Company says no chains?!?

I hate to put chains on mainly because I am lazy. I run Oregon Washington Idaho Montana and California and If I absolutely have to chainup I will ,but I still despise doing it.The reason most companies do not allow chaining is because they end up with a lot of tore up tractors and trailers because the drivers( I use this word loosely)have no idea what they are doing. I remember several years out at North powder, Oregon two fellas leased to Covenant with an old CRST cabover had all five axles chained, He said they were not allowed to chain but also had to deliver in Seattle on time. Kind of hard to do both.No strechers on them , the chain ends were not tied up I doubt if these guys got 5 miles up the road before they beat the crossmembers out of the trailer and busted the fuel tanks or tore then open and I Imangine the head lights got beat out of the tractor also.These fellas made a good attempt to get the job done but had nothing to work with and not much common sense,but they were trying. My point is sometimes it is better to no what not to do as opposed to thinking you know what to do.

 

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!You tackel that type of weather on a regualr basis?I give you 2 thumbs up.No way would I drive in that messs even with chains.

 

Snow is easier as it gets colder, the colder the snow is the better. It's the wind the freezing rain, black ice, you have to be cautious of!

 

that's easy driving. and absolutely nothing compared to whats up north.

 

sure do with a single screw most nights.

sometimes I chain both ways over the pass, then hop on a forklift for a few hours..gotta love it

 

Couldn't agree more! I don't think I've ever had to sit more than 24hrs waiting for the roads to open.

 

Thats such a ignorant statement , too lazy to chain too lazy to truck , lol.

If my truck is in good working order and I am fat n' happy I might just wait a 34 before I chain to get out, like if I was in the mother of all blizzard's on a holiday weekend where plows were running behind . (Merry Christmas )

 

I used to chain never thought about it. of course I pulled a bull rack too. I used to chain 4-5 times a day when I drove log truck. both for snow and mud. Now i run mostly oversized so I am one of the first truck that have to shut down. You know what I don't mind a bit.

 

where i work if your not willing to chain, you don't have a job. about 15 mins to chain a truck and about 5-10 mins to unchain normally. now when you have to throw steer chains and drag chains to make it down a road it will take a bit longer. the key to chaining is unchaining and putting your chains up in a way that they don't become a tangled mess.

as another poster said chaining in the mud is the worst chain and go down a waterlogged clay dirt road when you take your chains off they will weight about twice as much as when you put them on and get mud allover you. would defiantly rather chain in -20 and snow than in the mud.

tire chains are a tool, there not a miracle. They will allow you to drive in very extreme conditions safely when used properly and driving correctly.