profdant139 wrote:
I just got a new set of very heavy duty snow chains. I know I will probably never need them, but you have to carry chains in Calif. in the mountains, and there might be times when I am in the back country during a snow storm.
These are real chains, not cables. When I put them on in my driveway and tightened them up as much as I could, there were a couple of extra links at the end points, both inside the tire and outside. These are at the places where the hooks meet the other side of the chain.
I am a little concerned about these extra links flopping around and hitting my wheel well -- there is plenty of clearance, but it still looks like it could happen.
So I am asking experienced chain users -- is it ok to cut off some of that extra chain? Or should I leave it on, in case I need extra slack while installing the chain under difficult conditions? (I understand that once the chain is on, you roll a little bit and then take up as much slack as possible.)
Thanks in advance for your advice!
not to drop on your thread,
but can you please show the cvc number requiring chains in ca.
yes if it is snowing cal trans will stop you. but i have never found any law saying such, nor have i talked to any chp or dot, that can provide any law on the books.
but yes leave extra links on them. gives you something to grab to hook them up. and as others said different manf tires will have different rolling dia.
have a role of wire, heavy pliers with cutters in them, plenty of bungee cords,(twice as many as you think you would ever need).
truckers chains need a special (cheap) tool to install them.
learn how to put them on in a warm dry sunny place first. not up in the cold wet slush on the side of the hwy, at 2 am.
