 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi All
Yes, I know the snowchain stuff have been done to deaath and i have never needed to use on my Nav with AT2's but my old chains i thought i'd try and get on my wifes Rav and what a bloody nightmare - if I was stuck up the Alps in the dark with a van full of kit, cold, tired and generally depressed I think i would have given up and kipped in the car. So popping in for coffeee every 10 minutes I thought may be an easier way but really, me and chains do not mix!
So, was having a look just now and saw this from Italy - it's straight out of the TV channels but does make sense and just may be a handy thing to have - anyone tried or any thoughts??
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SNOW-CHAINS-TUNING-CAMPING-TRUCK-CAMION-SUV-JEEP-4-X-4-/330501232996?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item4cf3689964
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Look interesting.
You best have widly spoked alloys though.
I would be concerned over wheel design. My VW T5 has steel rims in the winter which have lots of 1" holes about 3" away from the wheel rim.
So all the pressure will be rubbing on the thin bit of metal on the hole.
Certainly a try-before-you-buy item... especially for over £100 !!! OUCH!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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when using chains a quick bit of practice makes a lot of difference for preferably when not in a desperate situation a good pair of hard wearing gloves helps as well always unsure of new products until proven
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Very interesting to see the pics show us the device being put onto a wheel sans vehicle, I think it would be a lot harder to achieve at the side of a road in the dark with the wheel arch half filled with frozen slush.
Had a set of Spikes Spyder when I used to have a car and was very impressed with ease of use and set up, yes they are expensive but once set up it takes less than a minute per wheel to put them on or take them off, that could well be very important on a cold night in a blizzard
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it takes less than a minute per wheel to put them on or take them off,
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it doesn't take me much longer than that to put my chains on.
flog873347, were the chains you were putting on the RAV the right size? Hiding to nothing otherwise.
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pam w, Yep they were but not sure if i bought the cheap and cheerful ones (although 60 notes and 16mm chain so hopefully not ) but the destructions had the wrong colours - they aere talking red and yellow chain - i was talking blue and yellow - easy thing to hange but i just couldnt follow and that was in the car port with hot running coffee, radio, ciggy and a nice cusion for me knees!! Respect to you for a minute a tyre!
Love the look of the Maggi's but big dosh, suppose a hundred for ease (if they obviously work) is painful at the time but not massive - but then you could argue that about 300!
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They look particularly pony to me, a right pain to fit, of dubious quality, effectiveness and likely to foul the brakes. Stick to chains.
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Had a set of Spikes Spyder when I used to have a car and was very impressed with ease of use and set up, yes they are expensive but once set up it takes less than a minute per wheel to put them on or take them off, that could well be very important on a cold night in a blizzard |
I also use the Spikes Spyders - very quick and easy to fit, with no risk of them ending up somewhere they shouldn't be. They also have the benefit of being adjustable, so that a change of car doesn't necessarily mean a change of chains. The down side is the amount of space they take up in the car.
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I would be concerned about fouling the brake callipers and wrecking your alloys.
My snow socks remain unused as my A6 has managed to get everywhere without them.
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surely flog873347, now that you have done the snow chains once it's much easier? I recall the first time we put them on it was a bit of a nightmare but once we figured out the first wheel (10-15minutes) the other wheels only took a minute or two. I don't like the look or price of those plastic things. they look like they'd be a total nightmare to put on.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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They look like a lot more hassle than chains to me, practice is the key to fitting chains, the ones I use on my transit were about £10 in Andorra yet they take no more than 5 min to fit both tyres and they do actually stay on but it's best to stop after a few yards and again after a mile or so to check tightness,
We have found snowsocks to be very effective on our S-max, once having to put them on at Foix to get to Andorra
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Another thought. If your car is beached on snow or ice or bedded down in a trough of the same, chains or socks can be useless as they can't be fitted until you can 'roll' your wheels through their circumference. Then, a shovel and elbow grease are your only friends to dig a trough long enough to do that.
These could be another get out of jail free card as they should be fittable in any circumstance, albeit a bit of digging around your wheels may be needed anyway.
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