San Juans - CO 2nd Rifle - Do we need snow chains?

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First timers heading to the San Juans for CO 2nd rifle. Weather sounds unpredictable! We'll be car/base camping anywhere from 7,000-10,000 elevation.

Do we need snow chains? We may get off the black top roads to access base camp. 4x4 Tacoma with utility trailer for the gear.

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I would take them and I do take chains anytime I head out after September 1 here in the Rockies. It is better not to have them and not need them than to need them and not have them.

Also don't forget at least one shovel, tow strap, and a high lift jack. It gets mean real quick out here. On the chains check with your NAPA store and see if you can bring them back for a refund if they haven't been used.

And before someone else mentions it, head over to the new member forum and introduce yourself and tell us a little about you.
 
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JimP said:
I would take them and I do take chains anytime I head out after September 1 here in the Rockies. It is better not to have them and not need them than to need them and not have them.

Also don't forget at least one shovel, tow strap, and a high lift jack. It gets mean real quick out here. On the chains check with your NAPA store and see if you can bring them back for a refund if they haven't been used.

And before someone else mentions it, head over to the new member forum and introduce yourself and tell us a little about you.
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x 2 what Jim P said. I have the same items in my truck for all hunting out west. Recommend real chains also, not the wire kind. Im starting to see them more and more and they are pretty much ineffective out here.
 
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One nice thing with the high lift jack is that it can double as a come a long if you still have the top attachment and if you don't have it then a grade 8 bolt that will fit through the link of a chain and the jack will work.
 
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I WOULD ALSO BRING A CAN OF WD-40 for the high lift jack. it will make life easier when you get stuck and have to use it
 
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A can of WD40 should be in every truck driving down the road.

On the subject on the jack, I have used coffee on one to get it working again.
 
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All kinds of after market attachments for hilift jacks. I have one that will either grab the holes in the rims of my truck or the tow loops on my bumper. Slick.

Tow strap, tire chains, shovel, prybar, bow saw, planks, basic tools, hi-lift, and a bunch of other stuff ride in the tool box of my truck
 
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hoshour said:
The high lift jacks I see online have a very short lip. Where are you attaching that?
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depends on what I need it for and how deep of a rut I might be in. they can be very unstable! ive used them mostly to lift tires up high enough to push out of rut or high enough to slide logs or whatever available traction wise under tires. a nice big trailer block is handy to set it on.
 
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Hi lift jacks can be a curse or a cure if you don't watch what you are doing with them. I know of more than one person that has been hit right between the eyes with the handle when they were not paying attention. The off road base is worth the money and comes in handy whenever you are using one of these jacks. I have had a side of a truck up around 3' off of the ground before using one working to get it unstuck.
 
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