Date:         Tue, 15 Nov 2016 18:13:00 -0400
Reply-To:     Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA>
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From:         Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA>
Subject:      Re: chains for camper
Comments: To: David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
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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