How to avoid breaking chain links

low pro 22.5s turn 512 revs per mile


35mph is max for running chains. I shortened a set of 22.5 chains to fit my 1-ton, 3/4 ton, and my 1/2 ton. They work great on ice and snow.

 

Go to the DOT web sites of each state...(I think it's in the link I gave you)...it is there!

 

My carrier tells us if it gets so bad that we need to chain up, better to just park until it gets better.

If it's in the daytime, I'll probably give it a go, but night time, forget it. As long as I can keep my reefer fuelled up, the product will keep.

No load is worth risking your life.

 

I did read it. You were and are one of my TTR mentors when I came back to driving and since. I was having trouble with chains not being even both sides after I put on the outside bungees and a driver in WA told me to put a few inside which seemed to work. My chains are the ones from my company truck and may just be stretched out. I'll look for a fresh set in the spring when the company drivers dump theirs at the terminal. The truck stuff I spend money on has to pass the "improve mpg?" test and new chains don't.

 

No offense, but I get so sick of hearing this phrase. If you're careful, pay attention, and know your truck like the back of your hand, there is nothing dangerous about it. I've chained up too many times to count and have 1.8 million under my belt with zero accidents. I'd rather chain up and drive for an hour or two to get in better conditions. It beats the hell out of sitting in a truckstop or shutting down for days on end, waiting on the weather. That phrase is every bit pathetic as a driver taking his truck to a shop to get his brakes adjusted.

 

I realized after I hit "submit"...the last line was intended for our OP.....

Thank you for the compliment!

 

Anyone that runs over 45 w/ chains on is going to have a bad day down the road. When you throw a chain they like to wrap around axles and air lines. Or tear off a Quarter fenders. If you don't pull your mud flaps you can forget those too. That's when the fun begins. I can't believe anyone would drive 50-60 w/ Iron on. What an idiot.

 

I will 2nd and 3rd what (most) everyone said about your speed while chained up, just an accident waiting to happen, not if but when. If anyone is concerned about tightening their chains you can find a little cheater bar to fit over your tightener tool to help you out.

 

did you ever read the story of the tortis and the hare?????????? slow and steady wins the race take it slow and get to where your going safely.

 

I heard somewhere that if you hook your bungees up directly in line with the cross chain that goes across the treads, that is what causes them to break. So what you want to do is hook your bungees in the middle of the outside links between the over the tread cross chains. Somehow this allows more give and flex and prevents the chains from breaking.