Date:         Thu, 23 Dec 1999 08:34:55 -0800
Reply-To:     Stuart MacMillan <stuart@COBALTGROUP.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stuart MacMillan <stuart@COBALTGROUP.COM>
Organization: The Cobalt Group
Subject:      Re: chains
Comments: To: Woody Halsey <WoodyHalsey@COMPUSERVE.COM>
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Woody Halsey wrote:
>
> Dear List,
>
> I am looking for reasonably priced chains or cables that are easy to get on
> and off the tires of my 83.5 2WD. I will need them once or twice each
> winter for  the short stretch of dirt road that goes from the tarmac up to
> my sister's house in Francestown, NH. It is almost always icy and there is
> one grade that it is always a scary nightmare.

> Woody

I have the same situation for winter mountain pass driving.  There is
nothing more miserable that installing chains by the side of the road.
Dirty and cold, and requires dexterity difficult to get from frozen
fingers.  Cable chains are the easiest I've found, you don't need
ramps.  Just drape over the tire and hook up the ends--the one in back
of the tire is the tricky one, laying on your stomach is mandatory!
Make sure you put them on tight, and you don't need any rubber bands.

Chains are great for going uphill, and help control your speed when
going down, but if you need to negotiate any curves on the downgrade
consider chains on the front too, they will give you much better
steering control.  Nothing quite equals the experience of drifting
towards a flimsy guard rail beyond which is a 2000 foot drop straight
down!

If your sister wants to see you as much as you seem to want to see her,
have her pick you up at the end of the road!

--
Stuart MacMillan
Manager, Case Program
800-909-8244 ext 208

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