# dumb question about firetrucks **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [July 20, 2007, 8:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-question-about-firetrucks/191269 "2007-07-20T08:15:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Holty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e274bd/32.png) [@Holty](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Holty)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 8:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-question-about-firetrucks/191269/1 "2007-07-20T08:15:24Z")
Why do fire trucks have chains hanging from the bottom of them, sometimes even touching the ground? What are they for? ---
**Author:** ![blackfive-o](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3e96dc/32.png) [@blackfive-o](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/blackfive-o)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-question-about-firetrucks/191269/2 "2007-07-20T08:18:30Z")
To put on the wheels when it snows? School busses have them too. ---
**Author:** ![Holty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e274bd/32.png) [@Holty](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Holty)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-question-about-firetrucks/191269/3 "2007-07-20T08:21:18Z")
is that what they’re for? i always wondered…but why would they store them underneath the truck so you have to climb down there to get them in the snow to put them on? ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 8:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-question-about-firetrucks/191269/4 "2007-07-20T08:26:46Z")
best thread on pittspeed. 😃 I was thinking of the same think watching the brentwood parade on the 4th. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![rmrider897](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@rmrider897](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rmrider897)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-question-about-firetrucks/191269/5 "2007-07-20T09:10:39Z")
For grounding purposes. It is to create the least resistance to ground.They have them on ambulances also. But in wintery places they also chain the tires. ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 9:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-question-about-firetrucks/191269/6 "2007-07-20T09:36:34Z")
> [@Happy Birthday Juan](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/happy-birthday-juan/31429/9): > > For grounding purposes. It is to create the least resistance to ground.They have them on ambulances also. > > But in wintery places they also chain the tires. :bigok: ---
**Author:** ![SkyviewFire40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@SkyviewFire40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SkyviewFire40)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-question-about-firetrucks/191269/7 "2007-07-20T10:13:59Z")
Wow here we go and I thought I heard it all they are called insta-chains basicly instead of putting chains on the tires to get better traction in deep snow these are installed on new trucks and all you do is push a button and they begin to drop down and spin…at which then the chains go undo the tires basicly doing the same as if you would put chains on your tires… The Reason I know all this is I’m a Fire Fighter for Station 296 in West Mifflin… Anymore ?'s about Fire Trucks? lol ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-question-about-firetrucks/191269/8 "2007-07-20T10:41:36Z")
> [@ATTN: Sprint Users](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-sprint-users/31448/2): > > Wow here we go and I thought I heard it all they are called insta-chains basicly instead of putting chains on the tires to get better traction in deep snow these are installed on new trucks and all you do is push a button and they begin to drop down and spin…at which then the chains go undo the tires basicly doing the same as if you would put chains on your tires… > > The Reason I know all this is I’m a Fire Fighter for Station 296 in West Mifflin… > > Anymore ?'s about Fire Trucks? lol you don’t know your ass from a hole in the wall. Go back to driving around in the lame ass cobalt. ---
**Author:** ![SkyviewFire40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@SkyviewFire40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SkyviewFire40)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-question-about-firetrucks/191269/9 "2007-07-20T11:39:33Z")
O Really I think I do know what I’m talking about I work on Fire Trucks So maybe you should get your head out of your ass and anyone that works on trucks that are equiped with insta-chains would tell you the same. Your probably one of those people that dont support the Fire Department and could give a crap less what they do… ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-question-about-firetrucks/191269/10 "2007-07-20T11:44:55Z")
> [@SkyviewFire40"](#): > > O Really I think I do know what I’m talking about I work on Fire Trucks So maybe you should get your head out of your ass and anyone that works on trucks that are equiped with insta-chains would tell you the same. Your probably one of those people that dont support the Fire Department and could give a crap less what they do… go start a fire do you know a guy by the name of Scott with a cavalier? ---
**Author:** ![SkyviewFire40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@SkyviewFire40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SkyviewFire40)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-question-about-firetrucks/191269/11 "2007-07-20T11:46:55Z")
Yea actually I do and You would be? ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-question-about-firetrucks/191269/12 "2007-07-20T11:48:33Z")
> [@This is why I hate crotch rockets](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-is-why-i-hate-crotch-rockets/31427/36): > > Yea actually I do and You would be? his cousin you dumbass 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SkyviewFire40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@SkyviewFire40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SkyviewFire40)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 11:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-question-about-firetrucks/191269/13 "2007-07-20T11:51:03Z")
oh whats up sry for the aditude lol… ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 11:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-question-about-firetrucks/191269/14 "2007-07-20T11:51:55Z")
> [@Question to the FiOS users...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/question-to-the-fios-users/31410/6): > > oh whats up sry for the aditude lol… damn n00bs 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SkyviewFire40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@SkyviewFire40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SkyviewFire40)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 11:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-question-about-firetrucks/191269/15 "2007-07-20T11:56:30Z")
Lol How is the truck running oh wait its not lol im jp so when you gonna get that up and on the road… ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-question-about-firetrucks/191269/16 "2007-07-20T11:58:49Z")
never ---
**Author:** ![SkyviewFire40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@SkyviewFire40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SkyviewFire40)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-question-about-firetrucks/191269/17 "2007-07-20T12:01:06Z")
Lol…Small World I would have never thought you would have been on Pittspeed… ---
**Author:** ![slowcamaro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slowcamaro/32/5975_2.png) [@slowcamaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowcamaro)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 12:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-question-about-firetrucks/191269/18 "2007-07-20T12:06:41Z")
> [@My cousin makes Hot Rod Magazine Aug. 07](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-cousin-makes-hot-rod-magazine-aug-07/31455/6): > > Lol…Small World I would have never thought you would have been on Pittspeed… cause we all know he has some serious vehicles ---
**Author:** ![SkyviewFire40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@SkyviewFire40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SkyviewFire40)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 12:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-question-about-firetrucks/191269/19 "2007-07-20T12:10:58Z")
Yea Well I Know alot of people with serious vehicles but there not on Pittspeed…but anyhow you learn something new everyday… ---
**Author:** ![beat90tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@beat90tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/beat90tsi)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-question-about-firetrucks/191269/20 "2007-07-20T12:11:58Z")
I saw them under an ambulance today and was wondering the same thing. So what’s the consensus, is it for grounding, for the tires in the snow, both? [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-question-about-firetrucks/191269.md?page=2)