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How fast should a semi drive when the tire chains are on? I assume you have to run a lot slower.
 
If you have been driving long and you drive with chains on, it won't take long to feel at what lower speed you need to drive. It will shake you and the truck apart quick enough at a slower speed. Drive safe out there!!!
 
45 is about top speed whenever I had them on. I've seen driven faster but usually not without tearing something up, they do a lot of damage when they come apart, quickly. There is an automatic chain that just flops down and spins in a circle that lets you go a lot faster if you want but if it's bad enough to need chains you're probably not going much faster.

Jim
 
How about the little 95# soaking wet Ice Road Trucker female that has to drag em out and put em on. She is a real trooper and working her fanny off to make her place with all the male peers.

Good for her.

Mark
 
I seldom drive faster than 40-45 km/h with chains on. You'll beat the chain to pieces and you'll beat the truck to pieces with the bouncing... That's assuming you're on a hard surface. Deep snow is not so bad as the chain sinks into the snow... but then ya got to ask how fast you want to drive in that...

Rod
 
Sometimes you still have to run at a hill with chains on, but if a chain comes apart at 55 or 60 MPH it is about like a grenade going off, tears things up fast. Usually if you can`t pull a hill chained up all the way, it is time to get off the road and wait for the state iron to show up.

And in regards to the "lady" on ice road truckers, I have never drove with her, but I have drove with those that have, she is not earning much respect from her peers, male or female. Not a pleasant person.
 
chains don"t mean that you can go out there and speed in bad weather,they are a safety feature to help drive in snow,,,,what would you do with chain on your car/truck in bad weather,,basically the same thing...
 

We ran 45 States, 99% Loaded Miles and Never used chains..
Yes, had to "Burn" up hills in PA many times...but, you could get right back after it once you got some clearing on the roads..
One trick I picked-up was to use STP on the 5th wheel plate in Winter..especially if the roads might be slippery.. It will let you turn, even on slick Ice..
That and a 10 lb bag of salt got me out of many tight spots..usually only needed 2 hand-fulls to get moving on the worst..!

Ron..
 
You try and "burn" up hills around here, you get a quick trip back the way you came occasionally. A lot of long, steep pulls around here, when they are slick chains are the only way to go. Good trick with the STP, though. We always used white lithium grease for the same reason.
 
You gotta be kidding me? Ice road truckers is a joke, don`t believe everything you see on TV. And if you mean they have shown her chaining up, so what, she wants to drive the haul road.
 
You never drove with her so that means you're
throwing out second or third hand information. From
what I've seen, she's been a lot more professional
than some of the arrogant guys on that show. You
sound more like someone who doesn't think a woman
should be driving a truck.
 
My mother was a trucker, if that tells you anything. Some of the best drivers I have worked with are women. Do you think that your watching a TV show is more accurate information than my scuttlebutt from driving truck in the same community? Sorry dude, I know plenty of folks that have dealt with that show and those people, trust me, it is a joke. Carlile lost a contract with BP because of showboating on TV, so much for professionalism.
 
We always told the drivers 25 mph max. Had one driver that totaled a set of chains in less than 100 miles because he drove 55 mph. the cross chains slap the road hard causing them to wear out quickly.
Tim in OR
 
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