Funny … living in the land of snow and the only time I’ve used chains in the past 20 years is with a truck: either off-road at a job site or ploughing snow. I’ve run one form or another of Hakkapeliitta’s on all my {winter driven} vehicles since … well, pretty much forever. With everything being front-wheel drive or all wheel drive (the LT being the exception), I have a couple of sets of 20-yr old, but brand new chains (cables for the cars, chains for the trucks) which have never been mounted. Cables are easier to put on and off (of a car anyway), but chains have more bite … I personally prefer the diamond pattern, but when I was a kid we only had the straight chains. It might be a little harder to roll-on a set of the diamond pattern chains, but I do it so infrequently these days, the real issue may just be me.
> On 15-Nov-2016, at 16:05, David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > I am not very experienced with chains, though we used them back in the > sixties in Texas on very rare occasion for both snow and mud, and I used > them in Kentucky a few times. I have cable chains for my Prius, and I used > them one time two years ago. > > I will be traveling in the camper this winter. What chains should I get: > traditional ladder style big link chains, modern diamond small link chains, > or cable chains? Of course, I hope not to use them, especially with the > new Comtrac tires I just ordered at Les Schwabb. > > mcneely |
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