Edison Motors & Highway Thru Hell - Guide to Tire Chaining on Snowy Roads

[@andrew48dhs]

I love that the CEO of Edison Motors is also slinging chains on the side to make a little money

[@Gellis12]

You should go watch Season 9 of Highway Thru Hell

[@Dennyh025]

Are they still making new episodes of Highway Through Hell?

[@BawkBawkBawk666]

Amazing. He does it once and you think he does it all the time

[@vicpetrishak7705]

A short 2 X 6 with 2 X 4 separating tire chain cross links laying flat on the ground helps . Drive on the board .

[@goosenotmaverick1156]

That guy was so excited to not have to chain up himself, that was awesome to see someone so stoked about it. Just proves theres a need and want for the service. I bet if folks could get someone else to do it, there wouldnt be so many blowing past the chain ups areas. Lazy folks will spend money to be extra lazy. And offers what i think is a super reasonable and awesome solution, and a service like that could really add a layer of safety in environments like yours.

[@johnarnold893]

If you are a truck driver and you can't chain up yourself in 15 minutes then you don't belong on the road, especially in southern BC going to AB.

[@Jayred05]

@@johnarnold893exactly ,pathetic and lazy.

[@Davindersingh-oy9zx]

Who will take out chains for him ?

[@loveistheanswer8137]

Half the drivers have never seen snow, let alone put on tire chains.

[@goosenotmaverick1156]

@@loveistheanswer8137 that's an excellent point.

[@oglanceparsons]

Edison motors is a true Canadian company. Thank you for your dedication to Canada.

[@jimdevlin4949]

Don't forget these men and women are the folks that move goods around the country/province risking the lives day in and day out. May safety be on their side.❤

[@sled9263]

Great idea! I had no idea that truck drivers would be willing to pay someone to do a task that I figured was just part of the job.

[@colinwallace5286]

Many can’t do it correctly…or at all.

[@CaseyBDook]

​@@colinwallace5286 You're being nice about it. It's disappointing just how many drive through there regularly but couldn't put chains on if they tried.

[@camcam-uw5mx]

​@@CaseyBDook over the road guys get paid per mile I e never heard of a company paying for chain up honestly my company pays me to NOT drive if chains are required. They get paid per mile everything else is free work from the driver so yeah I don't want to do it I can but if it gets that bad I'm parking

[@BorazCarrera]

theres chain up services down in california

[@Admiral.Snakbar]

throwing chains sucks lol

[@SuperPipes43]

I've had to chain up once in my short driving career. I was younger, had never chained up before and was very nervous about doing it right. A trucking team helped me get the chains on and I have always been grateful for the help! I love seeing you helping other drivers with this!

[@Thebackson]

@edison motors Have you thought about converting motor homes? The power and increase in fuel mileage is nice. Plenty of room to store the batteries. The batteries could also be used to run the electronics of the motorhome fridge/hvac/lighting etc. You could put lots of solar on top of the motor home. Motor/transmission plenty of room to switch to big generator. Electric only to creep in and out of camp grounds. Seems like a match made in heaven.

[@Ghfvhvfg]

Shure he will send you all parts now you find a pace in the chasis of the truck

[@jimcalver-oj4xf]

Yes! we are currently in ours and a hybrid solution would be so very good for this RV industry.

[@JustinTurnerman]

Chained up for the first time heading up to the yukon. Couple Truckers were stopped because of an accident and helped me learn to get them on properly. Saved me probly an hour of messing around figuring it out I'm sure. These videos are good too for the new up and coming Truckers. Stay safe boys.

[@Mark36912]

Love how happy and excited that one guy was. Need more people like him.

[@mefobills279]

We don't need more immigrants.

[@Bentfrombeyond]

I take a lot of pride in getting the unit chained up, getting the cams placed and set correctly, and good tension all around. It gives me confidence when I'm out in extreme conditions even if it takes a bit to get them on.

[@4ford6first0]

As it should be.

[@OneLazyTrucker]

It looks so easy, LOL. I was only ever able to use singles on the steer tire, all my drive tires had to go into 3 railers (Montana log truck pulling a pup) fortunately most times I only needed to chain up one drive axle. I knew a guy in So Cal who used to do chain up service in the mountains he said the state made you bid the different areas and some years he could only get a crappy area, he taught me that snow chain tires were only good for pinching your fingers! I bought a good long handle set (about 3 foot length) for fixing the heavy gauge 3 railers out in the woods. You learn not to abuse your stuff when your the one who has to fix it in the cold dark night with dead flashlight batteries at least 30 miles from the pavement and another 50 miles to town. Keep up the good work. Praying for your safe travels.

