Comments on: AutoSock is approved as chain substitute for passenger vehicles http://pugetsoundblogs.com/roadwarrior/2012/10/25/autosock-is-approved-as-chain-substitute-for-passenger-vehicles/ Travis Baker blogs about the problems and idiosyncrasies of Kitsap highways and byways. Sun, 19 May 2013 02:15:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: John http://pugetsoundblogs.com/roadwarrior/2012/10/25/autosock-is-approved-as-chain-substitute-for-passenger-vehicles/comment-page-1/#comment-5250 John Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:42:37 +0000 http://pugetsoundblogs.com/roadwarrior/?p=2251#comment-5250 These look good. I run all-weather tires and generally pick driving times to avoid the masses, but no matter how you plan there will be times something like these could be useful. I don’t see them as a heavy or continuous duty item but they should be useful for temporary traction.

Traffic use clears most roads reasonably and those not cleared don’t pack up badly enough to warrant the hassle of chaining up. These appear to do what’s needed without needing to roll around in the slush. and they won’t add 30 pounds of dead, rusty weight to your car. Even better if one manages to come apart it won’t blow the gas tant out as happened to me once in the ’60s.

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