Snow chains for off roading

BEASTERLY

Hi,

Just wondering what the story is with driving in seriously thick snow with run of the mill chains that youd get in the autofactors. I have a 3 door 79 range rover and planning on doing abit of off roading in the snow up the mountains. Would more capable chains be need for this , say 4 feet of snow or will any chains do?

Also wondering where the best place to buy the chains are.

Cheers for any help in advance,

V8BEAST

101sean

Cheaper chains will be a simple ladder pattern and probably not up to serious use. Guys who take part in the French snow rallies use proper net type chains by Rud, Pewag etc

Secondhand military chains can be got fairly cheaply but only for 7.50x16.

Whatever you get, make sure they fit properly or they'll foul your brake calipers.

http://www.snow-chains.co.uk/?gclid=CMroxIn45KUCFcULfAod8Bb-1A
http://www.snowchains.com/
http://www.snowchainwarehouse.co.uk/

BEASTERLY

101sean wrote: »

Cheaper chains will be a simple ladder pattern and probably not up to serious use. Guys who take part in the French snow rallies use proper net type chains by Rud, Pewag etc

Secondhand military chains can be got fairly cheaply but only for 7.50x16.

Whatever you get, make sure they fit properly or they'll foul your brake calipers.

http://www.snow-chains.co.uk/?gclid=CMroxIn45KUCFcULfAod8Bb-1A
http://www.snowchains.com/
http://www.snowchainwarehouse.co.uk/

Thanks a mil for that!:)

greysides

The best accessory you could have for a trip to the hills would be a companion vehicle, or three.

peasant

As long as you stay on a road/track normal snow chains will do nicely.
If you plan to go off road, over rough terrain, a normal chain will just rip ...and if you're spinning a wheel at that time the flailing chain will cause all sorts of damage.

For off roading you need hebby doody chains ..that kind of thing:



This for example is the PEWAG "Forstmeister" (or forest master) ...you can use that one off road even without snow

BEASTERLY

peasant wrote: »

As long as you stay on a road/track normal snow chains will do nicely.
If you plan to go off road, over rough terrain, a normal chain will just rip ...and if you're spinning a wheel at that time the flailing chain will cause all sorts of damage.

For off roading you need hebby doody chains ..that kind of thing:



This for example is the PEWAG "Forstmeister" (or forest master) ...you can use that one off road even without snow

Cheers thanks, so a normal heavy duty chain will work on snow covered gravel forest tarcks?

peasant

should do

Better than these flimsy "snow only" type chains anyway

doctorchopper

tryyg chains are the best chains money can buy. have spikes on the cross chains for maximum grip on ice. Most popular chains in northern canada, i know i used to make them for loggers and oil field trucks

http://www.trygg.no/

Pkiernan

Which ever type you choose, make sure they are on tight, and stop and check them after a while.

When you are offroading your wheels are quite often spinning very quickly - if a chain is loose be ready for expensive wheel arch or fender repairs!

gofaster_s13

Snow chains for off roading reminds me of a Volvo 940 estate I bought to go to Electric picnic in Stradbally, I welded the diff on it and put a set of cheap snow chains on the rear wheels, got plenty of funny looks as I drove out through the muck that everybody else had to be pulled out of:D

Pkiernan

Problem solved: