50ft 116000 lbs tow strap
gal methol hydrate
2 gals fresh water
dehydrated camp food packs
-40 sleeping bag
For heavy local :
2 bars babbit
tiger tourch
2 x 50x1" tow cables
2 1-1/4 snatch blocks
orange winter hunting coveralls
5 gals isopopyl alcohol
20 lbs propane tank
full tool set
20lbs sludge hammer
asst wood blocks
chain saw
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no chain bag anymore. don't go that far west anymore. even when I did , they were for show or when stuck. my freight was never that important to the company. they had a guy killed chaining in Utah,on I-80, once and that was it for them.
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It sounds like chains in mine.
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But it's actually 1250 rounds of 9mm.Mrh2008 Thanks this. -
I use cables, alot lighter faster and sturdier.
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chains duh
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i run bare foot...never had a storm i could not make that way. even in the blizer in colorodo and wy i ran thru it bare footed while everyone was stopping chaining and stuck i was on the road running down the highway. i do keep goods in case things get shut down. candy bars those hersey gaint chocolate bars. canned food bread and 1 gallon of water and 1 gal of sweet tea. chains are over rated think about it if its so bad you have to stop and chain good chance when you do stop your stuck. i have been stopped for a short time waiting for the green to run bare footed again and still caught and passed the guys who stopped and chained and now had to un chain
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my ex wife......along with the ball
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