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These low-profile, lightweight cable chains are great for driving in light snow. Perfect for those trips where you need chains "just in case." Designed to fit heavy trucks with tight clearance around the wheels.
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Note: To determine whether you can use snow chains on your vehicle, or if chains might affect your ABS/ESP functionality, consult your owner's manual.
These chains are great for giving you a little extra traction in the snow. But if you live somewhere where you experience heavy snow often, you'll definitely want something more heavy duty than cables. Because these cable chains are lightweight and don't take up a lot of storage space, they are also perfect for keeping in your trunk if you occasionally travel through areas that require you to have chains on hand.
SAE Class S tire chains are designed for use on passenger vehicles with restricted wheel-well clearance. Most newer cars, vans, and small trucks - especially those with large aftermarket tires - will require Class S chains. If you're unsure about the class of your vehicle, consult your vehicle's user manual.
These chains will fit your tires provided there is both:
If you know your tire size, you may think you won't need to test fit your new cable chains. But there are a lot of variables that can affect whether chains will fit your specific tires, including your tire type, the amount of air pressure in the tire, the amount of tread wear, and the tire manufacturer.
We recommend that you order chains as early in the season as possible to give yourself plenty of time to test fit the chains and reorder if needed. This way, you won't be stuck out in the cold later with snow cables that don't fit.
You can test fit these chains in your garage or driveway, but you'll want to wait until there's snow on the ground to actually drive with them. Likewise, if you're out in the snow and come across bare pavement, you'll want to pull over and remove the chains. Even these low-profile cables can cause damage to the bare pavement, your garage floor, or your vehicle if they break from the wear of riding on a harsh surface.
Installing cable chains is easy.
1. Lay out the chains on the ground to make sure there are no twists or kinks in the cables.
2. Where each cross cable attaches, you'll notice there is a smooth side and one with an edge. Make sure the smooth side faces in to sit against your tire's sidewall as you drape the cables over your tire.
3. On the front of the tire, feed the cable through the connection loop until it's tight, then use the lever to keep the extra cable from flapping as you drive. Repeat this on the backside of the tire.
Rubber adjusters (sold separately) are recommended to help ensure a tight fit. Connect these to the front side of the cable in a star pattern. Make sure the hooks face away from your tire so your wheels don't get scratched.
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To choose the right snow chain, you must match your tire size. Those measurements can be found on the side of your tire.
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These chains fit the following tire sizes:
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Presenter Today, we're gonna be taking a look at the Glacier Chains Cable Snow Tire Chains. This is a ladder pattern style chain. What that means is, well, it kinda looks like a ladder. We don't have any cross chains or anything. So this is gonna be a little more of a rough ride compared to some of the diamond patterns, just because there's gonna be times where we're on the little rollers and then we're gonna hit tire, rollers, tires. So, you might feel a little bit of lumping as you're going down the road.
But of the ladder pattern style chains, these are gonna be the smoothest of all of 'em, just because of the spring rollers. They're made of a low carbon steel. So this is just going to kinda help with that ride quality but also help with the traction of course. We're not gonna really have any wheel contact just because we just have these cables all the way around. It's never gonna hit our wheels.
If you're worried about them scratching up your wheels, don't be worried about it cause it's not really gonna be an issue. It's not a whole lot to this chain. I mean, we do have some plastic rollers here. So that's pretty much where a lot of the tension's gonna be, especially if the snow gets kind of tall and if it's maybe thicker snow we are gonna have that snow kind of pushing up against this but the smooth side of the metal parts there. And then we have the roller style.
So it's really not gonna puncture our side wall. This does come in a pack of two. So what you wanna do is check your owners manual figure out which wheels you can put chains on. Then just grab the amount of chains that you need to fill up those wheels. It does come in a decent carrying case is not super easy to get them back in here once you're done.
But once you do it a couple times, you get decent to add it. If you're looking for one, that's gonna install a little bit easier and be a little bit easier to put back in the bag. You can get the Konig standard or the premium snow tire chains. Those are the quickest to put on and off. So with these, I would definitely say, especially on a dually, put them on your vehicle before you go out. This isn't really gonna be a quick and easy way to put 'em on really quick when you're already stuck. Just a quick tidbit for you. And that'll do it for a look at the Glacier Chains cable snow tire chains..
