Titan Chain Snow Tire Chains - Ladder Pattern - Twist Links - Manual Tensioning - 1 Pair
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Titan Chain Snow Tire Chains - Ladder Pattern - Twist Links - Manual Tensioning - 1 Pair
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Titan Chain Tire Chains - TC2229
- Tire Chains
- On Road or Off Road
- Drive On and Connect
- Steel Twist Link
- Deep Snow
- Mud
- Manual
- Not Class S Compatible
- No Rim Protection
- Titan Chain
Get traction for your vehicle in deep snow. Round twist links offer a smoother ride than square links and provide an adequate grip on ice. No cams or levers to come loose.
Features:
- Provides traction for your vehicle in deep snow
- Twist links are ideal for deep snow, but provide some traction on ice too
- Ladder pattern gives you traction as you drive forward
- Installs quickly without any cams
- No chance of cams coming undone when you're reversing or navigating rough terrain
- Rubber adjusters (sold separately) can be used for a tight fit
- Made of low-carbon steel for strength and durability
Specs:
- Fits: 15" - 20" tires (for exact sizes, see below)
- Link thickness: 5.5 mm (0.218")
- Quantity: 2 tire chains
- 30-Day limited warranty
Note: To determine whether you can use snow chains on your vehicle, or if they might affect your ABS/EPS functionality, consult your owner's manual.
These Titan Chain ladder-pattern chains are great winter weather chains for your truck. The rounded twist links provide traction in deep snow - and some traction on ice - and they give you a smoother ride than traditional square links. If you're more likely to see seriously icy conditions where you live, you may instead want a chain with square or V-bar links that can really bite into the ice for more traction.
Confirming Your Fit
If you know your tire size, you may think you won't need to test fit your new chains. But there are a lot of variables that can affect whether chains will fit your specific tires, including your tire type, the amount of air pressure in the tire, the amount of tread wear, and the tire manufacturer. You'll also need to know how much clearance is in your wheel well, which you can determine by measuring from your tire tread to the sidewall of the wheel well.
We recommend that you order chains as early in the season as possible to give yourself plenty of time to test fit the chains and reorder if needed. This way, you won't be stuck out in the cold later with snow chains that don't fit.
You can test fit these chains in your garage or driveway, but you'll want to wait until there's snow on the ground to actually drive with them. Likewise, if you're out in the snow and come across bare pavement, you'll want to pull over and remove the chains. These chains can cause damage to the bare pavement, your garage floor, or your vehicle if they break from the wear of riding on a harsh surface.
Installing Snow Chains
Installing these chains is simple.
1. Lay out the chains on the ground to make sure there are no twists or kinks.
2. Drape the chains over your tires, making sure that the prongs attaching the cross chains to the side chains face away from your sidewalls.
3. On the back of the tire, pull the chain tight and hook the ends together.
4. Repeat this on the side chain on the front of the tire, then clamp the lever to fasten extra chain links and keep them from flapping as you drive.
5. Drive forward 2-3 vehicle lengths and recheck the chain tension. Rubber adjusters (sold separately) can be used to help give you a tight fit. Make sure the hooks on the adjusters face away from your tire so your wheels don't get scratched.
Quick Tips:
- Lengthen the life of snow chains by drying them after each use before you store them.
- Check out our installation kit with safety lights and a kneeling pad (PO34FRK) to make things a little easier when you're installing chains out in the snow.
How to Choose Snow Chains for Your Vehicle
To choose the right snow chain, you must match your tire size. Those measurements can be found on the side of your tire.
