How do you put on Tire Chains with Full Fenders

Chains for trucks with full fenders...

 

Usually you see those on school buses and emergency rigs.

 

The one with the least amount of traction as thats how differentials work.

 

They're both powered equally, regardless of brand, suspension etc. The determining factor is the wheel with the least amount of traction. Can't put 1,000 lb-ft to the ground if it only takes 100 lb-ft to slip a wheel.

 

I mean with the power divider off. One of them is freewheeling right?

 

Technically they’re all getting power until one has less traction than the other 3.

 

That's a good idea right there

 

I had overinflates on the drives and steer axle of my FLD because it was kind of low. The way mine was wired I had a switch to pump more air to the bags and a switch to dump the air out back down to ride height. Basically whatever valve you used determines how much pressure the bags will overinflate to. And since your leveling valve is basically unused at this point you’d be driving up and over the mountain with rock hard bags on the back.

 

Okay so if you jacked the back up all 4 positions would spin even with the power divider off? Didn't know that.

 

Nope. Every wheel end gets an equal amount of torque all the time. As I said earlier, you can only throw down as much torque as it takes to slip a wheel.

Say it takes 750 lb-ft at each wheel to move the truck. Now one wheel is on ice and it only takes 250 lb-ft to spin the wheel on ice. The 3 remaining wheels still see 250 lb-ft of torque. But since it takes 750 lb-ft to move the truck, the truck just sits there with a spinning wheel.