it is plain and simple ...
chains make the van into a tank capable of churning its way through nearly
anything
with out them ...
you are simply another vehicle waiting your turn in line for the auto club
tow truck
chains... NOT CABLES... Chains only
and make sure you tie up the loose end well with wire or else the baning on
the fender will damage paint ...
be safe ..
yours

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"
>

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