Snow Chains

Can any one tell me if it is possible to hire snow chains in this country
We are taking the car to Les Gets on Friday 30th jan for just over the week.
Hadnt thought at all about snow chains
We have a Galaxy tyre size 215/55/16
We are just NW of London on Herts/Bucks border

Many thanks in advance
Mike

Mike Taylor wrote:
Can any one tell me if it is possible to hire snow chains in this
country We are taking the car to Les Gets on Friday 30th jan for just
over the week. Hadnt thought at all about snow chains
We have a Galaxy tyre size 215/55/16
We are just NW of London on Herts/Bucks border

Many thanks in advance
Mike

There is a place just off the M25 junction on the way to Dover.
http://www.snowchains.co.uk/index1.htm
I went in last year and ended up just buying them for £100.

What size do you need......

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"Mike Taylor" wrote in
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Can any one tell me if it is possible to hire snow chains in this country
We are taking the car to Les Gets on Friday 30th jan for just over the
week.
Hadnt thought at all about snow chains
We have a Galaxy tyre size 215/55/16
We are just NW of London on Herts/Bucks border

I bought mine from Halfords for £54. I saw them all over France for 90+
Euros!!! To be honest, you'd be better buying them. You've got them, then.

Try looking on eBay. I did see a few pairs on there relatively cheap.

HTH

Iain

Schneck wrote:
"Mike Taylor" wrote in
message ...
Can any one tell me if it is possible to hire snow chains in this
country We are taking the car to Les Gets on Friday 30th jan for
just over the week. Hadnt thought at all about snow chains
We have a Galaxy tyre size 215/55/16
We are just NW of London on Herts/Bucks border

I bought mine from Halfords for £54. I saw them all over France for
90+ Euros!!! To be honest, you'd be better buying them. You've got
them, then.

Try looking on eBay. I did see a few pairs on there relatively cheap.

Beware cheap snow chains if you are driving more than 100 metres at 10mph.
If they come off unexpectedly the whell arch damage etc. can be severe.

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Hog

On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 22:49:39 -0000, "Hog" wrote:

Schneck wrote:

Try looking on eBay. I did see a few pairs on there relatively cheap.

Beware cheap snow chains if you are driving more than 100 metres at 10mph.
If they come off unexpectedly the whell arch damage etc. can be severe.

Oh aye, plus they'll often be a bugger to fit. In Andorra over
xmyth/newyear there were hundreds of unprepared French and Spanish
drivers buying new, cheap chains when they got caught out by
conditions, often walking miles back to their stranded cars, then
taking an age to get them put on, as a howling gale with horizontal
snow is not ideal for a first-time experience :-}

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All opinions expressed are personal and in no way represent those of the Ski Club.

Mike Taylor wrote:
Can any one tell me if it is possible to hire snow chains in this country
We are taking the car to Les Gets on Friday 30th jan for just over the week.
Hadnt thought at all about snow chains
We have a Galaxy tyre size 215/55/16
We are just NW of London on Herts/Bucks border

Many thanks in advance
Mike


I hired a roof box from Carbox in Windsor, they hire/sell chains too.
Excellent service, highly recommended. See www.carbox.co.uk.

If you think you might need the chains again I'd buy them though, they
are pretty expensive to hire.

Personally, I'd buy them in France at a hypermarche on the way down,
I've done that a couple of time now and they've been cheaper than in the
UK. Either that or look on eBay!

"Hog" wrote in message
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Schneck wrote:

I bought mine from Halfords for £54. I saw them all over France for
90+ Euros!!! To be honest, you'd be better buying them. You've got
them, then.

Try looking on eBay. I did see a few pairs on there relatively cheap.

Beware cheap snow chains if you are driving more than 100 metres at 10mph.
If they come off unexpectedly the whell arch damage etc. can be severe.

You do, of course, have a very good point. The ones I saw, however, were
either on sale at places like Halfords or available from specialist places
like that snowchain place that's always advertised in the magazines. Not
that I'll know if any of them are any good, but I thought that if shops like
these are selling them, they must be OK to a point.

As it is, I didn't need mine despite a massive dump the night before I got
to Val Cenis and the two nights before I left. The car didn't get moved in
between, and they kept the roads very clear... although, I did have to dig
my car out as a snowplough created a big mound all down the road blocking
the car in!!! Kindly local lent me a shovel... merci, mon ami!! LOL

Schneck wrote:

As it is, I didn't need mine despite a massive dump the night before
I got to Val Cenis and the two nights before I left. The car didn't
get moved in between, and they kept the roads very clear... although,
I did have to dig my car out as a snowplough created a big mound all
down the road blocking the car in!!! Kindly local lent me a shovel...
merci, mon ami!! LOL

I had that in La Tania last Feb. It turned to ice and we had to dynamite the
car out again (nearly).

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Hog

On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 19:52:12 -0000, "Hog" wrote:

Schneck wrote:

As it is, I didn't need mine despite a massive dump the night before
I got to Val Cenis and the two nights before I left. The car didn't
get moved in between, and they kept the roads very clear... although,
I did have to dig my car out as a snowplough created a big mound all
down the road blocking the car in!!! Kindly local lent me a shovel...
merci, mon ami!! LOL

I had that in La Tania last Feb. It turned to ice and we had to dynamite the
car out again (nearly).

BT, DT, GTTS. Luckily the (avalanche) snow shovel I carry is a metal
one, so I've always been able to dig through it. Plastic-bladed ones
would have really struggled.

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Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom)
Ski Club of Great Britain - http://www.skiclub.co.uk
All opinions expressed are personal and in no way represent those of the Ski Club.

I saw some a few weeks ago in Migros (Swiss supermarket) for 20-odd pounds,
looked better than my set of Halfords bought ones. And I guess the swiss
ought to know about snow chains.

Adrian
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