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Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the Konig Premium K-Summit Self-Tensioning snow tire chains. These have the diamond pattern and D-Links. They do a great job of giving you the traction that you need, they offer the diamond links up here, they've got ice breakers all the way throughout and really nice studded traction pads. So, overall these are gonna give you excellent traction, they're gonna fold up nice and conveniently, they're gonna be very easy to put on, so you're gonna spend a lot less time laying down in the snow or rolling around trying to get these on in the emergency situation when it comes up.Now when you first see these tire chains, they can look a little bit intimidating but don't let that fool you. You're really .. once you get your initial set up done and get 'em sized properly, all it's gonna take is for you to tighten up one nut right here, which holds our anchor point and then ratchet 'em down to the tire.

At that point, you drive forward, they're gonna self center on the tire and they'll hold themselves in position until you're ready to take 'em off. You can see we have spring loaded self tensioners here as well, that's gonna maintain tension even if your tires are wore down a little bit, if you happen to have a little bit under pressure situation or something like that, these are gonna spread out slightly, keep that proper tension on to keep these chains working as they should.Now the D-Links that they speak about are here. You can see they offer a good edge on each side which are gonna help to bite and grip in that snow. These give us excellent forward and backwards traction but also side to side, the way these diamond patterns are formed, it's gonna give us unilateral traction. And for the icy conditions, these are the ice breakers we spoke about just a few minutes ago, these are gonna really cut in deep to that ice, break it up and help to ensure that we don't have any issues with slipping.You'll also notice the rivets or I think they're more like a stud that's in our traction pads here, at each point you're gonna have several of these on here also helping to grab ahold and get great traction.

I think you're gonna see this tire chain used in applications where you use them often and you don't wanna be rolling around in the snow to get 'em attached, but also on our Grand Cherokee here, these are very nice rims, we don't wanna run the risk of anything making contact with those that might do damage. You can see the way they arch out here, we have zero room contact whatsoever, our anchor point is gonna be right there on that lug nut so it's gonna be ideal on aftermarket rims or any type of rim that you're concerned about.Now these chains are made to be extremely durable, you should get a lot of good service out of these. The links themselves in our ice breakers, these are gonna be a manganese nickel alloy, very, very durable but extremely corrosion resistant and on our traction pads here, not only do those rivets help give us good traction but they prevent wearing of that pad.There's something I like about these chains that you don't see with a lot of other tire chains, that we don't have anything on the back side of our tires here. So our brake lines, ABS sensor lines or wires and things like that, really aren't gonna be an issue at all. Now when choosing the axle to put your tire chains on, of course they're gonna come in a quantity of two so you'll get one for each side of the vehicle but you always wanna put 'em on your drive wheels first.

If you're gonna get two sets, put 'em on all four of course but if not, put 'em on your drive wheels. So on a rear wheel drive vehicle, they're gonna go on the rear. A front wheel drive vehicle, they're gonna go in the front and an all wheel drive situation, typically your front axle is your drive axle but check your owner's manual to make sureNow just to keep your chains performing well for a long time to come, there's a couple things you wanna do. The first is not exceed 50 kilometers per hour which is gonna be about 31 miles per hour, of course in those conditions we probably shouldn't be doing that anyway. And the second is when you take these off, hose 'em off.

Get any of that road salt and that grime off of 'em so it's not constantly sitting on our chains, let 'em dry in the sun and then repackage 'em.As you can see, the K-Summit Chains, they're gonna come in a nice carrying bag so you can keep 'em stored in your vehicle for when you need 'em and a lot of other chains that you're gonna find, you don't see quality like this. Generally you're gonna have a very low quality . just a little zippe