Carry a set in the back to pacify roadside checks, but they wouldn't for my 35s. CHP says if we get to a point where 4wd needs chains, we are shutting highway down, so it's almost pointless out here
Not really for the highway but for the unplowed back roads. I have some pretty steep hills to climb in (minimum) axle deep snow. 4wd is great but if the traction isn't there then it may as well be a 2wd.
I got stopped in Big Bear and forced to chain up last January in Rubicon with new KMs on it due to ice. I have the Titan TC2828CAM sets for front and back but usually just use the front if I have to use them.
I don't know if there is a best brand of snow chains. As for style, I've always liked v-bar for ice or snow/ice, like you find on a north country road. In deep snow only I always preferred square links because they stand up high and bite in. I've heard that the diamond pattern works better if you have to traverse hills with a steep camber where the traditional ladder will side-slip, but I have never run those. I have also had tower guys tell me to get mud chains for the deep stuff. I presume that they were also going for the deep bite to get their F450 tool-body trucks up the mountain but it just could have been that dually chains are more limited in selection for them.
When we had them on in January, there was about 4-6 inches of fresh snow over ice. We had to climb switchbacks and go around all the people who think that cables give the same tractions as real chains (it was a fun obstacle course). Mine have the v-bar or icebreakers and I swear by them. I haven't had them in axle-deep unplowed snow yet but I hope they perform as well there as they do on ice.
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