welcome back to steve rod reviews today i'm going to review these tire chains that i bought i'm
going to go over them i'm going to show you how i installed them this is probably the easiest set of
chains you're ever going to come across they're self-tightening they're like what if chains
i carry these in the back of my pickup truck i'm gonna take you out in the driveway and i'm gonna
show you uh how they actually go together and how simple it is because sometimes if you get into
that what if situation where you need these well they're good to have so let's go in the driveway
let's take a look well that's what it looks like when the tire chains are on and i'm telling you
something for the first time i just looked at the instructions i'll show you the instructions
but for the first time ever doing this it took me five minutes now i just want to show
you the one on the ground here so that's how you orientate them first and everything is color coded
it couldn't be any easier and you see how that's all lined up like that this has got a red end this
one's got a blue end and they connect together and all you do is you just use these connectors with
these hooks so there's one on either side like you can see right here you see how that
hooks right in there and you can look at the top here you see this one here hooks right in there
and if they're all separately color-coded it's as easy as can be you flip these up
you pull these cables out and when you're finished you tighten them down and as you
drive these will tighten up they won't come back out once the levers flip down and they'll tighten
up as you go so i have not tried to take these off yet but i'm going to show you so let's do that
right now and then we'll go back into the shop okay so all i'm going to do is just open these up
and of course these will be tightened after you drive so the tension will be tight on them
and they keep them self-tightened so really all you do is you just unhook this
and you got to disconnect this cable that attaches together
and that's pretty well it right there so let's go in the shop and i'm going to tell you why i
bought these well there's the chains they're just hanging up on my vise and they fit in this bag
real slick but the only instructions i used is what came with them and you know it is so simple
like they show here that's all i did and then brought it around and put the clip together right
here and then step three you can see how you open up the clamp and you go down to step four
guys this is so easy just you know putting the connector over to here and they give you lots
of slack so i mean i think it's pretty simple you know from here to here and from here to
here you close the little turnbuckles and they will self-tighten as you drive now the set that
i bought you check this out all the different tire sizes that come with uh with the set and uh
you know i think they cover a lot of tire sizes now they make all kinds of different sizes of
course and just got to match up your tires right so that's the set right there and now i'm going
to explain to you why i bought these okay so the first question a lot of people would have
is why do i need a set of chains like that like on my particular ford i've got two wheel drive
and to tell you the truth it sucks and i also have a four wheel drive truck as well
and i come into one situation a couple of years ago where i couldn't get out of my
place up in northern ontario because even though i have four-wheel drive posse traction rear end
i couldn't get out of my place because i got freezing rain i've got a hill about a 40 degree
angle that i have to leave on to get out to the main road i couldn't make it up that hill
and i thought i'm never going to get caught like that again so i thought you know what for the
price of these chains guys i paid like 80 bucks for them chains they were on sale i bought them
a princess auto but they're a brand name you can search google and find out where the best prices
are where you live in the world but for me it's one of them things of what if what if i run into
that situation again last time all i did was i backed the truck up i left it there and the next
day the sun came out and melted a lot of the ice and i could get my way back up but i thought oh no
no i don't want to have this happened to me again for the price of the money it's not worth my time
you know to have a chance where i'm going to get stuck like that especially a two wheel drive truck
come on like they're pretty useless most of the time you know if you have to go up any hills or
especially in the fall of the year the late fall and this was in uh end of october and yeah
like i mean there's a lot of places where people go right into isolated spots and what do you do
if you're in one of these situations i mean a lot of times you don't have cell phone service it's
not like you can just phone a tow truck up right so i thought for the money you know what why not
and i mean for me i thought it was so easy and i'm just going to show you this little bit of
a connection they have here and this is all galvanized cable they're using and you can see
how this just connects together it is so simple so easy and i'm thinking to myself you know what
yeah i don't want to be in a situation where i have no recourse so i leave these in the
back of my truck and i'll be prepared for the day well i think that day does usually come
eventually so at least now i'm prepared and i just thought i'd show this today so maybe some of you
don't see this kind of a system i never knew this actually existed before and i mean this
is so slick just to go like this and if they're self-tightening very easy to put on five minutes
aside tops and that's without ever doing anything except looking at this and they tell you on this
you put this in front of the tire you know to uh actually kneel on so you don't get dirty so
i think it's a win-win i like the product i haven't had a chance to actually try it out
but i mean these aren't real industrial heavy chains either but they're good enough for a
what if so thanks for joining me here today if you haven't seen this channel before you're
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cheers
you