Tire chains questions
Hi all: We have a 29' Bigfoot on a Ford E450 chassis with dualies in back. Plans are to head out Oct. 1 for a month in the Southwest from home in NW Washington State. While I wont seek it out,...
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garyhaupt wrote:
Or you could run with winter rated tires.
Gary Haupt
Snow tires do not meet the traction device requirements for vehicles of 10,000 pounds. However I run them, as does my brother on his 30' C, for poor weather conditions when chains are not required. Last winter I was commuting over the Cascades weekly, and while most weeks did not require chains, there was still plenty of slick areas. When chains were required, they absolutely were needed with last year's storms. I had a couple trips where I almost stalled out WITH chains, and many of the heavy trucks did stall out!
https://www.tripcheck.com/Pages/minimum-chain-requirements.asp
