Originally posted by: helpme
Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
Should I install on all four wheels just to be extra secure, or is installation on the front wheels more than enough?
You only need chains on the drive wheels, which in your case, would be the front two.
It's even possible that your car manual will tell you not to put them on the rear as there is not enough clearance.
You will get slightly better braking and maybe better turning performance by putting them on the back, but it's going to be 2x the PITA to get them on all four versus only the fronts (maybe a bit more than 2x, since you can't turn the back wheels to help reach around the tire), and you should usually be going slow enough with chains on that the difference isn't going to get you killed, IMO.
Double check your manual to make sure you can use the real-deal chains instead of cables; I think many cars these days only allow you to use cable chains, and some don't allow you to use even the cables.
I find the kind that use tensioners are easier to install than the ones where you have to get the chains tight by your brute muscular exertion pulling on the end of the cable.
The tensioner types, all you have to do is get the thing around the tire, connect the cable ends to each other, then put the tensioner on over the hubcaps to make the cables as tight as they need to be.
The other types, your work is only half done once you get the cable around the tire and connect the ends, as then have to you get your hands all achy and sore by trying to pull the cable ends as tight as possible so they don't slip off the tire. Then if you slip, you sometimes end up cutting your hands on the things.
