Yes, I realize they have been around a long time. For quite a while,

I thought they just had to do with changing out the rear-ends for some reason. Just decided to google it today and was surprised I had never known about them before.

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Posted: 03/05/2019 at 2:56PM

Those chains hanging under the rear-end of buses... my mind is blown. -- HokieSignGuy 03/05/2019 09:24AM

Was perplexed by this for several years until I saw them in action -- Burruss Writer 03/05/2019 2:56PM

They have been around for years. We got them on one of our tankers back in -- hokieman842 03/05/2019 2:49PM

Yes, I realize they have been around a long time. For quite a while, -- HokieSignGuy 03/05/2019 2:56PM

IMHO they don't really work that well, the big snow we had in Dec. we had a -- hokieman842 03/05/2019 2:57PM

Ohh, yeah, they are in a rather vulnerable position for ice build-up. -- HokieSignGuy 03/05/2019 3:00PM

True, when I drive it in weather needing chains, I usually deploy them -- hokieman842 03/05/2019 3:02PM

In the eyes of School Transportation Directors it's a very simple and cheap -- HokiesIE 03/06/2019 09:27AM

I hope a VT engineer came up with that. Brilliant in it's simplicity. ** -- King Jaffe Joffer 03/05/2019 1:14PM

That's..........different. ** -- EDGEMAN 03/05/2019 10:02AM

Yup. here is another video. -- HokieSignGuy 03/05/2019 10:12AM

Those are on the mcps buses, but I've never seen them in use -- JoesterVT 03/05/2019 09:57AM

Seems like they are standard. Some back roads might need them in a pinch. -- HokieSignGuy 03/05/2019 10:03AM

The couple of times where we were "caught" in school with snow... -- JoesterVT 03/05/2019 10:16AM

You also seem them on rescue squad vehicles! ** -- F4EHokie 03/05/2019 09:47AM

Ok, that is cool. great idea that I hope somebody got rich on ** -- 81_Hokie 03/05/2019 09:27AM

Yes, I realize they have been around a long time. For quite a while,

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