I DON'T CHAIN

The first tire chain patent was issued in 1904 to Harold D. Weed and his invention required a little more work then we are used to.  The tire was partially deflated and the chain was then placed and hooked around the tire and then the tire was re inflated.  The chained tires were to be used in mud but where quickly found to work very well on ice and in snow.
 
There are many reasons to chain and for us it is often a matter of safety or getting out of a bad spot.  We just recently were in a bad ice storm in Fort Worth, TX.  A very slight hill was causing severe problems for trucks and we waited patiently as the drivers paid a fee to be pulled up one incline to get stuck at the next incline.  We saw one driver get out and chain his drives and up the hill he went.  When it was our turn we also went up the hill no problem by deploying our chains.  Who would guess chains would save the day and us money in Fort Worth, TX?
 
Once as a rookie I came off of the interstate after running for several hundred miles and as I pulled into a truck stop and the parking area was covered with ice.  I stopped, set the breaks, and took a short nap.  The warm tires melted through the ice and we were stuck.  In order to get out of the ruts the warm tires caused, we had to get out the chains to give our tires something to grip.  The chains enabled us to get unstuck and continue on to our pickup.
 
After many years of manually chaining we finally have Onspot Automatic Chains and now we chain even more!  When we pull onto a customer’s property and it is an icy sheet we deploy the chains, when we pull into a rest area that has not been plowed we deploy our chains and we have traction.  With the chains deployed we have the traction needed to keep from sliding off of the beaten path or possible into a solid object not meant to be slid into.
 


There are times when chains make our life easier and we can continue on in a safe manner to our destination and there are times when our deployed chains let us maneuver to a safe parking spot.  Each storm and situation is different and we have our chains as one of our tools to make an informed decision.  Do we chain or not chain? We give a resounding YES we chain....