Chainin' Up With Dave In AZ

If you use 'em they don't get rusty

 

Mmmmmm started 2007ish. Did this tutorial last year, as last year got to be just ridiculous. There's a picture on the WIIS thread of when I went over Old Fujnuts inbetween avalanches.

Snow was over 18 feet deep lol.

 

On the ranch we kept them in a 5 gallon bucket with a good lid... Put about 3 gallons of diesel in the bucket for chains to soak in. It does make chaining a bit messy but not one fleck of rust on the chains. I've had the same set of chains for my pickup for over 15 years and aside from wear from use still shine like new.

 

Chains ? ...never heard of em .lol

 

@Dave_in_AZ so do you drive onto your chains, OR hang them over the tire then pull forward before doing the hooks and cams, OR hang them do the hooks and cams then pull forward and redo hooks and cams?

I think most folks do it one of the first 2 ways I mentioned. I was taught how to put chains on without moving the truck in case I got stuck and had to chain up in place to get un-stuck. This is how I always chain as I just find it easier...

The only difference from my chaining on the road and when I'm stuck is that when on the road I can pull forward a few feet amd redo the hooks and cams to get the chains tighter. Thats another thing I was taught a loose chain does more bad than good... never EVER run with loose chains, very bad things happen.

 

I hang 'em, pull forward about 2 -1/2 feet. Gotta get 'em fairly well placed before you move the truck. I do the best I can with the initial chain up. The chain up areas are typically a fluster cluck.

If you know you're going to have to chain, stop early in the chain up zone. Cause you may find it very difficult to get a spot the further down the line you go.

That's why it's important to get it right initially, cause stopping in another chain up zone, if there is one, can be very difficult.

 

Same I hang them pull up finish hooking and doing the cams. I get them so tight I can't use but 1 or 2 cams bungee then drive on

 

I carry a couple pieces of 2x10's for chain boards, drive up on them, wrap the chains, hook and go, some days it makes life easier, some days it's the same amount of a PITB. Other days, I stare at them hanging on the side of the truck, maybe kick the ice off, and tell them how pretty they look.

 

You use those 2x10's for raising the back end a bit when a trailer's landing gear is too high, and the crank is a PITA?