[@SireDragonChester]

I so wish Hiway thru hell would come to Netflix. Good video.

[@FFLFFS]

I wish everyone would boycott Netflix! 😂😂👍😉 There ya go!

[@cjsmith1760]

​@@FFLFFS I agree with you but I can appreciate what their line of thinking was.

[@antoniocampos5638]

Yeah, the educational part is really important. The drivers need to know how to chain up, drive with snow and ice, uphill, downhill, check the brakes (many trailers out there still need manual adjusting and they can just swipe when the tractor unit brakes), etc. and the CDL training and company training might fall short. Also, many drivers aren't lazy wheel holders, but they certainly get tired and miserable just driving in winter, then they need to chain up, getting their asses in the snow, cold and likely wet at best.

[@laurieberg2880]

I was in a local coffee shop in AB with a couple oilfield hauling customers. A young driver sat down and said he’d like to learn the business…one of the guys with 30-35yrs experience said, “It’s easy…you put your chains on …then you take them off…then you put your chains on…then you take them off…then you put yours chains on…”

[@braddragon1812]

Lol, what about getting lost. We always get lost

[@thomasborger6548]

​@@braddragon1812you arent alone in that

[@waxitron9181]

I just got done driving for a week where i was throwing chains on a tri drive. Ran the length of the FTR multiple times.Thank god for Trygg Chains with boomers instead of hooks, they are so much easier to do up than the hooked chains. It blows me away that there are truck drivers in Canada who do not know how to throw chains correctly. Ive been driving for 3 years in the Canadian Oilfields, its something that is taught at basically every frac company. I learned how to throw chains before i knew how to drive. Its a skill that NEEDS to be learned in my opinion, same as safe backing or logbook management. Crazy that people drive trucks around and cannot do that.

[@whitestacks5762]

Different world for the oilfeild guys man, these guys don't even kno how to put boots on, they live in flip flops.

[@braddragon1812]

Why did you need chains on the FTR? What were you hauling? Or were you going off the FTR into actual bush?

[@thomasborger6548]

​@@braddragon1812there are a couple of good pulls on the FTR that a super b or trailer heavy unit is disadvantaged. Lots of heavy shit goes up and down that road eh?

[@thomasborger6548]

​@@braddragon1812there are a couple of good pulls on the FTR that a super b or trailer heavy unit is disadvantaged. Lots of heavy shit goes up and down that road eh?

[@husamabudawoud3258]

A large number of my cousins live near that hellish curb down a steep hill with front raw seating to watch the mayhem. Fun fun weekend watching. Gets squirrelly soon as you hear the first aggressive Jake brakes howling from uphill.

[@mikeznel6048]

That’s a good business. And it helps keep trucks moving through.

[@HarryKnuckles-the3rd]

Edison Motors. Making Canada proud again. Awesome awesome!!!

[@samuelkerr465]

Love this. Just ripped thru the coq today from Kelowna, and I’m going back through tomorrow. Burned half a tank of gas in my pickup in 150k. Them hills are killer.

[@borderbrat]

Be sweet to see topsy working the hill one night. Rig it up with a 5th wheel tow attachment and do pull ups.

[@TheTsunamijuan]

Edison motors out here proving Canadians are truely great people to be around even when times are tough! Not just keeping us Americans warm with a nice floofy toque :)

[@paulthelefty]

Love to hear an explanation of why you put the crossbar tie links toward the tire… I was taught those sharp edges/ends should face out???

[@joshuaplacka8480]

I love u guys always hustling that's how you make it in this world. 💯

[@millionmiler]

Jamie Davis for the win and the Green Goblin and Mission Towing

[@nemesis851_]

I drove the Coquihalla once with a max load, in these kind of conditions. OMG It was pucker factor 1000%. It only takes ONE TRUCK to get out of control and then the rollercoaster show begins !!

[@FFLFFS]

Can hardly wait to see e axles on trailers. For privately own rigs this would be simply be awesome in situ fool proof 100% success hill climb and descent! Edison motors. Dealing with problems before they happen!

