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Re: [Shop-talk] Snow Chains

To: <shop-talk@autox.team.net>, <eric@megageek.com>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Snow Chains
From: "Bob Jeffers" <bolin@mwt.net>
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 21:53:34 -0600
As long as you only have 2 wheel drive I would get a set of triples that way 
you will always have a chain on the ground. Also if you put enough weight in 
the back and have no ice I don't think you will need chains.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <eric@megageek.com>
To: <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 9:10 PM
Subject: [Shop-talk] Snow Chains


> OK, so I made the mount for my trucks snow plow.
>
> The truck is a duellie, but not 4 wheel drive.  While I do need to put
> more weight on the back, I was also thinking about getting a set of snow
> chains.
>
> Couple of questions...
>
> Should I get the snow chains made for duellie or just a set for the
> outside wheel?
>
> Should I get the 'V bar' or any other special types?    (Note, the chains
> are not for highway use, they are just for me to plow the driveways here,
> one of which has a pretty steep hill.
>
> Any recommendations on where to buy them?
>
> Here are two places that seem OK...
>
> <http://www.tirechain.com/255-75R-16LT.htm>
>
> and
>
> <http://www.tirechainsrequired.com/truck-tire-chains-duals.html>
>
> Thanks.
>
> Moose
> "Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational
> being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph
> Waldo Emerson
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