Dumajones

Then you should not be worrying about chains..
When I say practice,, I mean as you drive throughout the day / morning.. It takes a little, not 4 year class in collage on snow/ice driving..lol.

downs

This is strictly to get to work. If it ices over I still have to get to work we don't stop working because of icy weather, where as most other places just shut down for the day. If I'm off work that day I will just stay at home. And they're calling for an exceptionally icy winter this year down here so I'm expecting to have to go to work at least once during icy road conditions.

Dumajones

I think you are missing my point. Chains are unnecessary for your situation. A good set of tires with alot of siping in the tire tread would do great.
But hell you want chains.

Ok, since the chains will be mostly used on a street with ice and not much snow,, I would look into getting chains like these.



dont get chains with large links like this.



The cable chains wont rattle the hell out of you to bad.
You can go a little faster with cable then you can with chain link
Large link..well,, they shake the hell out of you ..have to go super slow.. Plus you dont want to bust a link and have a large chain smashing around tearing stuff up inside the wheel well.
The cable chains tend to be more forgiving if a strap gives out..


Light truck SUV cable chains
https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/...019/16120038-P

dave1123

I love my Dad's favorite shout-out to tailgaters, "Wait a second while I open the tailgate so you can drive right in!"

Turbo X_J

Seriously?
Ive been driving on ice for 41 freakin Winters and never once have I considered using ice as an excuse to miss work, I know the response I'd get:
get the **** to work now if you still want a job. ha ha

downs

It's a risk reward thing. It's not worth the risk for a one maybe two day ordeal. There's zero infrastructure here to deal with icy road conditions with exception of less than a handful of sand trucks that may or may not have time to get to all the overpasses and bridges. When I was stationed in Fort Worth if they knew it was going to ice over overnight they would basically shut down everything at the base and only have essential personnel come in, everyone else stay home because it wasn't worth the risk of having multiple people at every unit stuck in a ditch or dead from a vehicle collision. Same for schools rather than risk a whole bus load of kids over a one or two day ordeal in conditions people rarely drive in just call school off for the day.

Thank you. A set of chains is a hell of alot cheaper than buying a whole other set of tires that I'd only need to use once or twice a year and would dry rot long before I ever got any real use out of them. A set of chains I can just toss in the cargo area when winter time rolls around and put them on only when needed. Less than 100 dollars vs 600+ dollars for cheap steel wheels and some winter tires.

Martlor13

you dont need specific winter tires, just get good all terrains that are snowflake rated......you are overthinking this way too much. Chains are just a pain in the ***

Dumajones

Okay cool,, be safe.

Thetastycat

Hey Downs, set you a PM because I have 100% the same issue and wondering if you ended up getting chains! And if so would love to know which ones - so hard to know what to believe out there.