1,500 Feet

big rockpile · #1 02/02/11, 05:23 PM

Well we tried getting out today.Got 1,500 Feet,took all day,this is only about a third of the way out.Went and looked have about 500 Feet of 4 Foot Drifts still to go through.

Did I hear Spring is here according to a certain Groundhog?

Can you put Chains on back of a 4WD?

big rockpile

watcher · #2 02/02/11, 05:52 PM

Yes you can just remember once you get out and on a cleared paved road you'll have to take them off.

Texasdirtdigger · #3 02/02/11, 06:04 PM

Be careful, Rock.

SFM in KY · #4 02/02/11, 06:20 PM

I had a set of chains for both front and back of my 4 wheel drive pickup for the Montana winters. Had to have them to get up to the back pastures where the horses were to feed regardless of how much snow might be on the ground. Basically, the plan was to chain up the rear and go as far as you could. If you got stuck and couldn't get out, you then put the front set on (they were heavy duty, cut down tractor tire chains) but that was to get you out of where you were and back home. If you got stuck chained up on all four ... you were likely stuck until the neighbor could get there with the bulldozer, which might be 3 days later.

big rockpile · #5 02/02/11, 06:46 PM

Well I have a Good Set yea their a Pain to put on but with our road I like using them.Used them on 2WD all the time.

big rockpile

watcher · #6 02/02/11, 08:09 PM

I don't know if they make them any more but I used to have a set of 'strap on' chains. Just like the name implies they had a strap which you threaded through the wheel and fastened on. Sorta like the clamp-ons for shoes. There were 8 to a set so you could put as many or as few on as you needed at the time.

They were not meant to be used full time like a real set but they were real handy when you only needed them to get from the house to the road. You could put the full set on in less than 10 mins.

Edited to add. . .

Google is your friend.

Yep, they still make them.

http://www.tirechain.com/emergency_strap_on.htm