[@LyfovRyan51]

Thanks for showing this. I've never had to fit chains in my 40+ years but good to know. Watching in New Zealand

[@shrekk5047]

I'm joining next time

[@ArmchairIC]

Only thing I noticed was the hooks for the cross chains facing the tire. I was taught to keep them on the outside to prevent damage. I never thought it mattered since the tires are thick rubber but 'daddy said' so that's how I still hook them up. I always use the tensioners too (again, daddy said) and use them to hold the excess chain same way as you use the main hook. Some scrap 12awg wire for the inside if needed.

[@kevinfender507]

I noticed that too, I was taught the same

[@mattwebster7114]

This is a very informative video thats awesome you were on season 9 great show . Your videos super well thoughtout enjoy your videos.!

[@Pvosinc]

oh wow flash back I went to drive trucks in BC canada from driving road trains in darwin australia -- And boy did I have some stuff to learn --- shits next level -- I spent a year working trucks with earthmoving crew in mountain towns before I went on highway - I had to do this a few times in the -25 - never will I complain about working in the 40 degree heat again -- mad respect - these BC mountain boys are built different that's for sure -

[@4ford6first0]

What a calamity omg. I can't beileve the amount of stunned individuals on that road.

[@glenndennis6801]

Great video. Haven't put on chains in years. But used to drive a wrecker in the army back in the 80s and chained a lot. Those cam adjusters are great, but we didn't have them then.

[@jamesmayers5468]

Chase Barber is by far and away the best content on social media

[@legionofanon]

Little tip for doing cams like at 9:30 do the cans at the ground first, so that then the ones that get right are at the top and you have full swing to do the cam

[@Viking93]

Great video! 43 years into trucking BC and nearing retirement. Been on that hill and others like it many times behind wrecks although I’ve never spun out on the smasher, I have on other hills in the province. Lots of inexperienced drivers out there and videos like this are helpful to those I’m sure. I just run the lower mainland and Vancouver Island now but I miss that excitement a little…. just a little lol 😉

[@JG-zy6cg]

Fun fact….. awesome video 👍👍

[@cukanukdrivestruck]

Thanks for telling everybody Else about my. Side hustle. Now there will be more competition out there.

[@affordablerealestate8169]

no there isnt. Nobody wants to work.

[@Mathewwoods178]

This is a fantastic video for new drivers to watch! Awesome job as always

[@jay2boots]

Hey , thats great, sharing the knowledge and showing the chaos of Protocol. 🎉🎉

[@ramrod9556]

Couple points to note. The hooks should be at the front because the hook is far less likely to got knocked out from accidental contact if you have to do some serious digging with the chains for traction. The front chain 8:40 is on inside out. The flat side of the connecting link from the cross rail to the main rail should be flat against the tire as it allows the chain to be tightened much better.

[@sophiab7368]

Man, my dad used to truck through here all the time and he hated chaining up. He would have been over the moon if he could pay someone else to do it.

[@BlackEpyon]

I've driven the Coquihalla in early January during the day when it was NICE out, and there was still some hard snow pack on the road. I'm not keen to have to do it at night when it's snowing. They really ought to have variable speed signs the whole length of the highway, because the max posted speed is 120km/h, and not everyone slows down for the conditions.

[@lambodude42]

Love to see topsy cruising that climb

[@RM.....]

Well that was awesome. Nice job fellas. 😎😎

[@truckgotstuck]

I live your videos. Great job. Really nice to see!

[@HOWNDOG66]

Great job and a bit of beer money too! I’ll be watching for ya on next season of HTH.

[@jasonmichaeljimenez]

I love these dudes.

[@_multiverse_]

I did this highway in the summer, car said I had 300km of range left as soon as I hit those hills range dropped to 100km and i could not make it, had to turn around back to hope to get gas. Arrived in hope with 0 km of range. Wild highway, its no joke!

[@12pawsinn]

What's so wild about it??? I find it boring, especially in the summer, but then I used to drive it 4 times a week

[@Frank-Thoresen]

This video was a really nice surprise 👍

[@braddragon1812]

I love the spider bungie’s they’re great. For those times you don’t get the middle chain as tight as it should have been. Also for when i’m running over 100km with chains on i prefer it. But you don’t need them.

[@murraydrummond6318]

Awesome video guys. Thanks for sharing.

