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Use outside the compulsory period
If necessary to ensure adequate traction, the vehicle must have winter tyres (studded or non-studded), chains or similar outside the periods mentioned above. If you can expect to have to drive on snow or ice, you must have chains with you, regardless of the time of year.
Snow chains
If you are driving a vehicle with a permitted gross weight in excess of 3500 kg, you must carry chains if you expect tobedrivingonsnowyoricyroads. Therefore,youmust carry chains in winter no matter what the road conditions.
It may be wise to bring along more chains than you need. They may come in handy in extremely icy conditions, or if any of your chains are damaged.
Your chains must be dimensioned to fit the vehicle’s wheels and provide contact between the chain and the road surface. They must be made of metal/ steel, be suitable for the prevailing road conditions and capable of withstanding stress.
Number and position of chains:
• A heavy motor vehicle must use at least three chains • One dimensioned to fit the front wheels
• Two dimensioned to fit the driven wheels
A tractor-trailer combination must have at least seven chains if the tractor unit has twin wheels on the driving axle:
• One dimensioned to fit the tractor unit’s front wheels • Four dimensioned to fit the tractor unit’s driven wheels • Two dimensioned to fit the wheels of the trailer
A tractor-trailer combination must have at least five chains if the tractor unit has single wheels on the driving axle or uses double chains:
• Two dimensioned to fit the tractor unit’s driving axle • One dimensioned to fit the tractor unit’s front wheels • Twodimensionedtofitthetractorunit’sdrivingaxle • Two dimensioned to fit the wheels of the trailer
In motor vehicles equipped with automatically ope- rated chain loops for the driven wheels (“on spot”), these replace two chains if the vehicle has twin wheels mounted on the driving axle.
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Always use parking lights and wear a reflective tabard while you are attaching snow chains. This will allow other motorists to see you at a distance!
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Trucker’s Guide
(Knut Opeide)