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Snow Chains and 3rd Rifle Season in CO?
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<blockquote data-quote="kcebcj" data-source="post: 225754" data-attributes="member: 10391"><p>I live in the mountains of Idaho and for about 5 months a year and the truck usually stays chained up. This is rough steep country and getting in and out of here in the winter is a chore at best. What I have done but is not practical for most is that I took a good set of truck chains and cut them down to fit the tires on the truck. The cross chains are heavy and in powder snow they really hook up. If there is not a lot of snow and it's very icy I swap out the front chains for a set of "Ice Breakers" which can be found at most tire shops here in the Pacific Northwest (Les Schawb). My advice to you is if you are going to be camping at 9,000 feet in late October on a back country road that's not maintained and you are on your own you should have a full set of chains and all the snubbers along with the means of repairing a broken chain like lazylabs said. Carry a shovel even 2 if you have the room and a friend. If pulling a trailer to haul your camping stuff unload it and move it down to a lower elevation. Now all of this may sound like overkill but I have been at 9000 feet hunting in Utah and woke up to 3 feet of snow and spent a whole day just getting low enough to where we no longer had to dig.</p><p> </p><p> As for the quad forget the chains waste of money. If you have good tires on it that's all it needs. What happens with quads snow builds up under the skid plates and you high center. Chains or no chains you can't go. If it's really icy I have always been able to put a tire where there is no ice. Carry a small shovel.</p><p> </p><p> Listen to the weather reports and if a major storm was moving in I would move my camp down the mountain. Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kcebcj, post: 225754, member: 10391"] I live in the mountains of Idaho and for about 5 months a year and the truck usually stays chained up. This is rough steep country and getting in and out of here in the winter is a chore at best. What I have done but is not practical for most is that I took a good set of truck chains and cut them down to fit the tires on the truck. The cross chains are heavy and in powder snow they really hook up. If there is not a lot of snow and it’s very icy I swap out the front chains for a set of “Ice Breakers” which can be found at most tire shops here in the Pacific Northwest (Les Schawb). My advice to you is if you are going to be camping at 9,000 feet in late October on a back country road that’s not maintained and you are on your own you should have a full set of chains and all the snubbers along with the means of repairing a broken chain like lazylabs said. Carry a shovel even 2 if you have the room and a friend. If pulling a trailer to haul your camping stuff unload it and move it down to a lower elevation. Now all of this may sound like overkill but I have been at 9000 feet hunting in Utah and woke up to 3 feet of snow and spent a whole day just getting low enough to where we no longer had to dig. As for the quad forget the chains waste of money. If you have good tires on it that’s all it needs. What happens with quads snow builds up under the skid plates and you high center. Chains or no chains you can’t go. If it’s really icy I have always been able to put a tire where there is no ice. Carry a small shovel. Listen to the weather reports and if a major storm was moving in I would move my camp down the mountain. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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