Installing snow tire chains - Heavy duty cleated v-bar chains on my plow truck

Installing cleated v-bar tire chains on my flatbed plow truck. These chains have v-bar cleats to provide extra rugged traction. I ordered these chains from Autozone after getting stuck a few times plowing. These rugged chains have worked fantastic.

[@DeepSnowRider]

Cam hooks should always be placed on the outside, the simple hook is used on the back side

[@MyBacktrail]

That's what I was going to say.

[@silverslk]

Thanks for the video!! Everyone online only shows installing with the multiple cams on the outside. My chains are just like yours and I can ignore the fact that you put the cam on the inside of the tire. It still helped me!!!

[@richfarfugnuven6308]

Just an FYI that I use. De-inflate the tires. Put your chains on, then re-inflate the tires, and I can get them really tight...

[@jwkustm]

Saw the thumbnail and wanted to comment on the tires! My dad had those OG workhorse tires and loved them! They were a great work farm tread tire. 😁

[@makeupyourmindinator]

It’s interesting that people keep commenting on the video about how to put the cam locks on the outside. He said at the beginning of the video that this was the way HE did his chain and it may not be the right way.

[@LuisPerez-vy6bz]

Good stuff and very useful video. Thank you for sharing and good insight to place the link on the inside of the tire. Learn something to and definitely will put those steps and info to good use. Thank you for sharing Sir!

[@VK-vm4xe]

Proper bad ass chains :D The narrow high profile tires are easy to chain up.

[@killsalive1]

Once again, they are backwards. This way forces you to lay down in the snow and crawl under your vehicle to do the final adjustment. I grew up here in western Montana and MAYBE once I had a nice warm concrete floor with a jack to lift your vehicle. This is dreamland.

[@shiphteey]

Man I KNEW I recognized your voice from the the 54R and m2ap reviews. Keep up the good work sir.

[@Bozonez3m]

Yep lock down latch goes on the outer part tire. This is bass akwards

[@darrylm3627]

Good Stuff, Great Help, Good Tips 👍Thanks!

[@SuperHurdman]

Cam hook should be on the outside!

[@josephhorton85]

Thank you for this video even though it is dated by five years I wish I had seen it first I noticed that you do not put chains on the front four-wheel-drive tires … I did and I ruined my shafts on both left and right sides and shattered the u- joints. Within 48 hours I had icy conditions then wet snow conditions and finally light fluffy stuff conditions and I was out of commission on a brand new 4x4 vehicle that was bulletproof. 3 different mechanics from three different shops All said the same thing by adding Chains or low four-wheel-drive. I did not allow any slippage therefore something has to give.

[@sandywoolf2883]

The video explanation is very good. I bought this renhotecic brand Tire chain not long ago. It is easy to install and has a good anti-skid effect. If you have troubles with your car, you can try it.

[@MrBasrawee]

Thank you very much great job God bless.

[@steveduval3732]

The cam goes on the out side of the tire, the chain instructions even says so. I have two four wheel drive trucks and I live at 3400 feet in the mountains of Emida, Idaho. I will chain the plow truck , both axels and my go to town truck, both axels until I get to the pavement. It would be a nightmare to put the cam on the inside especially since you can’t see it. I also use v bar, great traction, kicks some serious ass!

[@jessepacheco6020]

3,400ft? Flat lander...🙄

[@tracyspradlin2679]

With it jacked up and putting the cam hook to the outside you can get the chains tight eliminating the bungee straps, plus you can retighten as they loosen up

[@hardtalkbbc]

Thank you great video

[@robdob56]

just want to add that when using bungee cords to tighten be sure to place so the hooks are facing out and not towards the tire sidewall

[@stephenarling1667]

And some die cut bungees, nominally neoprene, will crack from age even without use.

[@BrettHoustonTube]

Thanks Mr Plow!

[@rcnelson]

It's not always possible to get the tires off the ground for chaining, but it sure helps when you can.

[@socalRooster]

Yep very useful thanks...

[@bethdewitt5421]

good video, but i have to agree, they are on backwards

[@Nsane211]

Thanks brother

[@danmyers9415]

No jack install. Drape chains over tire evenly. Back up slightly over excess chain. Connect chains. Put on tighteners. Go plow snow.

[@nomap6097]

5:15 best part and you walk away lol

[@KaTePe48]

Thank you for sharing.. 👍👍

[@sergiogomezmunoz6366]

the chains are incorrectly installed, the insurance goes on the outside and not the way it is recorded in the video installation error

[@AviewFromUnder]

Oops it does hurt when you put up the "how to do it harder wrong and un safe" Video. thanks anyway and have a happy new year!

[@ridgerunner106]

I put mine chains on backerds. Daddy always put his on backerds. Cause gran daddy always put his on backerds. It all started cause great gran dad always shoed his horse backerds, claimed it stopped better on a whoa. I can't go any further backerds in my history, that's all I know.

