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Tighten your car's snow chains in no time with these rubber adjusters. Takes up excess slack to prevent premature wear of the chains, minimize potential damage to your vehicle, and help keep chains centered for a quality ride.
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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars (105 Customer Reviews)
Tighten your car's snow chains in no time with these rubber adjusters. Takes up excess slack to prevent premature wear of the chains, minimize potential damage to your vehicle, and help keep chains centered for a quality ride.I tried them on; and they fit well. I'll be ready for my subdivision's icy conditions next time. Thanks for the rapid service, and here are some photos from the test today; though you may not want to use the tension photo, because the clips should have been rotated to the next section
These are real heavy duty adjusters. Unless you have 12 to maybe 14 inch wheels, go with the 16-20 inch size. I installed them on a 16 inch Dodge Dakota wheel and the rubber is very difficult to stretch across the wheel, let alone make the other three attachments.
These worked very well for the chains that I bought last year. I drive a 1998 4Runner Limited with 16" rims. It took a little bit of practice centering the chains on the tire so definitely do so before you get a bunch of snow. If it seems like this tensioner is too tight, doublecheck that the chains are positioned on the tire correctly and not too far in toward the wheel well.
Bought this product to replace bungee cords to keep my snow chains tight. They work great. The tensioners fit easily inside my chain bag so every thing is kept together. Great product, I recommended them to a couple of my buddies.
All items arrived in good condition and all were as described and were as
expected.
The items, three sets of tire chains and three sets of chain tighteners were
inspected, but as of this date none of the items have been installed or
placed in service. The products all appear to be of good quality and should
perform as expected when used.
At this time, I rate the order response time as excellent and all items were
shipped quickly and arrived in good condition and if they do not prove to
perform well I will quickly respond with a follow-up review to indicate any
deficiencies.
Will look forward to doing additional business with etrailer.com.
Went to new style chains. Too difficult to put on when it's snowing and not ideal conditions (like a nice dry garage or driveway). the tensioners are to stiff in the winter and my wife cannot install correctly. Would not recommend the chains OR the tensioners.
I ordered three sets of chains. One for my van, one for my small truck and one for my big truck. The chains with the cams are very nice and easier to deal with. Don't buy the rubber rings with hooks that is used to keep the chain centered, it is cheap and will not last the winter. Buy the short rubber straps at any hardware, they work perfectly. These are adequate chains for moderate use.
These are an absolute necessity for tire chain applications whether you use traditional chain-link, or cable chains for your vehicle. Excellent quality rubber with great steel hook construction makes these a terrific addition to your winter weather gear for your automobile.
I appreciate that you/your company does follow ups to purchases after a year. I think that is great. That being said, since ordering the tire cables/chains, it has not snowed enough to use them! I have saved this email and promise to review them once we actually get to use them. Thanks again!!
Having just tried out this chain tightener for fit, I can attest that it does what it's supposed to do. The hooks were loose on the rubber and easily fell off (thus, 4 stars), so I gently squeezed them a bit in a vice, just enough that they no longer fall off of said rubber "doughnut" when being handled. It was relatively warm when I tested them for fit (30 degrees F.). I suspect that this "rubber band" will be somewhat harder to stretch in colder weather.
BOUGHT CHAINS FOR WINTER TRAVEL: THEY DID A GREAT JOB IN KEEPING SNOW AWAY FROM MID-MISSOURI LAST WINTER. I "SHOVELED" ONLY 4 INCHES ALL YEAR. LATE OCTOBER TRIP TO ESTES PARK; THEY KEPT THE BAD WEATHER AWAY ALSO. THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN SNOW. I ONLY WISH THEY WOULD ALLOW FOR COOLER WEATHER IN MISSOURI IN AUGUST AND NOW IN SEPT & NOVE. I WILL HAVE TO SEE IF THEY CONTINUE TO "WORK" AT KEEPING THE SNOW AT BAY FOR THE WINTER OF 2016-17. YOUR PRODUCTS ARE GREAT AND THE CUSTOMER SERVICE IS EVEN BETTER! !
If your chains do not come with built in tensioners, this product is an absolute must have. Mine were easy to attach and held perfectly through a lot of miles in heavy snow. If they are cleaned with soapy water after the season is over, they should last for several years. An excellent product!
Received 2 sets of 12" rubber chain spreaders and they were of the highest quality I've ever seen. I was more than satisfied with the product. I live in Pittsburgh, PA, called your location in St. Louis late Friday afternoon, and the product was delivered the following Tuesday. The person I spoke to in St. Louis was a pleasure to deal with and had an excellent knowledge of the product that I ordered. I would highly recommend your company and would deal with you people again without hesitation. Thank you.
Perfect Fit for my 94 Dodge Ram 2500. I put them on and left them on all winter but never went anywhere. Put them on just in case I needed to use my old truck during the brutal Wyoming winter. This truck only has 92K miles on it! The milage is so low because I never go anywhere in this old truck.
The quality of the Rubber adjuster looks good but unfortunately the ones that were recommended for my tire/rim size are way to small. I pulled so hard to install them I nearly broke the rubber and that was on a 60 degree day and still couldn't get more than 2 hooks attached.
Other than that they should work great for the right application.
Fortunately I didn't have to use it. I purchased it just in case it became necessary to put the chains on when we went through the Rockies.
Looks well made, and glad to have purchased them.
Just noticed below though, that your instructions pdf links are both dead.
Would have been nice to stick a copy of both of them in the bag for future use.
Haven't had to use the snow cables as of yet.However the courtesy of your phone sales order rep.was very good.Your website was very good,including the details of the product & info.video on installation was very good.I received the cables in the time as I was told by rep.very prompt.UPS service.So far very good service,good company.
I bought a set of chains and tire chain tightners, but haven't gone North yet, live in Atlanta, so I haven't used either. But I do have to say your ordering and follow up are the greatest. Was never too busy to answer my questions, ands nevere put on hold or got some computor generatyed answer..the products look great, much different and definetly much lighter than the chains I used when living in Pa. Thank you all for your help and thoughtfulness.
Pw 100 is too short for my camry 1999, 205 65 15, Pw99 may be better. I put the rubber adjusters on for testing, later, I found there has a cutting mark on the rubber, It think it too small
Tire chain tensioners, could only find online. Very satisfied with product. Thank you.
Great product. Excellent service and easy to order. I got 2 pair for the glacier cable chains I purchased. They are a must have, and pretty easy to install. Perfect fit. Makes those chains nice and tight. Very happy customer.
Really helpful for getting any extra slack out of the chains. My only issue is that the hooks can come off of the rubber ring. I put these on in 5 inches of snow and every time one would fall off I needed to dig through the snow to find it.
Excellent product and excellent service - the snow chains arrived on time and appear to be in excellent condition.
Every product purchased from etrailer.com has been excellent. They always provide prompt delivery.
Good alternate to the old fashioned tarp tighteners, especially when snugging down the chains, purchased them just in case...my dealings with etrailer have been nothing but perfect, there online dealings top notch!
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Lane S.
2/6/2016
I really like the chains, they are so much easier and lighter than thechains of my younger years. However, I still feel the same about theadjusters. They are much too small andor not flexible enough, making itvery difficult to stretch them, even just across the wheel. My wife wouldnever be able put them on should the need arise. I suggest you find adifferent supplier for that product or a different brand.