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<blockquote data-quote="ofbandg" data-source="post: 1712443" data-attributes="member: 91402"><p>I live in the snow belt and hunt in the mountains so chains are important in my life. I drove all kinds of rigs for thirty-five years and every one of them had a set of chains. There were times I was throwing chains on and off half a dozen times a day. "V" bars are good, trigs are better and hardened square links make good side chains. Cam locks are handy but guys keep loosing the wrenches and it's tough trying to use a screwdriver to tighten them. We mostly built our own chains from pieces we ordered or scrounged and made them to fit each individual rig - leaving only one or maybe two spare end links. As an old retired goof-off I now drive a one-ton diesel and the chains I made up for it are "V" bar super-singles for the back and standard crosslinks for the front. I would have put the "V" bars on the front too except it's too tight a space and I didn't want to hit any of that fragile automotive stuff. I use bungies for tighteners and very simple hook-ups on the chain ends. Crawling around in the slush trying to make complicated hook-ups fit the inside chain-link will make you speak evil words about whoever invented it. When you first put chains on it's best to drive a couple hundred yards and then get out and check them because they loosen up quickly and any problems show up in a hurry. I haven't heard anyone here talk about it but chains should also be put on trailers if the roads are slippery. It's a bad feeling when the back end of your trailer is trying to pass you on the downslopes. We use a lightweight diamond style crosslink chain on our trailers because it always had contact with the road surface. Your don't need heavy duty chains for trailers because you aren't applying any torque to the wheels. You just need them to pull straight. Before you put any chains on stretch them out on the road and make sure there are no twists or inside out sections. Either of these shortens them and they may not fit like you think they should.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ofbandg, post: 1712443, member: 91402"] I live in the snow belt and hunt in the mountains so chains are important in my life. I drove all kinds of rigs for thirty-five years and every one of them had a set of chains. There were times I was throwing chains on and off half a dozen times a day. "V" bars are good, trigs are better and hardened square links make good side chains. Cam locks are handy but guys keep loosing the wrenches and it's tough trying to use a screwdriver to tighten them. We mostly built our own chains from pieces we ordered or scrounged and made them to fit each individual rig - leaving only one or maybe two spare end links. As an old retired goof-off I now drive a one-ton diesel and the chains I made up for it are "V" bar super-singles for the back and standard crosslinks for the front. I would have put the "V" bars on the front too except it's too tight a space and I didn't want to hit any of that fragile automotive stuff. I use bungies for tighteners and very simple hook-ups on the chain ends. Crawling around in the slush trying to make complicated hook-ups fit the inside chain-link will make you speak evil words about whoever invented it. When you first put chains on it's best to drive a couple hundred yards and then get out and check them because they loosen up quickly and any problems show up in a hurry. I haven't heard anyone here talk about it but chains should also be put on trailers if the roads are slippery. It's a bad feeling when the back end of your trailer is trying to pass you on the downslopes. We use a lightweight diamond style crosslink chain on our trailers because it always had contact with the road surface. Your don't need heavy duty chains for trailers because you aren't applying any torque to the wheels. You just need them to pull straight. Before you put any chains on stretch them out on the road and make sure there are no twists or inside out sections. Either of these shortens them and they may not fit like you think they should. [/QUOTE]
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