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Originally Posted by Sheepdip
I have a question for all of you who live in snow country....Out here in California the highways are very tightly controlled for tire chain installations, when and where the snow falls, including black ice.
In I believe it was January 1998 I was working in Princeton/Evansville Indiana on the Toyota plant being constructed at that time. Winter hit and it piled up with about a foot of snow, I went to the auto parts to get some tire chains for the company truck and they looked at me like I was totally out of my mind and proceeded to inform me that nobody uses those things.
I finally got them to order me a pair. I personally did make it to the jobsite everyday with no mishaps with rear tire chains, but it really amazed me how many people flew by at 70 mph only to be passed later piled up in a ditch or up a hill.
So why no tire chains for you snow country drivers?
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I've been asked that before. Honestly, I can't say. I've driven in some pretty gnarly stuff, but never felt the need to run with chains. Our municipalities and the DOT do a pretty good job of clearing the roads. If it's bad enough that I need chains to get to work, I'll just stay home.
I've ran plow trucks for the DOT and for the local township. It had to be pretty bad before we even put chains on our equipment. About the only time we did was when we got the V plows out.