Do You Safety Wire your Tire Chain Shackles ??

[Redlands Okie]

How about some lock tite on the threads.

 

[Gordon Gould]

^^ True, but I just use fence wire. No special stuff. Everybody has extra fence wire, right?

Right. I do anyway - that's what I was thinking of using.

gg

 

[John_Mc]

I've never had the problem, but you've now prompted me to go out and check how tight all of mine are. Next year, I'll probably put some loctite on them.

 

[Gordon Gould]

I've never had the problem, but you've now prompted me to go out and check how tight all of mine are. Next year, I'll probably put some loctite on them.

Well I have never had the problem before either but this is the first year I've used the tractor to do a lot of plowing. And it has been an icy year. Maybe that is the difference ?? On snowy or hard packed woods roads pulling wood I almost never spin a tire but pushing back frozen snow banks on the sides of icy roads is different I am finding out. I have a better feel now and can do the same work w/o spinning but it was a learning curve for me.

gg

 

[Looking4new]

I use mechanics wire to wire mine. I also put a screw clevis on the adjuster arm to keep it closed as an extra precaution.

 

[WranglerX]

Why would you NOT?.... A hour spent safety wiring can probable save many hours of grief out in the cold white stuff.....

Dale