Too late to get chains, what can i pour down for traction?

Is it a standard practice for a company driver to need to purchase chains?
I would have thought they would be furnished by the company.

 

heyyy maybe try the tire sock things--not sure how expensive they are ---but apparently they are common in europe--and are just starting to be marketed here---supposedely easier to put on and better in every way---if you believe their add

 

Where to get sand cheap, hopefully free?

Pls don't say the beach, although i'm not totally counting that out.

 

Does anyone else see a contradiction here?

Your a company driver... So when the roads get bad you shut down. But yet your hardcore?

Now that your going to be jumping from company to company with your tire chains.... How can you be so sure that the tire sizes of all those trucks will fit the tire chains that you purchased?

Hardcore my arse.....

Tire chains are designed to fit certain tire sizes. You buy the chain to fit the tire your running with. There is no such thing as a universal one size fits all!

 

99% of the co.trucks out there run 295/75R 22.5s. Chains for a any 22.5 tire will fit em all. Even 11.00x22.5s. Buy a set of singles and own em yourself. I'd sure rather have a set of my own when I need them, than wish some cutrate company had provided me with them.

Sorry, my 22.5 cables fit lo-pros and tall 22.5 rubber but sure won't fit the 24.5s as you said

 

sand freezes...if you leave it outside strapped to the cat walk

kitty litter which i always carried along, does not freeze and can stay strapped to the catwalk, out of the way of other things and easily accessible when needed.

 

i want those tires--that when you push a button,big tiger claws poke out and away you go no sliding allowed,but then again--i am very hard core

 

Slag from the steel mills is best. Slag is sold for filling chuck holes in gravel driveways, etc. Check your local redi-mix plant. I always carried a shovel and a pail of slag for slippery docks and drop lots. Shovel the snow and throw the slag before backing to dock or dropping and hooking.

Tube sand from the hardware store is my second choice. It is very gritty and will not get mushy like kitty litter which is basically a clay product. Pour the tube sand into a pail because it is not easy to spread the sand from the nylon bag.

 

do you even know of how a plow company works. some times its better to keep your mouth shut, than to open it and remove all doubt. Be prepared next time JA