A different chain question.

Two winters ago there was a major snowstorm from Redding to Burney on 299. Easily 7-10 inches of snowpack and kept snowing hard. Snowplows couldn’t keep up. I put on 4 singles on the drives and a drag chain and did fine

 

You saying that as a personal opinion or some sort of “fact”?

 

I’m taking it as opinion, I’ve never chained the front drive axle because of the half fenders we ran. Never had an issue chaining only the rear drive axle.

 

Well Tex. Chains on lead drivers provide better traction than chains on trailing drivers. The traction device is in front of the compaction of the bare tires, IMO. Just like Singles on a dual. 1 tire has traction and one is bare. I prefer chaining rear axle when the conditions warrent. But if your going to drive in snow/mud and your pumpkins are dragging then I'm throwing iron on all corners.

 

I’m throwing on all corners too. But I could care less about having chains on the inside tires. 4 Singles have never let me down. If California is okay with 4 singles, then I am too. But if I pulled Rocky Mountain doubles or similar, or ran off-road, then I’d want 3-railers

 

I hear ya. The less time spent outside the better. Most of my trucking was extended weight trucks over the Cascades, ect. or off road. If your dragging +70k in the trailers you don't want to spin out creating hate & discontent. I'd throw a 3 railer on my trailing pup axle incase I actually had to stop going down hill. Believe me I don't miss that crap at all. Run it cool....