I've been seeing them alot lately!!!
2007-07-17 13:32:45 · 18 answers · asked by sexy_lil_butterfly 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
you guys are all morons, grounding because of static electricity, what about all the sparks when it drags acroos, the road,
Grounding a vehicle causes it to attract lightning, on 4 rubber wheels it is insulated.
To tow and to be towed is the correct answer, don't just guess for the two points,
2007-07-17 13:52:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
They're mounted on a rotating assembly, that passes them under the front of the rear wheels, and then back around again. It's a popular "necessity" accessory for emergency vehicles that need to be out in all kinds of weather,but don't have 4 wheel drive. Even some big fire trucks have those chains hanging down under them.
2007-07-17 13:49:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
look nearer subsequent time. If that's at an chillier section, and the chains are fastened on a spoke so that's spun like a flail, then that's talked approximately as a "self-traction" or "vehicle-snow-chain" device. rather, instead of going outdoors to place the chains on the tires, you push a button from interior the cab, hydraulics decrease the flail and attitude it to the chains will attain decrease than the traction tire, so the tire gets traction instead of spinning interior the snow. i comprehend approximately such instruments, yet I stay in San Francisco, the place i do no longer see snow. :)
2017-01-21 07:25:56 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tow chains. Ambulances have to go everwhere and they are not always good at getting out.
I've seen more that a few pulled out of the sand in FL.
2007-07-17 13:36:41 · answer #4 · answered by lovingdaddyof2 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
They are the same chains that they use during Winter snow and ice. They just store them underneath the vehicle.
2007-07-17 14:06:16 · answer #5 · answered by harryb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you look real close you will see a wheel attached to these chains. they are used when there is snow or ice on the ground. they are called auto chains they also use them on school buses.
2007-07-17 15:35:55 · answer #6 · answered by sapper345 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they are for ice in the winter. its an automatic setup they use so they don't have to put chains on the drive wheels, look at your state hwy trucks some of them have them as well as some utility trucks.
2007-07-17 13:41:33 · answer #7 · answered by Rusty R 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Because there is Oxygen used in them, and Oxygen is very susceptible to static electricity, and the chain is used to ground the vehicle against explosions.
2007-07-17 13:40:40 · answer #8 · answered by gramps 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
They`re there in case the ambulance is full , so they can still "drag along" a few extra patients to Emergency .
Seriously , they`re there to get rid of any static electrical build-up .
2007-07-17 13:38:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
For snow on the roads. Sometimes in the mountains they require them. They go on the tires for heavy snow on the roads.
2007-07-17 13:54:23 · answer #10 · answered by marie 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