Anti-skid straps: advantages, varieties

No matter how high-quality tires the car has, there is always a road that they will not be able to drive through (ice climbing, mud, snow-covered area). In such situations, anti-skid straps come to the rescue. Even the most common tire they turn into off-road. By purchasing such an addition to the wheels, a person significantly increases the permeability of his car.

Advantages of belts

The driver who installed the plastic bracelets, gets an additional passability of his car where there was no way to go, now this section of the road is passed with ease.

Often drivers, demonstrating the passability of a car, shoot a video and spread it on the Internet. To see the effectiveness of chains, you can see one of the many rollers. There are many varieties of belts. To say which one is good and which is bad is difficult. After all, anti-skid straps on the wheels are designed for a specific purpose.

Varieties of chains on wheels

Hard chains are better to use in conditions of full impassability, on asphalt on them it is impossible to go. But such belts have excellent rowing abilities, so that you can easily overcome even the most difficult sections of the road. Plastic or rubber snow belts are not suitable for particularly difficult routes, but it is good to use them in mixed mode. For example, you are driving off-road, which ends, and the normal road begins. In this case, there is no need to remove the straps to continue driving, they can be driven to the next difficult place. It is recommended to use plastic belts on soft soil, on ice, loose snow, etc.

How to put chains on

A person who does not know how to handle chains for wheels, at first it will be quite difficult to put them on / off. Moreover, in real conditions, wheel arches can be filled with snow, and the driver will be wearing gloves.

If you bought chains for the wheels of the car, you should first train at home to wear them, and not just throw them into the trunk and wait for their time to come. In quiet home conditions, you can understand the system of putting on chains, because in extreme weather conditions there may not be time for studying.

Car driving

In some models of cars there is an anti-skid system, which controls the level of towing the driving wheels. In the case of rapid acceleration of the car, it must be disconnected using the anti-skid straps. At such driving it is necessary to be even more accurate, than usually. Avoid sudden braking and high speed when cornering.

Recommendations for drivers using chains:

• Depending on the manufacturer, it is necessary after a while to stop and check the tension of the belts;
• It is necessary to tighten the chain carefully and accurately, if it is tightened incorrectly, this will lead to damage to the steering;
• If the anti-skid straps are damaged or broken, immediately stop and remove them;
• After using the chains, check them for damage, pay attention to their deterioration and inspect all connections.

Summarizing, we can say that for our climate and our roads, belts for wheels are quite a useful thing. They will help to overcome those parts of the route with which no type of studded tires can cope. When choosing chains, you need to seriously take this case, because there are many of their varieties, designed for specific purposes. Plastic belts are needed for a mixed type of road, metal chains are off-road, but they need to be removed when moving to a conventional coating.