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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Marie on 10 November 2012, 22:25:24
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Hubby has ordered me to obtain some snow chains/ socks for when i start comutting fortnightly. his words were .....
" id feel much more content if i know you had a set in the car" dont under stand why hes worried i am miltary snow and ice driver trained but orders are orders so best do as im told so......
Can any one recomend a set i believe my tryers are 225/55/16.
Cheers Guys
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dont want to be negative , but I must say they are not practical :-\
and your hands will be frozen..
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Snow socks are useless IMHO ... if the conditions are slushy, they don't grip, if patchy the socks wear out very fast.
Chains are now so easy to use, fit them, drive from the snowy bits to the cleared bits, remove, continue.
Each chain takes less than a minute to fit with a little (15 minutes) practice, and even less to remove.
These are the type I use, but I bought mine years back !!!! so I have no experience of this seller ...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-2012-BEST-SELLING-SUPERIOR-QUALITY-POLAR-EASY-FIT-CAR-SNOW-CHAINS-/200834524709?pt=UK_Car_Parts_Vehicles_Automobila_ET&var=500112835864&hash=item2ec2aba625
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dont want to be negative , but I must say they are not practical :-\
and your hands will be frozen..
yep i agree and if its that bad i wont travel but as i said to him its all main roads well 99% of the journy so i should be okay i was looking at the socks to just get me out of a tricky situation
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Snow socks are useless IMHO ... if the conditions are slushy, they don't grip, if patchy the socks wear out very fast.
Chains are now so easy to use, fit them, drive from the snowy bits to the cleared bits, remove, continue.
Each chain takes less than a minute to fit with a little (15 minutes) practice, and even less to remove.
thank you there cheeper then i expected.
hopefully ill not have to use them
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a practical thought.
we live in england not scandinavia or russia or other countries were they get real snow that is never cleared from the road,and chains are essintal. i've heared of global warming but snow chains south of tomintoul, even mrs mckay never had chains.
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Got some chains from Lidl last year as did Jimbob I think. One of their monday specials for about £25 I think.
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Never yet been stuck on snow in the Omega :y Got held up on the A23 going up Handcross Hill, last winter.
Six inches of snow on the ground, sat for an hour or so while the polis cleared up a prang. When we got going, was passing cars with snowsocks which were slipsliding every where.
Just make sure that the tyres are in good nick with decent tread, keep a bag of rock salt in the boot along with a shovel and all the usual bits, like a good length of stout rope, a blanket, boots etc, :y
Keeping the gas tank and the petrol tank brimmed, that'll help with traction too :y
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Agreed Al. That said, for £40 I will be sticking a set in the car just in case ;) Only once considered using them with the saloon and the snow was deep enough here that the bumper was making a good plough (a few years back when it closed the main roads here too ::))
Reminds me though... I need to get another set for my new van ::)
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We have had a number of estates without any problem but a saloon that I bought was terrible in the ice/snow, ended up putting a number of sandbags in the boot..... ::) ::) ::)
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I thought snow chains were illegal to use in the UK?
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Got some chains from Lidl last year as did Jimbob I think. One of their monday specials for about £25 I think.
Same here :y
I'll have a word with the missus later (she works there) and see if she can find out when they are coming in :)
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Never yet been stuck on snow in the Omega :y Got held up on the A23 going up Handcross Hill, last winter.
Six inches of snow on the ground, sat for an hour or so while the polis cleared up a prang. When we got going, was passing cars with snowsocks which were slipsliding every where.
Just make sure that the tyres are in good nick with decent tread, keep a bag of rock salt in the boot along with a shovel and all the usual bits, like a good length of stout rope, a blanket, boots etc, :y
Keeping the gas tank and the petrol tank brimmed, that'll help with traction too :y
We have a pussers blackgrip for the car with sleeping bag, shovel, 24 hr rat pack, small cooker, high vis warmers coat, tourch etc. Never thought of putting rock salt in her tbh but will be this year.
when doing the long journy from yeovil to cranwell i make sure i have filled up before i leave.
Hubby remembers from a few years ago when he got stick in cornwall the amout of other car users who had nothing in there car and were freezing becuase they got caught short. i remeber getting cought in the floods in 2006 with my son who was 2 at the time. i remember thinking how unprepaired somedrivers were and dont know how to drive in adverse conditions. remember Hubbys dad calling me and telling me to find a hotel and travel the next day. a 4 hour journy took me 9hrs but my miggy made it home proud through some very deep puddles wrote of my gearbox though as the breather pipe was too short and eneded up sucking in the flood water need less to say it now lives as the same hight as my coolant reservour :)
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I have a set of those Entwood, PITA to fit because of the limited space between the tyre and the body of the car. I also bought snowsocks and are far easier to fit. The chains have come off a couple of times and luckily nothing was damaged. The snowsocks have never come off and they have gotten me out of trouble a few times. As I live in Aviemore I see my fair share of snow. :o :o
(http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq119/drooscott/Image002.jpg)
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Yup, got a set last year from lidl, piece of piss to fit.
They come in sizes like 90, 100, 110 etc, and the box states which wheels they fit.
Id go for the cheapest you can, you shouldnt need them much to warrent spending much
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I thought snow chains were illegal to use in the UK?
Maybe someone can clarify :(
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many drivers here, stay away from winter tyres mostly because of cost.. however, they are more safe in the wet, muddy and frost conditions that you will likely face on the road.. :-\
my recommandation is at least get 4 season tyres so that your grip levels will be better in winter either rainy or snow conditions.. at least..
(example for good quality 4 season tyres- goodyear vector 4 seasons and nokian wr g2)
chains are noisy, destroys front drive train, hard to install under snow and cold and not practical..
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I thought snow chains were illegal to use in the UK?
Maybe someone can clarify :(
http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/seasonal/winter-advice-snow-chains.html
And this follow on page has a table showing where compulsory and where permitted. UK is shown as permitted.
http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/overseas/snow-chains-winter-tyres.html
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I too have a set of Lidl ones in the boot. Other than a test fit, not tried them, hopefully never will... ...but there if the scenario arises.