https://www.tirechain.com/35x12.5-17.htm
Found some for 37" tires also....
https://www.tirechain.com/37x13.5-17.htm
Found some for 37" tires also....
https://www.tirechain.com/37x13.5-17.htm
Should I find a set of chains for snow wheeling?
- Thread starter DeadStang
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A good rule to follow "use chains to get out of trouble..not into trouble"
Another good rule is to put them on and do a test fit. learn how to install them when it’s warm and dry. So you are not trying to figure it out in the cold wet snow.
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Very Very good advice. Learning to chain up in the snow when it's 10* out isn't any fun.
I could chain up my semi in about 30 minutes if everything went right. I always looked at it as a chance to have a cigar since I couldn't smoke in my truck.
As an ex-trucker... I feel that "if everything went right" part... lol.
I think the bottom line is for MOST snow wheeling no you don't need chains and most times they aren't gunna help you if the snow is deeper than your half your tire height. The only time they are gunna help is in icy conditions.
But if you travel at all and go over any of the states mountain passes you need chains by law and can get a ticket if stopped and asked to show proof that you have them. This doesn't happen often but when the roads get really snotty or there has been a lot of accidents they will do chain checks like sobriety checks.
Yes and I use to HATE having to chain up for 5 miles of driving to go over the summit on Snoqualmie. Going over Donor Pass or Vail Pass is a different story.
But if you travel at all and go over any of the states mountain passes you need chains by law and can get a ticket if stopped and asked to show proof that you have them. This doesn't happen often but when the roads get really snotty or there has been a lot of accidents they will do chain checks like sobriety checks.
Yes and I use to HATE having to chain up for 5 miles of driving to go over the summit on Snoqualmie. Going over Donor Pass or Vail Pass is a different story.
What chains would you recommend for a TJ with 33s? I don't want super heavy duty or anything but decent ones that will get the job done. I'm planning some winter trips this year and feel it's better to be prepared.
https://www.tirechain.com/Tire-Chains-Diamond-Installation.htm
Or go to Les Schwab as I think they carry chains for larger tires or can order them. You buy them and then if you don't use them you can bring them back for a full refund in March or April.
We were lucky to have auto chains on our box trucks. We got those trucks in and out of some out of the way places in the winter.
For the Sprinter van, after the yearly Fall parking lot chain up demo, I would often take a new guy out on an unplowed mountain road, "get stuck", and make him chain up.
When I had my old truck the UPS & FedEx drivers had my number so that if they got stuck anywhere around where I live I'd go pull them out.
The worst one was when a DHL driver got stuck at the end of my driveway so I had to off-road around him in my CJ5 and then tied the back off to a tree across the road from me to pull him out. He'd driven into the ditch on the side of my driveway.
The worst one was when a DHL driver got stuck at the end of my driveway so I had to off-road around him in my CJ5 and then tied the back off to a tree across the road from me to pull him out. He'd driven into the ditch on the side of my driveway.
If you are limiting the winter trips to nothing more than gravel roads, we found that tire socks worked quite well. Much easier to put on and no where near as heavy.
Darkwing327
TJ Enthusiast
Outside the tire chain thread, but kind of along that same note, there was a video I saw once of a TJ (I think) tugging an 18 wheeler with a kinetic rope. Granted it was just to get him moving I think, but pretty neat to see the kinetic stuff in action. Will see if I can find it.
There was one time where we needed to use a rental truck to make a big delivery to a client who lived on top of a small mountain. The road had about 10-11 switchbacks. The rental didn't allow chains for liability, but we beat the snowplow. I got stuck on the third or fourth switchback. The house manager calls into town for a favor. A short while later, a bulldozer pulls up behind the truck and pushes me the rest of the way up.
We unload. I flip the truck around, tie the back end up to the dozer blade and have it lower me down the mountain road.
Darkwing327
TJ Enthusiast
OK, so there are TONS of Jeeps pulling semi truck videos on youtube, but this was in the feed and think it is well worth the one minute watch....little fella helping Grandpa get unstuck LOL
I like that idea, less space as well. Some highway and some gravel roads is all I plan do. Do those things last more than a season? I need to go look up local laws if they will pass muster on a vehicle with proper AT tires. Usually in the past unless it's very extreme, they usually allow awd/4wd with ATs to go through but some areas in WA needs you to have a chain in the vehicle.
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They would get lost before they wore out. The socks were a little harder to employee proof than chains were.