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.
Too late to get chains, what can i pour down for traction?
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Powell-Peralta, Dec 27, 2010.
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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
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Where to get sand cheap, hopefully free?
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Your a company driver... So when the roads get bad you shut down. But yet your hardcore?
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!I am medicineman Thanks this. -
Chains fit certain sizes, 22.5 low pro chains won't fit 11r 22.5 or 24.5 either low pro or 11R.
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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 -
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.Texas-Nana Thanks this. -
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
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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. -
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