[@archuka1]

Pretty much what i do accept i put the S hook on the inside and the locking cam on the outside -- that way i dont get so wet laying down and if i need to readjust to tighten them up, the locking cam is on the outside to readjust it -- just say'n

[@mehmetmetin1830]

archuka1 o

[@jasonzee4561]

I have the same chains for my plow truck the cams are on the outside.

[@paulofigueiredo6351]

A/c Curitiba Brazil !!!!!

[@clintymouse]

Nice to see a courteous reply to someone who more or less said you didn't do it right. I know I see people use bungee straps all the time. I do have a question though, what do you do when you get to clear pavement? Do you have to take them off or will they last till next job?

[@paulofigueiredo6351]

*Tks !*

[@jonathansoto5893]

En Chile el candado va por fuera

[@johnserd4226]

cam-hook goes on the outside and you shouldnt be out by more than 1 chain link between the inner chain and outer or else they will ride diagonally on the tire

[@johnserd4226]

hey ya never know bro

[@oldbaldfatman2766]

Nov. 16, 2018---If interested, check out how truck drivers chain up their trucks. Same thing, only bigger chains.

[@jamazonnewyork3221]

i think you need a beer

[@jamesnm21]

Still plowing with the truck? And do you still have those Goodyear workhorse tires on it? I have a set of those as well as cooper snow tires and I can't really tell a difference. They do a good job.

[@tager563]

спасибо ! позновательное видео ! Привет из Сочи

[@daikovany]

First time!? Cam hook must be outside!

[@jacuzzibusguy]

I also prefer to install chains using a jack. I get grizzle from some people about how it is not necessary to lift the tire off the ground, which is true, but in my experience, it requires at least 3 future adjustments to get the chains tight of I don’t use a jack.

[@jasonzee9658]

I have the same chains for my plow truck, I'm thing of getting a set for the back tires.

[@bigern182000]

Jason Zee okay I’m from Louisiana why don’t you put chains on all four tires?

[@GoogleUser-mm5im]

Cam hooks on OUTSIDE

[@jaymemendonca5670]

Muito bom!!

[@ChiefManny1]

Cam hook goes on the outside.

[@erikkovacs3097]

Why not put the chains on the front tires? Or better yet all tires?

[@kaiserm357]

Cam hook should always be on the outside!!! Period

[@Community-Action]

Never had a problem laying chains on the ground to put them on, what's this guys problem??

[@kangokidkidd4037]

skojo3e I KNOW RIGHT HELL I DID THIS SHIT ON MY WIFES MINI VAN....AND I DIDN'T JACK THE SHIT UP....I LAID THE CHAINS DOWN LIKE I DO MY WIFE EVERY NIGHT AND RAPPED THE SHIT UP ....PUT SOME CHEAP ASS BUNGIES FROM THE DOLLAR STORE AND WE GET COFFEE AND CALL IT A FUCKING DAY BRUHHHHHH. ..WHAT'S THIS GUYS PROBLEM. ...WHO TOLD HIM WE NEED TO SEE A VIDEO OF A MAN JACKING UP LIGHT ASS TRUCK LIKE IN THE MOVIE SUPERMAN....TO PUT CHAINS.....REALLY NIKKI. ..

[@AJ-qn6gd]

Does it really matter if the cam link is on the inside ? Especially if you’re leaving them on all winter. I’m asking from the U.K. where we rarely if ever need chains but am thinking of buying a set for this winter as I’m fairly convinced it’s going to be bad. Would you fit on the rear only on a 4WD truck (Hilux).

[@phillhuddleston9445]

The rear would work but if you had it on both axles it would work even better, depending on the situation you may not need both axles but it couldn't hurt.

[@pedropescador61]

Wrong side......the 🪝 go inside.....make easy and safe.

[@johnbarnham6744]

Lay the chains on the ground, then drive on them to get them hooked up.

[@jacuzzibusguy]

While this method works, in my experience it requires multiple attempts at driving and re-tensioning to get them tight. Generally much more convenient to use a jack. Especially, if like this guy, you are working in a shop.

[@11SPOONZ]

95% of the time unless your snowed in, your going to be putting chains on on the highway or at the side of a road, theres no point in using a jack for little 4 wheeler tire chains. make sure their also tight and properlly set up for your vehicles tires, you should also never need to use bungee cords as for if your chains are tight and not damaged they will never come undone and rip off lines.

[@SeriousSchitt]

+Aidan “Heavy Equip” Snyder Don't you mean "you're" vehicles?

[@tomkrzemecki5166]

Where did you get the V Bar chains?

[@rangerdanger766]

more effective to chain the front

[@LouCFur90]

I searched for a video on how to do it and Cub Cadet has a good one for their lawn tractors. I tried to post the link, but KZbin won't allow me to post links for whatever reason. If you KZbin search "cub cadet tire chain installation," it will be the first to come up.

