Cheap tire chains?
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Cheap tire chains?
I am in need of new chains for The Beast. Tires are LT235/85R16, LaClede says that's a 2221R or 2221CAM, 2437 mud service, or 2821 V-bar. I'm seeing them locally for $80 to $160, with the 2221R the cheapest and the 2437 the most expensive.
Who can beat those prices?
Who can beat those prices?
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I have a pair of Security Quik Grip #QG2821 chains that fit your tires. They are several years old but have never been used and are sewn in a cloth bag. If you're interested make an offer. They will be heavy to ship.
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I'm perfectly willing to pay the freight for something I'll use three or four times a day.
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Both vendor's LT235-85R16 medium-duty highway offering is a camlock version, with three or four over-center cams to tighten the chain once it's been installed on the tire. What I can find around here has a single lock on the outside, and won't get as tight as the cam chains do. Since the pre-tax price for tire chains locally is the same as the shipped price of the on-line vendors, and since what the on-line vendors offer is superior, I'll be ahead of the game buying from them.
Again, those URLs are Tire Chain Supply and Tire Chain.
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I checked them out, @bashby. I also checked out tirechainsupply.com. Both come in around $79 for twist highway-service chains with shipping included. Both also have other sizes and types as well, as one would expect. tirechains.com seems to have a much broader selection of chains for my tire size than tirechainsupply.com does. YMMV (no pun intended).
Both vendor's LT235-85R16 medium-duty highway offering is a camlock version, with three or four over-center cams to tighten the chain once it's been installed on the tire. What I can find around here has a single lock on the outside, and won't get as tight as the cam chains do. Since the pre-tax price for tire chains locally is the same as the shipped price of the on-line vendors, and since what the on-line vendors offer is superior, I'll be ahead of the game buying from them.
Again, those URLs are Tire Chain Supply and Tire Chain.
Both vendor's LT235-85R16 medium-duty highway offering is a camlock version, with three or four over-center cams to tighten the chain once it's been installed on the tire. What I can find around here has a single lock on the outside, and won't get as tight as the cam chains do. Since the pre-tax price for tire chains locally is the same as the shipped price of the on-line vendors, and since what the on-line vendors offer is superior, I'll be ahead of the game buying from them.
Again, those URLs are Tire Chain Supply and Tire Chain.
Yeah, that sounds about how I remember it when I looked into it, for the same money as local light duties you can have some real nice heavy ones. I've run some light duty ones plowing and they don't last very long. The cross chains wear through.
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From: Charles Town, W bygod Va
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ALLOY SQUARE STRAIGHT LINK
Select your tire size at bottom of page
5.5 mm alloy or 7.00 mm Boron Alloy
Square Alloy cross chains allows for added traction and durability. Square link provides the traction of the v-bar without the added profile of a welded v. The square design wears more evenly, unlike the twisted link that wears only on its high points. For easier installation of Square Straight Link Chains see our Sno-Chain Ramps .
5.5 mm includes cams
chain adjusters recommended
link chain installation instructions
Click here for Tire Chains Recommendations and Applications
case hardened in accordance with ASTM E18 Standards
Those are the ones I got... Not sure if the pic will work, trying to learn this iPad still
Edit: that's from tirechains.com. Pictures didn't work but they are under truck chains.
ALLOY SQUARE STRAIGHT LINK
Select your tire size at bottom of page
5.5 mm alloy or 7.00 mm Boron Alloy
Square Alloy cross chains allows for added traction and durability. Square link provides the traction of the v-bar without the added profile of a welded v. The square design wears more evenly, unlike the twisted link that wears only on its high points. For easier installation of Square Straight Link Chains see our Sno-Chain Ramps .
5.5 mm includes cams
chain adjusters recommended
link chain installation instructions
Click here for Tire Chains Recommendations and Applications
case hardened in accordance with ASTM E18 Standards
Those are the ones I got... Not sure if the pic will work, trying to learn this iPad still
Edit: that's from tirechains.com. Pictures didn't work but they are under truck chains.
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The last ones but one that I bought for the '94 (in 2k or 2k1) were heavy-chained mud service chains. Somebody local had ordered them and not picked them up, so I got them for the regular price. It was only after I checked the part number that I found out what I had. Nice chains. They look unused at first glance after six years of running on snow-choked gravel roads and the occasional high-speed 30 MPH blast down the hardtop. They sure ride rough, though.
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