On Aug 29, 2007, at 6:05 PM, Raymond Paquette wrote:

> I couldn't find anything about not using chains over snows.  I
> would do it.
>
> Remember, chains are an emergency item.  You use them when you need
> to and
> remove them when you don't.  They are amazing when you need them,
> and it
> really sucks to have them on when you don't (like when the CHP says
> you have
> to and there's only an inch of snow on the road.)

  What is it w/ the California Highway Patrol? I was w/ several other
split window bus drivers going thru Lake Tahoe area in a driving snow
storm in April 1 year, & they were stoping all vehicles & making them
put chains on.  We pulled up in our buses w/ M & S tires on them,
said we didn't need no stinking chains, & they let us thru!  No problem!

YMMV,

Tom B.-early buses can go anywhere?
>
> Just try them out ahead of time, make sure they clear the
> wheelwells, and go
> slow when you have them on.
>
> Raymond
>
> On 8/29/07, Dan Barrett <dbx@pobox.com> wrote:
>>
>> Looking ahead to the winter, and without inadvertently starting a
>> tire
>> thread, does anyone have thoughts on running tire chains or cables
>> on top
>> of snow tires?
>>
>> My bus is a regular old 2WD, and it does okay in the snow with badass
>> Vredestein Transport snow tires plus 100lbs. of tube sand in the
>> back.
>> However, I do a lot of driving in Vermont, and I can remember at
>> least one
>> particularly hairy night last year when the blacktop was frozen,
>> the snow
>> was falling fast, and I would have loved to have chains to make it
>> the
>> last twenty miles home without visiting a ditch.
>>
>> Has anyone used chains?  Tirerack.com has some blurb about how chains
>> should never be used over snow tires; can anyone elaborate?
>>
>> Best,
>> d.
>> 1990 GL -- "Mudskipper"
>>