Atthehelm wrote:
I live in tahoe where it snows. A lot. With 4wd i have never needed chains, even with 24" of fresh snow or glazed over ice. Unless you have bald tires, you should be fine.
If you really want chains though, get real linked chains, not cable chains because they break easily. Extra rubber tensioners are good to have so they stay nice and tight and don't rip up your fender wells.
I used to live in Reno, would go snowboarding at Diamond peak so I totally get the snow. I bought my kj with 2wd for gas, seeing as I drive around VA for work. So a little winter oriented kit would remove my reservations about driving uphill with my light jeep if I needed to get to some weird rural town.
Currently I have a collection of cinder blocks I load up if it snows, but I drove up toward DC for work during that huge DC/Northern VA blizzard a couple years ago and that was utter hell. 5 to 10mph with people losing traction all over the place.