185/60-15
- (185) - indicates tire width in millimeters
- (60) - gives you the aspect ratio (sidewall height as percentage of width)
- (15) - denotes the diameter of the wheel rim in inches
2229 Titan Chain Snow Tire Chains - Twist Links - Light Trucks - 15" - 20" Tires - 1 Pair
These chains fit the following tire sizes:
- 205/80-16
- 215/75-17.5
- 225/55-18
- 235/60-18
- 235/65-16
- 235/65-18
- 235/70-16
- 245/45-20
- 245/55-18
- 245/60-17
- 245/60-18
- 245/70-15
- 245/70-16
- 255/45-20
- 255/55-18
- 255/60-16
- 255/65-15
- 255/65-16
- 255/65-18
- 255/70-15
- 265/55-16
- 265/65-15
- 265/65-16
- 275/45-19
- 275/55-16
- 275/60-15
- 27x9.5-15
Video of Titan Chain Snow Tire Chains - Ladder Pattern - Twist Links - Manual Tensioning - 1 Pair
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Video Transcript for Titan Chain Snow Tire Chains Installation - 2023 Toyota Highlander
Hi, Matt with etrailer. Today we're gonna be talking about the Titan Chains Twist Link snow tire chains on the 2023 Toyota Highlander. We're gonna have them on our 235 65 R18 tires and it's gonna be situated on our front axle as per the owner's guide. Always make sure you check yours as well. One thing I would like to note is that the Highlander does have a lot of limited wheel well clearance, but I think these chains can be very nice if you do find yourself in areas with a lot of snow and maybe ice. In the manual it doesn't say it needs to have S class chains and honestly these are probably gonna be one of your better options if you do have a lot of snow in the area, you need something with a little bit more bite than your smaller chains.
Part of what it makes this a good fit for the vehicle, though, is that it has these twist links and these twist links are what gives it that lower profile and still give it that bite into the snow. Now I won't get as much bite as compared to square chain links, but that's one of the sacrifices you make for this lower profile and a smoother right as well. Something else to note, we're gonna have our ladder pattern chains and that's just gonna provide us with better pulling forward and backwards in a straight line as opposed to making a lot of turns. We're also gonna have it made from a low carbon steel, so that's gonna make it durable. Now it might not hold up as well as some of our alloy chains that will help it be more corrosive resistant but these are still gonna be very durable.
The only point they're really gonna be tightened down and really secured to is this lever down here. You're just gonna pull that lever and it'll tighten everything down and hook onto this other link. We're still gonna have maybe a little bit of slack there too, so if you are worried about that, I'd recommend going to our website and getting one of our rubber tensioners. That's just gonna help pull any extra slack, especially when you're driving and things loosen up some. They're gonna come two to a set in this bag and this bag is gonna be made out of a light canvas.
So with these being somewhat heavier duty chains I think they'll probably last you a season or two, but I'd definitely be wary of it degrading or tearing up some. I'd also recommend maybe eventually buying a tote to store your chains just so they're nice and secured and they're not out in the elements. Then as for the install process, it was pretty simple, straightforward. The main issue I had was just trying to get underneath since the Highlander does have a lot of limited clearance underneath so it was a tight fit to hook on the back links, but the front links, super easy, just had to hook it on and attach it. Something I'd recommend doing too is when you do get your chains, try to lay 'em out, make sure everything's very secured and make sure they fit your tires before you get into any harsh environments where you have to put on your chains in the snow or very cold and harsh weather conditions.
But if you do need a hand installing them or you just need something to reference, just stay tuned and we'll show you how to do that. Let's start off with, I like to lay out my chains, make sure there's no tangles in 'em and there's no damage to 'em. Once I do that and everything's laid out I like to make sure everything's oriented in the right fashion like that. Lift up on these chains and we'll see it's flat on the bottom here and that's the side that's gonna sit on your tire and the top side's gonna have this hook to it. And if we go down all the way on this chain here we will see we have this lever. I'd like to make sure that it's facing the outside. Once everything is situated I like to grab my chains from the center here. And I'm just gonna drape it over our tire like so. Just walking it across the tire. Making sure everything's even and our chain is centered in our tire, it's not overhanging on our rim. And once you have that completed, you can go on the backside and hook on the back links. When you're underneath here you'll notice it's probably pretty tight, especially if you're a larger person. But to be able to reach that chain over here you can grab this hook at this point and hook them on together. It might take you a few tries, but you'll eventually get it and you might need to go back and forth just depending on your tire size. In our case, you've already checked and we're gonna do the first link on this side. And now I'm gonna come up to the front side and hook on the front. On the front side we're just gonna take this chain here and our lever on the other side and I'm just gonna push it through the center second link like so and you'll be able to pull on that lever. I had to push on the chains a bit just to push it to the base. And slide it back and you'll have this other link here just to secure it so it doesn't pop back off. Might be a little difficult, but if you put your body weight onto it you'll attach it there and it'll be very secured. Next step, I'd recommend using a rubber tensioner. It doesn't come with the tire chains, but you can order it off our website. And when I put it on there I'm just gonna make sure our hooks are facing away from our tires so it doesn't damage them and I'm just gonna make sure they evenly spread out so we get a nice good tension on all the links. Just like so. And when you complete this process you'll just do all this on your other side. Once you've installed the other side, I'd recommend either pulling up or backing up some just so you can make sure everything's very tight and secured. Once you have, then you can hit the road and that would pretty much conclude the install process and look at some of the features on the Titan Chains snow tire chains on the 2023 Toyota Highlander.
