winter driving & chains for a 3500DWR

[HWright]

I had to sign some sort of waver about "chains" when I bought . Does an 2002 3500 need special equipment if I run into situations where chains are required?

 

[SBall]

I'm not sure who made you sign the waiver, and I'm not sure what you mean by special equipment. I can tell you I have a 2wd dually and use chains when necessary, and when I do I only chain up the outsides. My truck came equipped with 235/85 16 tires and the wheel offset with my 01 enables me to mount the chains pretty easily. I have blocks I use under the inside-rear wheels to prop up the outsides for easy mounting. You'll see caution expressed here on the TDR with respect to chains destroying the fenders if a link should break, so make sure your chains are tight and in good condition. As for which chains I use, I found the best to be the Pewag square-link alloy chains to be very good. They present minimal interference between the tire sidewalls, wear well, and provide great traction. The downside is that unless you have a Pewag dealer near you, you'll have to deal direct with Pewag in Chicago, and they're not the easiest to deal with. Your could also try the tirechains.com folks in Pa. too. I believe they also offer an alloy square-link chain.

Steve

 

[AfterBurner]

If you have 4wd then you shouldn't have any more of a problem driving than anyone else on the road.

However 2wd is different. I don't know much about those, but do know things can get tricky.

 

[CMckee]

i use a set of "cable" chains that i picked up at a local parts supplier a couple seasons ago. they are really easy to get on and off, i haven't had any issues with using them at all. they do make a heck of difference though as i also run with 6 24X30 (750lbs approx. ) sidewalk stones in the box when it gets snowy. they get rid of that embarassing feeling of spinning tires on hard pack snow/ice.

chris

 

[HWright]

Waver was probably because of possible damage to fenders as you pointed out. Thanks

 

[PLaFrombois]

I've found an article in "The Trucker" newspaper I picked up at a truck stop. They're called GoClaws. www.goclaws.com



I'm not affiliated with this product.



Paul