tire chains
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tire chains
Any suggestions while travelling from northern to southern climates and having chains for the tires on board? I understand that they cost several hundred dollars and weigh about 80+ lbs/chain, not to mention very difficult to put on/take off. Am thinking that I'd rather have them, just in case, but not sure it's worth the weight/cost. Appreciate knowing what other BF owners do in this situation.....
- Mike Jean Bandfield
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Tire Chains
I got a set of Z style cable chains at a local farm store for $65. ('Could have paid twice as much for the same - so shop around.) They provide adequate emergency needs when traveling through the mountains and I wouldn't travel without them. I only put them on the outside duals. They meet the legal requirements and provide peace of mind. Having said that - my real strategy is to make every effort to avoid putting them on - by that I mean finding a nice campsite at the bottom of the mountain and waiting for clear roads.
In my experience the cable chains work fine. The new Z type go on easily and weigh ~20#s for the set. I've never had one break and never wore a set out since I've never used them more than 3 times in the life of a vehicle and never drove them over 20 miles.
If we were avid skiers and used chains frequently, I might consider dual link chains.
Mike
In my experience the cable chains work fine. The new Z type go on easily and weigh ~20#s for the set. I've never had one break and never wore a set out since I've never used them more than 3 times in the life of a vehicle and never drove them over 20 miles.
If we were avid skiers and used chains frequently, I might consider dual link chains.
Mike
Mike & Jean
2005 26' RSS Diesel
2005 26' RSS Diesel
Do you know that snow chains are illegal to use in Minnesota. Where it snows alot!
They torture the roads. We make people just learn to drive in snow.
I prefer to stay out of mountain snow situations if there's a possibility of a heavy snowfall. That said, a good set of quality treads and a ton of common sense and SLOWING DOWN is far better insurance.
maybe snow is one of nature's ways of keeping the genetic stream cleaned out?
Trish
They torture the roads. We make people just learn to drive in snow.
I prefer to stay out of mountain snow situations if there's a possibility of a heavy snowfall. That said, a good set of quality treads and a ton of common sense and SLOWING DOWN is far better insurance.
maybe snow is one of nature's ways of keeping the genetic stream cleaned out?
Trish
c hains
I know chains only too well, having grown up in northern Wisconsin. But since I have matured and moved south I have a different attitude.
If it is going to snow, I stay home.
If I am caught on the road and things get slippery or deep, I hunker down and wait it out.
The only excuse I can see for going out in bad weather would be to get to my dying mothers bedside - but she died in1942, so I have no excuse.
But then I don't live in Montana, Idaho, or Colorado, Minnesota, or Wisconsin.
If it is going to snow, I stay home.
If I am caught on the road and things get slippery or deep, I hunker down and wait it out.
The only excuse I can see for going out in bad weather would be to get to my dying mothers bedside - but she died in1942, so I have no excuse.
But then I don't live in Montana, Idaho, or Colorado, Minnesota, or Wisconsin.