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Customer Reviews
Titan Chain Snow Tire Chains - Ladder Pattern - Twist Links - Manual Tensioning - 1 Pair - TC2229
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (676 Customer Reviews)
Get traction for your vehicle in deep snow. Round twist links offer a smoother ride than square links and provide an adequate grip on ice. No cams or levers to come loose.by: Hugh R12/02/2019
They got me through the biggest Nov storm in 50 yrs here in Big Bear Lake, CA.
by: Jeff 01/28/2023
2021 Kia Sorento
Excellent communication and superfast delivery !!! Cody, George and Carol really took above and beyond care of us with no confusion about getting the right size chains for our vehicle Very impressed and THANK YOU ALL !!!
by: DeK L.12/11/2014
2013 Hyundai Tucson
Excellent!
Delivery of products from the eTrailer.com has been on time, and great services.
Happy Customer
by: Michel11/27/2020
They were nice, fair and honest. Took a little longer than expected but they were always keeping me informed.
by: Albert10/30/2020
Thank You first of all.
The product is more than What I expected. Real sturdy. The packaging was adequate. The shipping was the fastest I've seen. Love the map format. I will do business with you again. I Highly recommend your company to anyone wanting Quality and fast FRIENDLY shipping.
by: Robert 11/02/2019
2019 Toyota Highlander
I think these will work great but hope I do not need to install them. We are heading to Arizona Dec 1 and may hit snow over the passes. Now we are ready!
by: Anette08/18/2022
by: Dusty 01/08/2022
2006 Ford Explorer
by: Ralph 03/23/2023
2011 Ford Mustang
by: Jeremy12/08/2022
These chains are amazing! I use them on a 12 passenger van and they install very quickly and easily. I have driven on unplowed roads with 2' snow drifts and have hauled trailers through muddy fields without getting stuck. I highly recommend them.
by: R11/01/2021
I know iron. 17 yrs trucking, mostly doubles across Montana into the Dakotas. Chained up a lot.
Pictures show what you get with this set I bought for my 2005 Tahoe. Heavy gauge chains w/triple cam locks w/long wrench for excellent leverage to get cams tight. Tight cams mean links don't "slap" pavement which causes increased wear. They arrived today so not used yet. However, for my application they will last a lot longer than those cheaper; light gauge, "disposable" chains, use once and throw away after you pay a tow bill.
by: Joshua11/28/2023
The first trip I used them on, one of the chains snapped and shredded the inside of my fender as well as some damage to the outside. I was willing to give benefit of a doubt that it was a one time fluke. Called and tried to return and/or exchange. etrailer.com wanted me to pay for the shipping back even though it was within the 30days of purchase. The shipping would of cost me more than half of what I paid for them. Even after a couple of customer care calls and emails, etrailer.com still refused to pay the shipping to exchange them.
by: Shawn01/18/2024
Chains looked good. After watching installation video it was a breeze to put on. They fit perfect. I’m only testing them right now so when I need to use them I’ll be more comfortable. I drove 1:2 mile down & back and the chains hadn’t moved.
by: Warren01/18/2023
I bought a pair of twist link (TC3235) for my front tires and V-Bars (TC3835) for my rear tires, so writing a combined review. The V-Bars have more traction but my front end doesn't have as much clearance so I opted for the twist links in the front. I've now used these offroad 4 times, and once briefly onroad during a major ice storm that left all of our roads with skating rink type ice.
First - both chains fit 37" x 12.5 R18 tires perfectly. This is despite the fitment not being listed on etrailer.com and the etrailer CS rep telling me they wouldn't fit. The Titan catalogue / website does list 37x12.5R18.