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (1090 Customer Reviews)
These low-profile, lightweight cable chains are great for driving in light snow. Perfect for those trips where you need chains "just in case." Designed to fit heavy trucks with tight clearance around the wheels.
Used these on my semi truck and they worked pretty good. Didn’t have quite as much bite at standard chains do but they are much lighter, easier to put on, easier to put away, and roll much smoother. I was pleasantly surprised when I drove with them for about 65 miles on mostly dry roads to find them undamaged when I took them off. I did however manage to break them all on the same day with wheel spin on black ice climbing a steep grade. They stayed on till I was through the chain required section but broke many of the cross links.
You get for what you pay for excellent product i have others brands almost everyone out there and this fifthwheel gooseneck is the best. no competition with this baby for sure
We purchased three of these for our Medical Transport vans up in Reno Nevada, and our drivers said they work great.
Love the service! I got the shipment in two days! I’ll will use Etrailer again
Great fast shipping, wonderfully packaged, amazing customer service!
Great product !!! Great communication !! I 'll order from you guys again for sure Thank you Have a nice day. Roman
Great product!! Fast shipping!! Great c ommunication!!!
Chains were as advertised and service was great.
Worked way better than the chains (Titan chain HD) I bought initially from etrailer. I have a 2021 F150 Platinum with the 20" tires and the chains would not stay on the treads no matter what I tried. Just tried these ladder cables in Tahoe and they stayed on the tires just fine. The only downside to these over the chains is that they aren't continuous in the tire so when the road is clear (no snow) they ride crazy rough. It's like driving over 1/2" diameter sticks spaced 1 ft apart down the road so it feels pretty bad. But they were effective in helping me drive up and down my access road that was covered in deep snow one day and ice another day, they got the job done and stayed in place. Oh, I also used them with a set of bungee tensioners from etrailer for full disclosure.
I ordered the snow cables for my Subaru 2018 Outback and received them in 3 days! Your customer service is outstanding! I reordered a second set and received them in 4 days. I just had a chance to use them in Atlanta when we had ice and snow. I used only one set on the front and they worked perfectly. i watched the etrailer installation video for a Subaru and it made the easy to install. It took me less then 5 minutes in my garage. (Outside in the snow and ice might take longer). I drove around Atlanta in the ice and snow and the cables performed flawlessly. I plan to buy a set for my daughter. Thanks again!
I couldn't get my motor home back from repair because of deep snow so looked around for chains and settled on these cable chains. If it wasn't for the -25 wind chill making my fingers numb installing would have been easy. The only problem was one lever lock wouldn't stay closed. I can cure that but hope to never use them again. Great product!
Ok for light duty use. Definitely not off road( and they don’t claim off road either). The locking device would be suspect. I haven’t tried them on ice yet but I’ll try and update when I do.
The inner retainer seems to be decent. It pulled stuff in tight and might fare better than plastics in extreme cold.
Really good service (I had to call to make sure they fit my car) and great recommendation on how to install them and the use of tensioners.
I had purchased these in preparation for another New England winter.
I had the chance to use them the other day with poor road conditions consisting of ice and snow.
I fitted the chains on just fine, and secured them with a pair of rubber adjusters.
The first few miles seemed fine for driving, just slightly bumpy, but was expecting it.
Around mile 5 I hit the pavement and the right wheel chains just snapped.
Pulled over and saw my wheel well torn up.
Unless I somehow attached them wrong, these are not the quality I was lead to believe.
I have not used the cables just yet. Hopeful I will not need to since I have AWD. However it's nice to have them just in case. I wasn't sure what ones to get but their customer service was great and shipping was fast. They are a nice set of cables. I definitely do not have any hesitations in using etrailers.
These are not as easy to mount as I'd hoped if you're mounting them in bad weather...good luck! Recommend other customers select something more user friendly even if it costs more.
Terrific! Speedy shipping, well packaged, highly recommended!
Great stire, great customer service. I highly recommend etrailer. The chains are exactly as described.
We used these on a wharehouse forklift daily and they made it one winter season. Each one lost 1-2 crosslinks. All in all they did their job all things considered.
Quality looks good. Fit well on a car with little clearance and not designed for winter condtions.
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Condition: Badly Dinged
Notes: The carrying bag has a hole in it. Otherwise the part is new and unused.
Condition: Badly Dinged
Notes: The zipper of the carrying bag is broken. Otherwise new and unused.
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