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Speaking of car stuff: How long has it been since you’ve used tire chains?
By Gary | September 22, 2008
Some mornings, I'm not quite sure how my mind works. LOL! I was sitting here thinking about outdated car insurance pitchmen -- and my mind went from car insurance to cars and car parts, and ended up on tire chains. How long has it been since you've used tire chains -- or have you EVER used tire chains.
My son makes a trip once or twice to the mountains of Colorado, and he assures me that tire chains are an essential in the high country where the snow lies over the land (and the roads) early and deep. For such areas, I can see the use of tire chains.
But I don't recall having used tire chains personally for more than 30 years. Okay, I take that back -- one winter here in southwest Missouri we had a dozy of an ice storm about 15+ years ago and I actually dug out a pair of chains I didn't recall having, put them on, and got myself unstuck in my driveway.
Other than that, I hadn't used tire chains since our winters long ago in South Dakota. For most regions of the country, all-season radial tires long ago supplanted tire chains, even "snow tires" aren't commonly sold anymore.
Is it winter yet where you live? Perhaps so in some parts of the world, and even more mountainous regions of America. I don't know how early snow comes to the truly high country anymore. But if you live in such terrain or regions, my wish for you is this: May you never need tire chains, but if you should, get 'em early BEFORE you need 'em!
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