Second - two pair of chains *just* fit in a milwaukee packout "Compact Tool Box" (model No: 48-22-8422). There isn't a wasted inch of space. After using them, I dry them in my garage, then douse them in WD-40 before putting them back in the packout. These chains are made from an alloy that prioritizes strength over corrosion resistance, so surface rust appears pretty quickly on them. Be warned that lifting all four chains together is heavy.
Third - They give amazing offroad traction. The only way you're getting stuck is by getting high-centered. You will not run out of traction if you have weight on your tires. However, it is easy to get high centered when using these in the snow if you aren't careful. Don't spin your tires, or your axles and frame rails will be holding the vehicle while your wheels hang in the air.
Fourth - I would only recommend using these onroad in very limited circumstances. During an ice storm I had to get a neighbor to the hospital. We live on an extremely steep hill and the roads had 1" of clear ice on them. With the chains it was like the ice wasn't there. But the whole truck vibrated a lot. And it probably prematurely wore the chains. If I drove faster than ~15-20 mph it really rattled the truck. (offroad in the snow I'll drive 40+ mph no problem with these. but driving on hard surfaces causes a lot of vibration).
by: Jim02/27/2023
These chains fit perfectly on my 2022 F-150 with LT265/70R18's. Easy to mount, with adequate clearance.
by: Doug 01/25/2024
First time purchasing tire chains I must say this Titan product is pretty heavy duty I like the chrome finish I’m running a BFG all terrain 32x11.5 R15 the fit was perfect I would like to give a shout out to etrailer customer service team very professional & knowledgeable new exactly what chain was needed having provided lots of choices and option's that was important to me there shipping was very fast impressed caught me by surprise there communication was great keeping us informed the entire process they surely deserve this 5 star review thank you
by: Pete10/02/2021
Needed these chains for a snowboarding trio this December. Installed them in my yard to make sure they fit, and figure out which link worked best. Now that i know what link to use, next time it should only take sbout 10 min to put them on. I really like how they stay away from my wheels so should not scrstch them. My yard was very soft from recent rain and you can see how well the chains dig into the mud. Should be really good on snow/ice.
by: Tim K12/22/2022
I really appreciate the great service and really fast delivery. My go to for my trailer parts and chains.
by: Kim 03/20/2024
Very tight to get on but I found I do not require the tensioner. Very good product.
by: Safe your money.01/24/2024
I got to use them one time. The chain links that are horizontal a few of them popped off
by: Sarah 11/16/2023
My Titan Chain Low Profile Tire Chains arrived on time and fit great. They were exactly as described. Luckily I did not have to use them at all last winter, but I did a test run and they were relatively easy to install and tighten. Having these in the trunk of my van allow me to stay in compliance with state "chains required" regulations and provides me with peace of mind. I would highly recommend this product. Customer service has been great.
by: 1OldSkier12/28/2023
Delivery was excellent; chains and tensioners arrived one day ahead of the promised date. They appear very well made, the price was competitive and shipping was free. erailer communicated very well all through the process, from ordering to notification of shipping to follow-up after receipt. I did a dry-run installation and it went exactly as the online video showed. Looking forward to trying them out in snow! I would recommend etrailer to anyone in need of snow chains.
by: Henry10/08/2022
I used these on a 2wd open diff F150 with a camper. The traction difference is amazing! I never lost traction! If you’re on a pass that warns “chains or AWD”, don’t go without chains or off road tires. I puttered along at 30 in the unplowed lane watching a clown in an AWD BMW slide everywhere in the plowed slush, holding up traffic.
Anyway, the chains themselves. I’ve used diamond pattern chains with a cable on the inside and fancy nonsense on the outside before. The cable always collects snow, and the multiple connections on the outside is confusing. These ladder chains were easy and simple to put on and take off. I used tensioner bungees also. You will get a bumpy ride, but it smooths out as you speed up. Anyone that claims ladder chains don’t have lateral grip hasn’t used them and doesn’t understand the physics of why chains help.
Great for going up a pass periodically, but not something I’d use daily.
by: Christian12/20/2023
Hard to put on and would not stay centered on the tire. Ended up taking them off as they were coming loose and knocking the wheel well
by: Dean 02/08/2024
Great service. Very fast delivery. Also bought a trailer hitch recently also had excellent service.
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