How to fit snow chains on tyres | Step by step guide

Tyre chains are mandatory in certain snowy areas, and they're also a great idea to have in the car if you're heading up into the white stuff at all... but how the feck do you fit snow chains on tyres properly?
We visited our friends at the Kunanyi Mount Wellington Explorer Bus, and asked them to show us how to fit snow chains step by step.
The Kunanyi Mount Wellington Explorer Bus is allowed to go past the gates on Kunanyi/Mount Wellington in Hobart when it has had a proper dusting of snow. This means that they have to be bang up to date with their training and safety procedures on how to fit snow chains on tyres.
Christian and Jared discuss how to install snow chains step by step, the importance of snow chains and how to drive safely with snow chains.
We also had several official resellers and fitters review this video prior to go-live, so we should have it in the can! Let us know in the comments if you install your snow chains on tyres in a different way, though.
So for a step by step guide on how to fit snow chains onto your tyres the right way, have a look at the video and drive safely!
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Jared M: G'day, Jared from Tyre Review and today we're going to look at how to fit snow chains onto your tyres.
Jared M: Today we are at the Kunanyi Mt. Wellington Explorer Bus, and I've got Christian here from that company, and we're going to look at how to instal snow chains onto tyres. We're going to do it on a bus. This bus actually goes up to the top of Mt Wellington here in Hobart and it can go up there in the snow. It can actually take people past the locked gates and up into the fluffy white snow, which we have not been able to do up until recently. But one of the most important things is, actually, putting the snow chains on the bus so the bus doesn't slip off. These snow chains are actually, basically the same as what you can get on your regular car when you go to the snow, going to the ski field, or wherever. Christian's actually going to take us through the way of actually putting it on.
Christian : Well, first off, where you are parked, obviously don't want to be parking anywhere near a puddle or a drain. You want to be making sure that you're on a flat and even surface where it's comfortable. Once you're happy with you where you are, apply your handbrake.
Christian : Well, there are various of different products on the market. The one that they're sort of phasing out a little bit at the moment is the ladder chains, especially for buses and heavy vehicles. They're going with this new design that we've got now. They're are a lot easier to put on. They do a lot more churning of the snow and it's more about, now, giving the tyre more breathing or more space to be able to do its job properly.
Jared M: So, the old ladder ones went straight across the tyre, didn't they?
Christian : Yeah.
Jared M: Whereas these ones are a bit different. So can you explain to me why these are a little bit different?
Christian : These ones are different in a way because they've actually got a crisscross, which goes across the tyre, and this little piece here then goes across the edge of the tyre, and then it goes back again to the other side. What it's basically doing, it's giving you the tread that you've got already there as the chain set up.
Jared M: And, theoretically, more comfortable ride, as well, because you're not going over those lumpy chain bits.
Christian : Yeah. So this is actually ...
Christian : Now, what we want to be looking at, is when we put the chain on, is not to pick up too much chain, because the chain sometimes can weigh up to, probably, five kilos or maybe more, depending on the thickness of the chain and heavy duty of it. What we want to be doing with this one is, when we put it on, you've also got to be looking at the conditions of which way are you going to roll the bus or the vehicle. So, basically, when you drive forward, the tyre is actually doing all the work by picking up all this chain and helping it roll over the tyre.
Christian : So, these little links here, how it folds down underneath, so this side is the side that goes on top of the wheel. What we need to do is to only pick up a small amount of chain. These little links here need to be on the tyre. So, you will see that when we put it on there. So you've a little bit of the chain at the front, like that. You can already see the pattern that you're getting on the tyre. You've got the crisscross. It goes to the other side and back again. Eventually, when the chain is on, it'll give you that nice tyre tread.
Jared M: So, it'll work its way around a little bit until it's actually sitting in the tread?
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