[@aydenbutz8159]

You pi them on backwards

[@SSatterberg]

wtf are you putting these on backwards? most people dont have their trucks on jack stands when theyre installing these.

[@highwolf8022]

Cam hook does go on the outside. People shouldn’t make instructional videos if the don’t know what they are doing. When the chain comes apart and tears your brake lines off remember my comment.

[@trdrockwarrior_sport4432]

when installing the chains on your 4x4 do you put the chains on th rear tires only?

[@trdrockwarrior_sport4432]

i have a 4wd do i put them on the rear tires???

[@Community-Action]

Most newer trucks send the power to the rear tire with the most tractio even in 4WD. If you only put two on you can do both rear tires or one rear and the adjacent side of the front tire

[@usMarinecuv902]

skojo3e if you have open differentials like most vehicles do that would be useless.

[@N8-T]

I see what the other guy is saying...some people air down the tire and wrap them in chains and air them back up so they are really on there. But you cant really do that outside of your shop....thats where the bungies come in.

[@nomap6097]

is that gonna stop you from slipping on black or regular ice?

[@SeriousSchitt]

+no map The 'V' Bar's are actually 'ice breaker chains'. So, in theory yes!

[@Community-Action]

It will give more traction then no chains at all, that's for dam sure...

[@goodtimes3941]

I have never heard someone use tipicly ( wrong spelling ?lol) so much. and putting them on backwards .( typicly )works.

[@MindaugasPetka]

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[@snotnosedlilkid]

87.6% ?Where the holy fook did that stat come from?

[@erikkovacs3097]

Sqrt of 7673.76.

[@stephenarling1667]

@Old Iron But lugging an eighty pound hydraulic floor jack around in your car is not a common practice.

[@OldGriz708]

If you buy your bungees at a truck stop they are a much higher quality and will last several years.

[@ryanklein7573]

You hook the back first

[@jamazonnewyork3221]

i am doing something. What are you doing ?

[@fomocowboy]

Where you're doing it in the shop like that and sounding like you leave them on all winter, you might let the air out of the tires and then install the chains. When you air the tires back up they'll be that much tighter.

[@phillhuddleston9445]

You don't want them too tight, not sure if it ruins the tires or the chain or both but it heats up and is not good for some reason, that's what I've heard at least.

[@fomocowboy]

@@phillhuddleston9445 I can't imagine they'd get hotter than a tire normally gets while driving on a hot summer day. Loose chains are more prone to break, ask me how I know after 15 years of driving truck.

[@anonymouse5746]

you differently put those on wrong

[@BrettHoustonTube]

If it works, is it really wrong?

[@realmeoppo4371]

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[@davidcancino8977]

Wrong side

[@leandrofavato8137]

Sei bm o que é isso ai kkk

[@oby-1607]

Too bad these chains don't have the cam tighteners like on big trucks. No need for bungee cords or springs to take out the slack. Chains shown here also give a rough ride compared to diamond type pattern of chains contacting the road.

[@phillhuddleston9445]

But they dig in better for ice and packed snow, it depends on what road conditions you are expecting.

[@sirchainy]

I think you left your window down,you might be cleaning snow out of the truck before plowing around the truck ...just kidding bud!

[@Minusthesum]

[@realmeoppo4371]

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[@gallegogallego381]

ESAS CADENAS ESTAN MAL PUESTAS VAN ALRREBES LOS GANCHOS

[@jorgelineiro3342]

la parte que pusiste al frente va atrás , mal colocada -

[@tobyarchuleta6844]

Yeah this guy did it totally ass backwards the camera hook should be to the outside

[@Julie0374]

Clearly you don’t know what the cam lock is for

[@user-wx8kf7ph9t]

انا جنزرت

[@gcantenys]

The video shows only theoretical information. The video has a big error, the adjustment hook should be placed on the outside of the wheel. Only a few times you will have the opportunity to place chains for ice as a precaution, you will generally drive and you will arrive at an area with snow or ice and there you will decide whether to place them or not. Traveling with chains requires no more than 30 km per hour. Placing chains on a snowy road is 1000 times more difficult, you are in height so you get tired much faster, you cool down quickly, and your hands freeze and your fingers get hard. Always use gloves, the chain will usually be kept greased, from the previous winter, so that it does not rust. Which is another problem.

[@emrahsingin2680]

İşi biliyor gibi birde video çekmiş.ters taktın oğlum.iç tarafa taktigin disari tarafta kalacakti.

[@oliverbiermann4056]

learn how to put chains on yours are back wards

[@user-wx8kf7ph9t]

جنزري

[@CopperheadJKU]

Should rename the channel to "Do Sumpthin Wrong". Read the instructions or at least watch other videos to see how to do something before you make a video about it.

[@LouCFur90]

If done properly, you would not need bungy straps.

[@phillhuddleston9445]

Only if you have cam tensioiners on the chains.

[@7892rl]

I've discovered a much easier way to do this......move to Miami !!

[@incikefali1329]

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