Harald Hansen
Explorer
I had a tyre chain brake on me once. I was in the Army, driving a Geländewagen down a super-slippery mountain road. I had three chains mounted, as the fourth was faulty already. Once down from the mountainside and onto a forest road, one of the cross links snapped on the right front wheel, whipped out from the centrifugal force and jammed in the vehicle frame. Since the vehicle was moving forward, this caused the front wheels to violently turn left, ripping the steering wheel out of my hands. Luckily we weren't going all that fast, but we ended up sideways on the rather narrow forest road.
Since then I've been rather careful with looking the tyre chains over before driving. If it had snapped on the mounting road, it could have killed us.
Since then I've been rather careful with looking the tyre chains over before driving. If it had snapped on the mounting road, it could have killed us.