We may have to travel from Calgary to Vancouver sometime around the end of October. I know there are chains laws at that time Our mh is a 42 ft. and we do not have snow tires nor are there any available in that size. Chains would be next to impossible to install. Would I be ticketed? We also are towing a truck with summer tires. What do people in BC do to comply with the law? Thanks

You only have to have chains available to you, not use them. Buy the cheapest, lightest set you can find, then pay attention to the forecast. AutoSocks are also acceptable, if you want to push your luck a bit.

Check here here for answers.There is contact info at the bottom of the page if you want to call/email to get more info from the horses mouth.I would think that winter tires on your toad will be a minimum. If you have driven the BC mountain passes at this time of year, you may know that it can snow any time. I definitely wouldn't want to be driving your combo in a snow storm in the mountains running summer tires.Check here for road conditions in BC.

Little bit of info for people who don’t follow the British Columbia winter tire requirements:BC winter tire requirements I live in the valley below two mountain passes, you can’t go east or west from here with out going over one of them. I have witnessed firsthand once, and read in the local news paper a few other times over the last number of years the RCMP and or the CVSE ( DOT) set up road blocks checking tires / chain requirements. The time I was stopped ( 2 winters ago) it was the morning before a winter storm was set to roll in across southern BC. They were turning some people around at the road block that didn’t have the correct tires, they were giving out tickets to some, and all the semi’s where getting ticketed and turned around who didn’t meet the standards. There were also a number of vehicles that got towed from the road blocks as well, for what I don’t know. For the Correct answer to your question call CVSE.Info to Call CVSE here.So yes, they do check from time to time.Soup.

Thanks for the replies. We will not be going through the mountains this fall/winter!!!!!

moisheh wrote:Thanks for the replies. We will not be going through the mountains this fall/winter!!!!!Never fear moiseh! Climate change will make summer tire transits of the western mountains in January a normal thing.Meanwhile- if you need to get to the lower Fraser valley I’ll meet you in Calgary, you fly I’ll drive your rig. I’ll fly back to Calgary.

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SideHillSoup
Explorer
Oct 19, 2021
Grit dog wrote:
@Sidehill, 5 passes between you and Gangcouver? Sounds like heaven!

Oops… should have said 6, but 2 of them are like little bumps on the road… so let’s just say 4…. :S
Grit_dog
Navigator
Oct 18, 2021
@Sidehill, 5 passes between you and Gangcouver? Sounds like heaven!
SideHillSoup
Explorer
Oct 17, 2021
noteven wrote:
Grit dog wrote:
noteven wrote:
So is it when you are goin uppa hill when you wish you remembered chains the most

or here we go down the other side?

Depends whether you make it to the top or not! Lol

True!

But I’ve had a couple or three moments after making the top barefoot wishing I had “put the jewelry on” once gravity got a hold on the situation.

A friend who drove Big Trucks for many years usta say he had never scared himself driving a truck up a hill.

One of my son in-laws owns and operates a logging truck. He says he can’t afford to not put his chains on. Time is money, and if he gets caught without his chains on when the “chain up” sign is on and he spins out …. There goes a couple days pay in fines.
I get to drive down the the Vancouver BC area mid to late November… I will only have 5 mountain passes to go over.
Soup.
cross21114
Explorer
Oct 17, 2021
Just watch "Highway thru Hell" on the Weather Channel for examples of how bad it can get fast.

I left Alaska on the last day of September in 2019. I was worried about the BC chain requirement. Fortunately, the weather was good so I don't think the RCMP were out looking for potential violators.
noteven
Explorer III
Oct 11, 2021
Grit dog wrote:
noteven wrote:
So is it when you are goin uppa hill when you wish you remembered chains the most

or here we go down the other side?

Depends whether you make it to the top or not! Lol

True!

But I’ve had a couple or three moments after making the top barefoot wishing I had “put the jewelry on” once gravity got a hold on the situation.

A friend who drove Big Trucks for many years usta say he had never scared himself driving a truck up a hill.
DrewE
Explorer II
Oct 11, 2021
In my limited experience, it's mostly just after you were going up the hill, but didn't make it, and are now going back down backwards with even less control.

I feel safer when driving up a slippery hill than down a slippery hill.
Grit_dog
Navigator
Oct 11, 2021
noteven wrote:
So is it when you are goin uppa hill when you wish you remembered chains the most

or here we go down the other side?

Depends whether you make it to the top or not! Lol
noteven
Explorer III
Oct 11, 2021
So is it when you are goin uppa hill when you wish you remembered chains the most

or here we go down the other side?
StirCrazy
Moderator
Oct 11, 2021
SideHillSoup wrote:
StirCrazy wrote:
SideHillSoup wrote:
like.
Motor homes fall under the camper symbol on the sign.

that sign was a misprint that they originaly put up. most have been replace with the proper ones now. it should have a "Or" inbetween the mountian snowflake and the M&S.

I didn't see any snow on my way home from work this moring, unless your talking south of meritt in the snowshed?

Steve

I looked at every BC govt website that I could find, and they show that signs…. None of them show the sign I posted with the word “or” between the 2 symbols, however the other two signs for heavier commercial type vehicles does show the word “or”…. Go figure.
The web cams I saw this morning and this afternoon showed snow on the Coqu on a few cameras, and on Hwy 3 Paulson and Hwy 3-B. Most of it has melted now… and temps dropped so black ice is most likely Lerking.
However, 40kms away from Paulson Summit is the Kootenay pass which is the highest mountain pass open year round in Canada…. It didn’t have any snow at all….
Again….. go figure.
So…. Tomorrow it’s time to service the snowmobiles….. yippy…

Soup

Ill see if I can get a pic. maybe Im just geting old and senile haha. I did see one like you posed out east, but Im sure the ones around me have the "or" as people were trying to find snoflake with the M&S on it and well you'll be looking for a long time haha.

Steve
SideHillSoup
Explorer
Oct 11, 2021
Mich upnorth wrote:
SideHillSoup wrote:
Just got an alert…
There is a VERY good chance that it will snow again this weekend “on” the mountain passes of southern BC.
I should note:
The weatherman ( person) is the only person in the world that can lie in the job everyday…… and still keep their job…
By the way…. I repacked the bearings on the Snowmobile trailer today!
Let it snow…let it snow…let it snow !

Soup.

Or politican:B

Ohhhhh we don’t want to go there, let’s just stick to the weather person so we don’t get booted…
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Soup.

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