Where to buy good quality tire chains?

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Hey all, been a while since i posted up seeing as the jeep has sat in one spot melting into the ground for the last 8 months....

So back to reality...

I have been thinking i would like to pick up a decent set (4) of chains for Less than ideal traction. I am running a BFG MT 33x10.50.

I went to Les Schwab last week and they priced me a set (which consist of 2 chains) at 90 dollars. and im looking to equip all 4 tires with heavy duty chains.

Im curious if anyone knows of an online source for tire chains at a competitive price.
 
I've been wondering the same. Two winters ago I snapped a cheap piece of rubber on my Schwab chains it was gonne be $50 to repair. I'd like chains made out of chains. If you find something, post up :)
 
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Not sure on sizing. You'll have to figure out what your size comes out to on the metric side.

I have to ask though, do you really need chains on all four tires? Unless we get an extreme ice storm, I don't really see the need. On a standard 4x4 vehicle a good set of chains on the front seems to work fine.

Sipe your tires, carry chains if you think you'll need them, and most importantly only go as fast as conditions allow.
 
Have you checked Del's Farm Supply? My experience has been that farm supply places are one of the last good places to find real tire chains in stock. When I lived in Montana, the good ones were the ones with the V-bar welded to each link.
 
A long time ago I made a set for my 33's out of semi truck chains. They have the v-bars welded on like cwstnsko mentioned. I would like to know where to get some more semi-truck chains.
 
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i like these, they are a good price, (locally i have never got them online) my dad has run them and so have i.
i cant remember seeing any of them break.

http://www.amazon.com/Security-Chain-Company-ZT751-Traction/dp/B001DKV960

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Tire Chains for Thick Iced 17% Grades!

Hello NW XJ brethren,

I'm digging up this old thread because yesterday, it became damn relevant again! I work up the mountains in NorCal and have to climb a 17% winding, off cambered grade to get there. It was covered in 4 inches of ice yesterday, and some of my (least) favorite: re-frozen ice, which is the slickest stuff I've ever dealt with (ya know, where the sun melts the top, then it goes back into shade and refreezes perfectly smooth).

Currently I run Goodyear Duratracs in 33" and by dumping the air down in them I have never had trouble getting anywhere. Yesterday was the first time I had to call it. The only rigs that made it up and down at that point where running the fronts in chains. I have seen a lot of discussion on which pair to chain up, and while it seems like rears would be better, you cannot steer on that road without the fronts chained. So it has been fronts, or all.

But moving on, the chains the old hands all use are Konig commercial chains from Italy. They insist on them because the square linked chains and diamond shape crushes into the hard ice and is the only way to bite the solid ice. I guess the Rallye Pro 296 will fit a 33" (bigger / smaller available of course). The trick seems to be finding someone in America that Sells Them!

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http://www.konig.it/en/gb/products/...ruck/konig-rallye-pro-_-productfamily_220573#

Does anyone know where to get these chains? (incidentally, the passenger car sized chains made by Konig are sold under the Thule trade name, they don't go bigger than 32" under Thule)
 
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