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What is a good brand? What are you guys using to get through the thick snow?

BILTIT

Never used chains up here, lockers and good tires is all we usually need.

Tall skinny tires work best.

Bencie

"WEED" is a common brand of tire chains.

james1

Resurrecting an old thread. Here in GA we don't have deep snow but once every couple of years we deal with unplowed roads that seem to be solid ice. And good quality new tires aren't much help. Any recommendation as to brand and/or style for snow chains?

TIA.

j_martin

I bought PeWag chains from tirechains.com. I use 3 rail chains on the drivers, diamond chains on the rear axle of the camper, and diamond chains on the boat trailer. If steering is in question, I carry one diamond chain for one steer tire.

Got on a snowy hill offroad today I couldn't get up with Blue. Threw the chains on and drove right out. 1 ton 2wd with empty box.

KRB

You are probably the first person ever to put tire chains on a boat trailer...

Please tell me that's so you can drive down south and boat and you're not fishing up there in that weather.

j_martin

It's so I can get through Homestake in the spring, heading to Western Montana, then southward to various destinations.

The trailers are chained so I have a prayer of getting down the back side without folding up the train.

1972RedNeck

If you ever think Homestake is bad, just go north a little bit to McDonald. It gets just as much, if not more truck traffic, but is always less attended to by the plow trucks.

j_martin

Been through McDonald's also. Only in the Summer, though.

PapeCAT

x2 on the PeWag's. They can't really be beat if you want the best.

KRB

Can you back that rig?

j_martin

If I have to. Pretty tricky with the powder puff mirrors and micro screen camera.

Duck Soup

I use chains for plowing when needed. Been running V-Bars for years with good results. Tried cable chains once and they lasted half the storm, took what was left of them back to where I bought them and they gave me the money back. I put 5 - SS - S hooks crimped on to the outer facing chains and run a heavy bungy cord through the hooks which keeps them from loosening up.

gyman98

I live in the flatland of Canada and don't really get much snow but those Goodyear duratracs sure get through it when I find it. I have v bar ladder chains when I go up North ice fishing on my 4th gen. That thing is just a tank then, was pretty sure was going to break my grille with the snow rolling over the hood

wheelerfreak

I went from years of running BFG AT's to Goodyear Duratracs about a year ago. I also have tire chains and have had to use them in the past in the snow. This year with the Duratracs I have not had to chain up yet. About a month back we got about 18" of snow and I was able to get by just fine with just the tires. This was all on the dirt road of my drive way which is about 5 miles to the pavement.

I have seen how chains on the ice can really help out and now that is the only place I can see using them.

I got my chains from Tirechains.com, I got the heavy duty V-bar chains for 285/75-16 tires.