[@callummckay7364]

It never ceases to amaze me how many "professional" drivers will wait until they're stuck on a hill, on the highway, stopping the entire world behind them before they chain up. I suppose the answer is there aren't many true professional drivers left but it grinds my gears every time.

[@somewhereinagalaxyfarfaraway]

My guide to tire chains are ...stay home when required 😅. Scrap metal loads can wait the bad roads out. Glad i dont have to try this section of road in my rigs. Hats off to those who do for sure.

[@XxXNinjaFanXxX]

5 years going thru the coq in the winter, i do my chains in about 10 minutes and then i make literally 500 bucks paying to chain people up for them lol

[@markheckman3987]

Outstanding performance

[@robertrussell3264]

Great entertainment, great ideas, big hearts but I'm starting to think that the Edison team won't actually be mass producing trucks. Building a company that can produce at scale takes a massive amount of time. These guys are having too much fun and I'm grateful to be along for the ride.

[@marklangren3142]

Your definition of fun is sick

[@everything_delete8005]

That Jamaican guy was so happy to not throw iron on 😂

[@4ford6first0]

Embarrassing

[@MrShovelfoot]

Hell yeah! Hope some entrepreneurs jump on this

[@PhilipHousel]

Edison Motors has amazing YT content!

[@kerrryschultz2904]

Something that you can do to make chaining up easier if you are on relatively flat ground is drop your trailer and pull out. That way your not fighting under the trailer and not getting snow on yourself. It takes about 3 minutes to wind down the landing gear, unhook the air and electrical, pull the pin, pull out, and do it back again in reverse order. That total 3 minutes makes chaining a lot easier to throw the chains over the tires, especially with trailers that don't have much clearance from the tractor unit.

[@SPD_driver]

Just finished the whole video, and a little disappointed that there wasn't a full tutorial for the newbs, but there is a decent CVSE one that goes step by step. Key points Chace made: make good goddamn sure you have the right SIZE chains and they're in good shape BEFORE your need them. Practice, in the daylight, in s parking lot, BEFORE HARD, at least once-- don't learn middle of the night in a snowstorm. Fix broken and bent links, carry repair links, or at least a small spool of tie wire. Know your style of chains and their features.... vbar or studded WEST COAST spec with long boomers and cams are the cats ass. Know which side faces out (pointy bits) and that attachment links from traction to side rail the hooks face AWAY from the tire. The trick of going foreard and back to seat the chains into the lugs, retighten (1 or 2 more links) is KEY....slack chains slip or worse kink and break. Zipties can be used to take up excessive slack, preventing flail damage. On non cam chains, the spiders and bungees do help a lot. And last, when you chain off look for damages, and put them away properly, so when you need them next, it's not 20 min to untangle them. I've run 36+ years, and an avg year i throw jewelry 30+ times...

[@brandino97yyc]

It was nice that the tunnel was repaved last summer it didnt last too long but still so much better

[@Bryce_Robert]

Love it! Now that’s advertising 👌 lol

[@muninnseyes]

Great video thanks for posting

[@CJ-jo6do]

Electric axles on a tow plow would be a cool idea, especially if you can have a umbilical cord hooked to the HV system of the truck, or have the tow plow have its own small motor/battery system to sync with the truck.👍

[@fastst1]

Need a new coffee machine for the break room, grab your coveralls boys! Shout to Quiring towing, hard working crew too

[@Waffles8626]

as a southerner in North America, it's funny to me seeing multiple people with the northerner accent talk to one another. Wonder if it's like that, but the opposite for you all

[@EdisonMotors]

Yes, it is

[@JuanRempel]

Yea, I decided to go via Highway 3 that day, the long way saved me a lot of time that day

[@vicpetrishak7705]

Short 2 X 6’s with 2 X 4’s separating the tire cross links laying on the ground works well . Screw the 2 X 4’s onto the 2 X 6’s . Drive onto the boards .

[@CDLRUNNER]

This is great video

[@brandonshattuck3305]

3 yrs ago I chained up truck to make extra $$ as a truck driver myself driving in ice and snow most of the day your tried cold had to deal with car on the road you dread the chain up signal on 17:26 Don't be afraid to to ask most driver will tell you yes

[@1944chevytruck]

thanks 4 video!

