If cost of chains is considered expensive then maybe trucking is not for you. A tow call when you slide off road because the cheap chains were useless will cost way more than a good set of chains
Tire chains - what's a good price?
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by PermanentTourist, Nov 12, 2016.
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http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/commercialvehicle/chain_req.htm
I think Washington state requires the most chains to be carried. -
Use once a year. I chained up at LEAST 10 times last year. Brand new set of chains were worn out by the time summer came. -
Just go up to the rockys when the chain law is in effect. Most of your swift drivers who can't figure out how to put on the chains will leave them on the ground and drive away. Watched one swifty do that and took off only to see him get stopped 2 miles up the road by a state boy who sent him back down, needless to say his chains probably wasn't laying there any more
skellr and PermanentTourist Thank this. -
Yes sir. I actually got some spares off the ground that way. Never saw anyone stopped. So it all worked out.
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here is where I get mine from: http://www.tirechainsrus.com
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Also, where do you drive? Last winter I was running team western region, the teammate had her own chains that she somehow charmed out of someone previously, but we never had to use them, not once. Even though we crossed rockies, donner, etc. dozens of times. Maybe we got lucky. -
Instead of messing with chains, go wuth Autosocks. No more metal to mess with, can throw all autosocks on in 5 minutes.
Legal in all states plus BC. -
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