Washington Chain Law

OP you’ll want to get chains anyway if you’re coming from Utah. You’ll have Lookout and 4th of July to get over getting to Spokane.

 

Run up there also & was checked often from 2011-2017.

 

I run up there quite a bit. Never been checked but my chains are hanging in plain site for all to see.

 

I put on 2 and a drag and pulled right past the CMV enforcement on Willamette Pass in Oregon today.
The chain law was 4 and 2.
That's crap.
I was empty and never slipped ONE TIME WHATSOEVER.

The problem is people can't drive.
You can't horse that throttle.

 

Ok. I’m sharing my experience, just as you are. When I say I ran up there I mean day in and day out with an 8 axle maxi flat. I wasn’t running to and from the NW, I was running the NW and Western Canada exclusively when I lived up there. My chains were out in the open, I was never checked, your experience may vary.

 

Lived in montana & delivered to Seattle & Portland . then back to mt. Drove out of Billings.

 

I live here in the PNW, crossing the passes here is routine. I can tell you for a fact there have been many occasions when conditions have been bad enough that you’re not making it up and over unless you’ve got four singles on plus your drag.

As far as Eastern Washington goes, specifically the Spokane area, it’s pretty common for them to be buried in snow most of the winter, sometimes up to a foot or more.

Chains may not be required depending on where you’re traveling in Washington, but do you really want to go looking for them after you find out you can’t get any further down the road, or worse, you’re already stuck?

 

Just flip the switch for auto chains

 

Wait, so I don’t have to chain all 8 drive tires? I chained all 8 drives and 4 of my trailer tires.

 

WSDOT - Chain requirement for commercial vehicles

 

4 outsides and one trailer last axle outside usually right side as a drag.