Learn to use your chains!

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  1. Jan 29, 2017 #21
    Frank Speak

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    I've never charged anyone, other than giving them a gentle lecture on how they really should've been more prepared.

    That said, I did have a tanker driver insist on giving me $20 for showing him how to do it. I thought that was a nice gesture, even though I told him it wasn't necessary.
     
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  3. Jan 29, 2017 #22
    Lepton1

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    Wait, so chains AREN'T supposed to hit the trailer????

    "What does the chain say?"

    "WACK! WACK! WACK! WACK! WACK!"
     
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  4. Jan 29, 2017 #23
    pattyj

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    Too bad there weren't more drivers like you.
     
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  5. Jan 29, 2017 #24
    otherhalftw

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    Generally, broken cross links are indicative of installing the chain when it contains a twisted cross link or two. Lay them out and make sure that all the connectors are laying flat and the "dogs" (the sharp ends of the connecting unit of cross link to rail) are facing the same direction, both sides and the entire length. Have fun untwisting 3 railers!
    And this is just another part of "pre-tripping" your equipment.....BEFORE YOU LEAVE A SAFE COMFORTABLE LOCATION, NOT AT THE CHAIN UP POINT!

    Great advice thread BTW!
     
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  7. Jan 29, 2017 #25
    thelushlarry

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    They are gangs people work on in Georgia. Hence, the saying working on the chain gang . Now it seems they have moved to the great northwest.
     
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  8. Jan 29, 2017 #26
    Lepton1

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    One other related word of advice. Stop and check your tires for embedded, broken cross-links. An industrious soul could make a small fortune from scrap value alone for all the broken chains laying embedded in the snow in the travel lane from poorly installed chains. One cross link in a tire and hopefully you have a tire repair kit or can limp to service.
     
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  10. Jan 29, 2017 #28
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  11. Jan 29, 2017 #29
    otherhalftw

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    And all this time I thought those 4 wheelers were signing me #1....it was my chains hanging on the racks they were signaling!

    I feel so much better now!:cool:
     
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  12. Jan 29, 2017 #30
    otherhalftw

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    I do love my tool! But she refuses to go with me anymore....so I just leave her at home!:rolleyes:
     
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