Shoe Chains

[Miss L Toe]

Hi after last winter, and having moved horse "into the country", I am gearing up, have ordered winter tyres, and now want to get shoe chains, but not too sure which are the best ones, I will be wearing boots rather than shoes, does anyone have any other ideas [I have a shovel and a rope, spare diesel, plus the phone number of a towing garage], a bag of grit and one of salt, a head-torch, a mobile, and a hi-viz jacket] I must have missed something.
http://www.roofbox.co.uk/scripts/rb..._1_pair_no_54000/njNA_vdLDOwK2vzV2EIleMX2mhrL

 

[jhoward]

thoose things are fab, a friend and i used them last year to enable us to do a pub crawl!
although we only had one on each which rather amusing! they do grip we found that they kept coming off though!

dont forget a sledge! if you need to take water/hay to horses its much easier to tow it along!

 

[rhino]

I have tried a few different ones out and found the Yaktrax the best Managed all last winter without one fall, and I'm normally the most accident prone person around

 

[forestfantasy]

An old hessian/jute type sack or jute type rug to pop under your tyre if you get stuck! Helps amazingly with grip

 

[flyingfeet]

I've go a pair of ice crampons and these out performed the "magic spikers", I don't think you'll get much grip with chains and would prefer big metal spikes!!!

 

[Oberon]

Hi after last winter, and having moved horse "into the country", I am gearing up, have ordered winter tyres, and now want to get shoe chains, but not too sure which are the best ones, I will be wearing boots rather than shoes, does anyone have any other ideas [I have a shovel and a rope, spare diesel, plus the phone number of a towing garage], a bag of grit and one of salt, a head-torch, a mobile, and a hi-viz jacket] I must have missed something.
http://www.roofbox.co.uk/scripts/rb..._1_pair_no_54000/njNA_vdLDOwK2vzV2EIleMX2mhrL

I was confused by the thread title - thought you'd gone darkside

 

[brightmount]

Kahtoola Microspikes are brilliant! I got a pair after I broke both my wrists slipping up on snow My confidence was really low until I put these on, then I felt invincible in snow, they are fantastic! I took them on a skiing holiday too, as it turned into a walking holiday due to my broken wrists!

They fit onto anything as the rubber is very stretchy. I pulled mine on over my Ariat Grasmeres.

Buy now before the snow, as the year I got mine they were out of stock everywhere and I was lucky to find a pair!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kahtoola-C5...LAS0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323173408&sr=8-1

 

[wallykissmas]

Ive got rubber pull on ones with studs in

http://www.amazon.co.uk/ICE-Gripper...sr_1_6?s=sports&ie=UTF8&qid=1323174504&sr=1-6

and they were fab, espically with a horse that drags you out rearing didnt fall over once ! Have invested in another pair this winter to have at home and another at the yard.

 

[foxy1]

If you want something for the car I can highly recommend autosocks; I was sailing past the 4x4's wheelspinning on the hills in my 2 wheel drive saloon car with a pair of these on the front wheels. Superb!!

 

[c2b]

I have yaktrak pro ones. They are amazing on pratically all surfaces when icy. However where idiots chuck their buckets down and it freezes creating a really smooth glass like surface they had no effect.
I also have some tiny AA ones that just fit round the ball of my foot. small enough to keep in a pocket for emergencies and fit any size shoe so useful for visitors. Not as good as the yaktraks though.

 

[frozzy]

I started out last winter with Yaktrax Pro's, but WORE THEM OUT!!! I wore them on the yard all day and didnt fall once. I did however expect them to last all winter but sadly they didnt. I then bought the rubber and spike sort much cheaper at five quid and so have started the winter with them and have a spare pair waiting, in fact I have bought them for the entire family now. Scared to move outside without them on after just recovering from a broken leg in September I am cautious to say the least. Wish we could get them for the ponies too. The sensible ones just plod beside you carefully but the youngsters have no such fear and I am not risking it!

 

[Miss L Toe]

I've gone for Ice Trekkers http://www.icetrekkers.co.uk/
as they get a great write up but are not too expensive and will fit boots and shoes, also the Garage have advised two front tyres, but I have ordered something called tyre grip,
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tyre-Grip-B...EPRO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1323248355&sr=8-2 as I am hiring a car over Christmas, and can spray this on the wheels, also spray on shoes.
. I am starting my foot fetish from the ground up

 

[ISHmad]

Yaktrax Pros, the only thing that gave me any confidence to walk on the slippery ground.