Author Archives: Brian Nettles

This size is currently not listed in the catalog. We had a customer try the Grip 4×4 2532; however, he ended up returning them as the chains were too large. If you need chains for this tire size, try the … Continue reading →

Please continue asking us your pre-sales questions regarding snow chains here. The Ask Us portal has been working out very well for us and our customers. For snow chain sales, it was a mostly mild January with a few bursts … Continue reading →

Thanks to the help of willing customers, we are able to add the following to the catalog: 245/60R20 fits the Grip 4×4 0160. 245/70R17 fits the Grip 4×4 0141. 285/65R20 is either Olympia Sprints 140 or Olympia Sprints 141. The … Continue reading →

The other day, I was looking for weather information regarding Mammoth Lakes and came across a really cool up-to-date website by a local person living in Mammoth. As I was looking over the site, I thought to myself, I care … Continue reading →

The Ask Us portal is working very well with users asking all sorts of questions about tire chains.  Please continue to ask us your presales questions here.  We promise that you will not be spammed as we will modify your email address … Continue reading →

One standard among all tire chain manufacturers is that the recommended maximum speed is 30 MPH.  You will see this standard listed in pretty much every catalog – whether it be RUD, SCC, Peerless, Pewag, Leclede, etc. My personal experience … Continue reading →

This particular tire size was previously only spec’d for the Rud Centrax 4716733 found at http://tirechaindealer.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=155.  Of course, not everyone wants to spend that much money for snow chains unless they have to – such as the vehicle requires a … Continue reading →

Please use this place to ask us any questions regarding anything about tire chains in general or about this website. Your email address will not be made public and we will remove it from the application after we have answered … Continue reading →

A few years ago, RUD Chain had manufactured a large number of PL Series Tire Chains. They were and still are a decent quality traditional ladder style snow chain for passenger vehicles. Unfortunately for RUD Chain, they did not have … Continue reading →

On Saturday, I spent a couple of hours at Firestone test fitting the Olympia Sprints on their larger tires. My reason for doing this is that I often get request for chains by owners of jeeps and pick-up trucks who … Continue reading →