[@KarlPoorbaugh]

Got into longhaul at 21, from logging/farming. Never realized putting on chains was difficult!😂

[@darrellgeerlinks1562]

Mud mountain haulers was the best!

[@whitestacks5762]

Haha no it wasn't. You can't pull weight in bc, there's no king Bs. Or jeep n hay racks there. There stuck to 63.500kgs

[@greghoen6998]

The big thing I see is that the job is way easier too with 2 people because getting out to chain the slack may never be where you want it I sure there is a great big learning curve putting them on yourself!

[@heliwrecker8649]

Wow, that's an interesting take from the Edison CEO. Far as I know in bc, you still gotta crawl under and pry on um with automatics when cvse is sitting there😂😂. I can't tell you how many times 2 or 5 pots aren't adjusted properly with automatics. Most guys don't even pump um enough on the daily to set um properly in the first place.

[@moderndimension9632]

I'll always use the bungees. Why not? There is also a trick to use a straight bungee to hold the chain up against the tire when rolling over the chain. It helps a lot.

[@shawnwisener1384]

If you need bungees your chains aren't put on tight enough. Never have i had to use them. If there too loose that's what your chain pliers are for to take a cross link or 2 out to get them tighter

[@donbrownlee4455]

I chain up alot, in the oilfield in wyoming. But I use tripple rail chains

[@mikebravo3527]

That great bear barrier snow shed is a nightmare this time of year....

[@wobblysauce]

Also the log jam of trucks… time is money.

[@GodlyNoghri]

Lol on my tiny phone screen, that dog at 6:05 looked like the Ghost of Truckers Past

[@patsquach4080]

This video. Should be part of driver training courses …. For all classes of drivers that share the road …!!! SAFTY FIRST. !!!!!

[@dougriedweg9002]

I used to work in a telecom fleet shop snow day seventy or so line trucks to service van to chain then chain link repair after that

[@jimdevlin4949]

God bless all these men and women working on the Coke

[@jimdevlin4949]

Wait... Ah you know what I meant!❤

[@DesielRiggz1]

I do believe I spy a certain green Vulcan wrecker(aka the green goblin) nice to see the big guy's still in business.

[@ahtheh]

Where I live the avg temp is 36°c (~100°F) and just looking at this man in the snow is freezing me

[@jaydunbar7538]

I prefer not to sling iron, but even as an OTR driver it can still be required multiple times a day when passing through the Rockies. As with anything you get better with practice, and as you get better you tend to not mind it as much. Other then when it’s -40, I’ll fish when it’s cold but I don’t want to keep driving bad enough to sling iron when it’s that cold cause that cold just sucks.

[@rustydusty7195]

Question it would be cool if i get an answer but shouldn't the hooks be facing out away from the tire so thay Don't cut the tire im not trying to be a troll but i have been told that before

[@EdisonMotors]

I’ve never heard that. If that cuts your sidewall you’ve got bigger problems

[@mikenicholson2548]

Love how you try to show how to chain up, and you had the chains hooks on backward. They go out not into the tire. Wow, how did you miss that. You must also sell tires. And this is from a forty year rocky mountain driver

[@robertsevert]

Just a question? Shouldn't the closed end for center traction links be against the tire and not the open end🤔

[@Token650]

8:49 I thought those cross section hooks are suppose to be facing out instead of in, so they arent digging into the sidewall of the tires

[@mail_liw]

Now yes its better to have someone do it for you rather than guys trying to climb the hill without chains but I'm of the opinion that if you're the driver it should be your responsibility to chain your own vehicle. That is part of being a truck driver, especially in Canada.

[@mikemilburn7823]

Awesome video Chace. See you've got a good side hustle going LOL

[@niceride]

Y'all ever used a chain spoon? I don't know of other makes but Chain Dawg by T.C. Tool Co is what I keep in my bags, saved me hours over a week driving passenger bus near Donner pass. Get 'em tight the first time, even though it is kind of lousy as a cam tool so I keep a T-handle or two for the cams.

[@SamCyanide]

Nice work guys

[@FernieSenders]

The Coquihalla speedway is my favorite racetrack in bc

[@thatoddcanadian9837]

I loved High Way Through Hell

[@rileyproctor5907]

Hello from Colorado

[@BushcraftQuebec]

We have CONVOIS SOUS ZERO here in Quebec 😂 i got a good shot of being on tv 😂