Airline anti-skid bands and chains: features and reviews
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Belts, tracks and bands come in handy when an emergency has already arisen. To install the bracelets, unlike the chain design, you do not need to run into the product or raise the wheel above the expensive jack. Chains are worn in advance before driving through terrain where obstacles may be encountered.
You can pull out a stuck car or overcome a slippery section of the road in many ways. One of the most accessible and effective is the use of anti-skid (anti-slip) devices mounted on the wheels of a vehicle as lugs. The small contact patch allows the pressure needed to reach a solid base surface and prevent the machine from skidding.
Types of anti-skid
Such auto accessories are placed on the drive wheels of cars with front, rear and all-wheel drive. They are of two types:
- enclosing the ring at the same time the tire and the disk perpendicular to the tread (bracelets, belts);
- consisting of elements connected by ties around the entire circumference of both sidewalls of the tire (chain).
Manufacturers offer a wide range of goods costing from 160 to 15000 rubles. Airline brand products are well known to Russian customers. The company's catalog includes hundreds of product names. Reviews of Airline anti-skid prefabricated bands, sets of bracelets, tracks speak of the low price and good quality of the products of this company.
Airline snow chains and tapes
In many countries with mountainous terrain and snowy winters, the use of anti-slip devices is mandatory under legal circumstances. In Russia, the use of structures is not regulated, but experienced drivers always carry them in their car.
Airline snow chains and tapes
The location of the bracelets on the tire is like a chain ladder. Chains have one of three patterns: "ladder", "rhombus", "honeycomb". The cross-country ability and controllability of the car, driving comfort, wear of tires, suspension and transmission parts depend on the placement of the elements of the composite structure.
Grousers are made of metal, rubber, plastic and have operating features:
- Chains are produced for specific car models and wheel sizes. Metal ones are the most efficient, reliable and durable, but the speed of movement with them is limited to 40 km / h. For inexperienced drivers, it is better to use devices with a round rather than a faceted section of the links in order to avoid burying the wheels. Plastic and rubber products are more comfortable and safe for car components, allow you to accelerate to 60–80 km / h and drive on hard surfaces, but do not withstand long distances.
- Separate tracks and prefabricated belts are easy to use, but they are not intended for movement and can not always help out.
- The use of bracelets may be limited by the risk of damage to the brake hoses and calipers. The speed when driving with such devices, as with chains, depends on the material from which they are made.
Belts, tracks and bands come in handy when an emergency has already arisen. To install the bracelets, unlike the chain design, you do not need to run into the product or raise the wheel above the expensive jack.
Chains are worn in advance before driving through terrain where obstacles may be encountered.
The review provides a description of popular models of bracelets and frequently purchased tracks.
Airline ACB-P bracelets
Designed for cars with any type of drive and a tire profile width of 165–205 mm. They increase the cross-country ability when overcoming light off-road, slippery slopes, snow-covered sections of the road, ruts.
Airline ACB-P
The product comes in a case containing 2-6 bracelets, a mounting hook and instructions for use. The construction is rigid. The working part is 2 parallel segments of a galvanized steel chain with twisted links having a circular cross section. The length of each bracelet together with synthetic straps is 850 mm. The lock is a silumin spring clip.
You can buy for 900-2200 rubles, the price depends on the number of devices in the set.
Airline ACB-S bracelets
Accessories are installed on the wheels of passenger cars with a profile width of 235–285 mm. Sold as a set with storage and carrying bag, 2-5 bracelets 1190 mm long, mounting hook, manual. Tape width - 35 mm. The thickness of the twisted chain links of round section is 6 mm. The lock is a metal plate, clamped with bolts and wing nuts.
Airline ACB-S
The price for a pair is 1400 rubles.
Airline ACB-BS bracelets
Rigid construction for use on car and truck tires with profile widths from 285 to 315 mm. The equipment is similar to the previous models. The number of 1300 mm bracelets is 4. The width of the ribbons, the shape and thickness of the links, the lock are identical to ASV-S.
Airline ACB-BS
The anti-slip kit costs 2700 rubles.
AAST Airline belts
Compact studded grating belt made of heavy duty, flexible plastic. Consists of several parts-modules interconnected. Withstands weight up to 3,5 tons. It is used by laying under the slipping wheels. Available in a case with 3 or 6 modules. The size of each part is 195x135 mm.
Airline AAST
The purchase will cost 500-800 rubles.
Airline traction control reviews
The reaction of buyers indicates that in Russia the purchase of anti-slip devices is an urgent need. Even in megacities, the condition of the roadway in winter is not ideal. Airline makes decent products at a reasonable price. Bracelets and tracks are a real help.
Reviews of Airline's traction control belts say that the devices are worth the investment when you need to get out of a shallow hole. The ability to add modules allows you to overcome the long track. The lattice shape of the product proved to be more effective than the flat configurations of competitors.
